Anne and Max Bailey Centre

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The Anne and Max Bailey Centre (Centre Anne et Max Bailey) is a Quebec-based non-profit organization continuing the legacy of two prominent Montreal human rights activists, Anne G. Bailey, a prominent Montreal Human rights advocate., [1] and Max Bailey, who served as a left-wing Montreal City councillor from 1947 to 1950 [2] and was president of the United Jewish People's Order, Montreal. [3] Max Bailey spearheaded a test case, Switzman v. Elbling, which resulted in the Canadian Supreme Court striking down the Padlock Law in 1957. [4] The Anne G. Bailey Residence at Hillel Montreal is named after Anne [5]

The Anne and Max Bailey Centre for Holocaust Studies [6] funded research into various aspects of the Holocaust [7] and brought in prominent speakers such as Nazi-hunter Beate Klarsfeld and Edwin Black, author of the bestseller, IBM and the Holocaust. [8]

The Anne and Max Bailey Centre for Environmental Studies promoted environmental activism and research, particularly around the harmful effects of pesticides.

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  2. Hoffman, Matthew B.; Srebrnik, Henry F. (16 June 2016). Vanished Ideology, A: Essays on the Jewish Communist Movement in the English-Speaking World in the Twentieth Century. SUNY Press. ISBN   9781438462202 via Google Books.
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