Karen Mock: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{cleanup|date=September 2009}} |
{{cleanup|date=September 2009}} |
||
'''Karen Mock''' is a psychologist, university instructor and human rights activist. She was executive director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation from 2001 to 2005 and, previously, was national director of the League for Human Rights of [[B'nai B'rith Canada]] for twelve years as well as executive director of the League’s Human Rights Education and Training Centre.<ref name=trib>http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/200909012033/Strong-Liberal-candidate-hopes-to-run-federally-in-Thornhill.html</ref> |
'''Karen Mock''' is a psychologist, university instructor and human rights activist. She was executive director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation from 2001 to 2005 and, previously, was national director of the League for Human Rights of [[B'nai B'rith Canada]] for twelve years as well as executive director of the League’s Human Rights Education and Training Centre.<ref name=trib>http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/200909012033/Strong-Liberal-candidate-hopes-to-run-federally-in-Thornhill.html</ref><ref name=bio>http://www.haifa-univ.ca/feb2009/kmbio.htm</ref> |
||
On August 25, 2009, she announced her candidacy for the nomination of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] for Member of Parliament in the Ontario riding of [[Thornhill_(electoral_district)|Thornhill]]. If she wins the nomination she will face Conservative MP [[Peter Kent]] in the next federal election.<ref name=trib/> |
On August 25, 2009, she announced her candidacy for the nomination of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] for Member of Parliament in the Ontario riding of [[Thornhill_(electoral_district)|Thornhill]]. If she wins the nomination she will face Conservative MP [[Peter Kent]] in the next federal election.<ref name=trib/> |
||
Mock was born and raised in Toronto. She was educated at the University of Toronto, earning her Ph.D. in Applied Psychology in 1975. Dr. Mock is a certified teacher and registered psychologist, specializing in human rights, hate crime and diversity issues and multicultural/anti-racist education. She has also been recognized by the courts as an expert on hate groups, hate group activity, discrimination and anti-Semitism.<ref>http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/news/2005/20051209-hccwg-bg.asp</ref> |
Mock was born and raised in Toronto. She was educated at the University of Toronto, earning her Ph.D. in Applied Psychology in 1975. Dr. Mock is a certified teacher and registered psychologist, specializing in human rights, hate crime and diversity issues and multicultural/anti-racist education.<ref name=bio/> She has also been recognized by the courts as an expert on hate groups, hate group activity, discrimination and anti-Semitism.<ref>http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/news/2005/20051209-hccwg-bg.asp</ref> |
||
She has been married for 41 years to Dr. David Mock, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. They have two sons - Daniel, a musician, married to Ashley Miller; and Steven, a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Waterloo. |
She has been married for 41 years to Dr. David Mock, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. They have two sons - Daniel, a musician, married to Ashley Miller; and Steven, a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Waterloo. |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
Over a period of twenty years, Mock has taught courses in multiculturalism and race relations, developmental and educational psychology, and psychological testing and assessment at University of Toronto, Ryerson Polytechnical University and York University teaching courses in multiculturalism and race relations, developmental and educational psychology, and psychological testing and assessment. |
Over a period of twenty years, Mock has taught courses in multiculturalism and race relations, developmental and educational psychology, and psychological testing and assessment at University of Toronto, Ryerson Polytechnical University and York University teaching courses in multiculturalism and race relations, developmental and educational psychology, and psychological testing and assessment. |
||
Mock is currently president of the Canadian Friends of Haifa University. |
Mock is currently president of the Canadian Friends of Haifa University.<ref name=bio/> Mock is the past president of the Ontario Multicultural Association, a former member of the board of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, and past chair of the Canadian Multiculturalism Advisory Committee.<ref>http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/m/mock-karen/</ref> |
||
==Awards== |
==Awards== |
||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
http://www.haifa-univ.ca/feb2009/kmbio.htm |
|||
http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/m/mock-karen/ |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mock, Karen}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mock, Karen}} |
||
| Line 30: | Line 25: | ||
[[Category:University of Toronto alumni]] |
[[Category:University of Toronto alumni]] |
||
[[Category:Jewish activists]] |
[[Category:Jewish activists]] |
||
[[Category:Expert witnesses]] |
|||
Revision as of 01:21, 3 September 2009
 |
Karen Mock is a psychologist, university instructor and human rights activist. She was executive director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation from 2001 to 2005 and, previously, was national director of the League for Human Rights of B'nai B'rith Canada for twelve years as well as executive director of the League’s Human Rights Education and Training Centre.[1][2]
On August 25, 2009, she announced her candidacy for the nomination of the Liberal Party of Canada for Member of Parliament in the Ontario riding of Thornhill. If she wins the nomination she will face Conservative MP Peter Kent in the next federal election.[1]
Mock was born and raised in Toronto. She was educated at the University of Toronto, earning her Ph.D. in Applied Psychology in 1975. Dr. Mock is a certified teacher and registered psychologist, specializing in human rights, hate crime and diversity issues and multicultural/anti-racist education.[2] She has also been recognized by the courts as an expert on hate groups, hate group activity, discrimination and anti-Semitism.[3]
She has been married for 41 years to Dr. David Mock, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. They have two sons - Daniel, a musician, married to Ashley Miller; and Steven, a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Waterloo.
Over a period of twenty years, Mock has taught courses in multiculturalism and race relations, developmental and educational psychology, and psychological testing and assessment at University of Toronto, Ryerson Polytechnical University and York University teaching courses in multiculturalism and race relations, developmental and educational psychology, and psychological testing and assessment.
Mock is currently president of the Canadian Friends of Haifa University.[2] Mock is the past president of the Ontario Multicultural Association, a former member of the board of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, and past chair of the Canadian Multiculturalism Advisory Committee.[4]
Awards
Mock received the International Women’s Day Award from the Women’s Intercultural Network. In 1993 awarded an Honourable Mention as a YWCA Woman of Distinction and in 1995 named to the Who’s Who of Canadian Women. In 2005, designated a Woman of Influence by the University of Saskatchewan.
References
- ^ a b http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php/200909012033/Strong-Liberal-candidate-hopes-to-run-federally-in-Thornhill.html
- ^ a b c http://www.haifa-univ.ca/feb2009/kmbio.htm
- ^ http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/news/2005/20051209-hccwg-bg.asp
- ^ http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/m/mock-karen/