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Prof. Joyce Apsel has been appointed Course Director of the Genocide and Human Rights University Program by the Program Development Committee. The program is held annually in partnership by the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute) and the University of Toronto.

The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan Institute) was invited to a public gathering in Winnipeg by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in April 2003, after an initial meeting with Gail Asper in Toronto. As a Canadian institution, we lent our name publicly in support of the CMHR at an early stage. Our early enthusiasm diminished over time, owing to the politics surrounding the museum.

An article titled, “Memory becomes a minefield at Canada’s Museum for Human Rights,” by Ira Basen in the August 20, 2011 issue of the Globe and Mail, provides an exposé of the controversy surrounding the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The appearance of this article calls for reflection on two critical factors regarding the museum, which have not been adequately discussed: the important relationship between human rights and genocide, and the requirement of federal institutions to adhere to Canada’s official policy of multiculturalism.