Vancouver Raoul Wallenberg Day - All Events

2G = Second Generation Group VHEC = Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

Date	Description	Main Speakers	Location	Sponsors
2025-01-19	Civil Courage Award to Corey Levine + Film “Left Behind” on Courageous Rescue from Afghanistan	Corey Levine, Gulalai Mohammadi, Elizabeth May	Peretz Centre	WSCCS
2024-01-21	Wartime Civil Courage in Scandinavia + Film “Passage to Sweden”	Tore Jørgensen, Norman Gladstone	Beth Israel Synagogue	WSCCS
2023-01-22	Honouring The Joint Distribution Committee, and its courageous support for Ukrainian refugees + Films “Fridtjof Nansen” (2), & “JDC Ukraine Crisis”	Marina Sonkina, Gary Segal	Beth Israel Synagogue	WSCCS
2022-04-10	Presentation “Saluting the Courage of Frontline Healthcare Providers” + Film “Zero to Zero” on battling COVID-19	Judith Anderson, Dr Ramneek Dosanjh, Sherri Kensall, Barb Nederpel	Beth Israel Synagogue	WSCCS
2021-01-17	Presentation “Civil Courage in Journalism Today” incl 2 films: “A Dark Place” & “Mohamed Fahmy: Half Free”	Arzu Geybulla, Javier Luque, Robert Hackett	Online	WSCCS
2020-01-19	Film “Persona Non Grata: The Story of Chiune Sugihara”	George Bluman, Alan Le Fevre	HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium	WSCCS
2019-01-20	Civil Courage Award to Mary Kitagawa + Film “The War Between Us”	Judith Anderson, Mary Kitagawa, Alan Le Fevre	HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium	WSCCS
2018-01-14	Civil Courage Award to Alayne Fleischmann (in absentia) + Film: “Matt Taibbi and “The $9 Billion Witness” Who Exposed How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy”	Ana Policzer, The Honourable Ujjal Dosanjh, Alan Le Fevre	HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium	WSCCS
2017-01-15	Presentation by Doctors without Borders + Film “Access to the Danger Zone”	Jan Nordin, Dr Joseph Copeland	HR MacMillan Space Centre – Auditorium	WSCCS
2016-01-17	Civil Courage Award to Chief Dr Robert Joseph + Film “Carl Lutz: The Forgotten Hero”	Deborah Ross-Grayman, Henry Grayman, Heather Deal, Chief Dr. Robert Joseph	JCC – Wosk Auditorium	WSCCS
2015-01-18	Civil Courage Award to Ujjal Dosanjh + Film “The Rescuers” on thirteen diplomats in Europe	Deborah Ross-Grayman, Henry Grayman, Andrea Reimer, Ujjal Dosanjh, Lt Gov Judith Guichon	JCC – Wosk Auditorium	WSCCS
2014-01-19	Film “Nicky's Family” on Englishman, Sir Nicholas Winton	Deborah Ross-Grayman, Henry Grayman, Gregor Robertson, Thomas Gradin, Rupert Potter, Naomi Taussig	JCC – Norman Rothstein Theatre	WSCCS
2013-01-20	Film “The Budapest Angel” on Spanish Consul, Ángel Sanz Briz	Enrique Manchon, Anders Neumuller	VanCity Theatre	Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC
2012-01-15	Film “The Visas That Saved Lives” on Japanese Consul, Chiune Sugihara	George Bluman, Hideki Ito, Anders Neumuller	VanCity Theatre	Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC
2011-01-16	Film “Désobéir” on Portuguese Consul, Aristides de Sousa Mendes	Eva Kero, Geoff Meggs, Carlos de Sousa Amaro, Anders Neumuller	VanCity Theatre	Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC
2010-01-17	Talk “Raoul Wallenberg, Righteous among the Nations: Lessons for our Time” by Irwin Cotler	Irwin Cotler, Anders Neumuller	JCC – Wosk Auditorium	Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC
2009-01-17	Film “Wallenberg: A Hero's Story”	Gabriella Klein, Anders Neumuller	VanCity Theatre	Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC
2008-01-20	Film “The Black Pimpernel” on Swedish Consul in Chile, Harald Edelstam	Ana Policzer, Anders Neumuller	VanCity Theatre	Swedish Consul, 2G, VHEC
2007-01-21	Film “Good Evening Mr Wallenberg"	Anders Neumuller	VanCity Theatre	Swedish Consul, 2G
2006-01-29	20th Anniversary Commemoration of Raoul Wallenberg Plaque	Gabriella Klein, Peter Ladner, André Molnar, Anders Neumuller	Queen Elizabeth Park –Quarry	Swedish Consul, 2G

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