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- ↑ University of New Brunswick website; CNW Group web site
- ↑ Former BMO CEO Tony Comper revamps charity focused on anti-Semitism Globe and Mail, 2 August 2020
- ↑ Elizabeth Comper was a fighter against racism on several fronts Globe and Mail, 11 July 2014
- ↑ Doctor Chatterley’s passion Jerusalem Post, 17 September 2020
- ↑ CBC news story Non-Jewish executives band together to fight anti-Semitism, August 15, 2005
