Yude Henteleff

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Yehuda "Yude" M. Henteleff, QC, (born 1927) is a Canadian lawyer, human rights advocate and environmentalist.

He is the son of Russian-born Nathan Henteleff and Rose Roseman, who ran a market garden on the Red River in Manitoba, now the site of Henteleff Park. [1] [2]

Yude obtained a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1947 and then a Bachelor of Laws in 1951 from the University of Manitoba. He was a founding partner of the legal firm Pitblado LLP [3] of Winnipeg, following a merger of the firm he founded in 1965 with fellow Jewish lawyer Harold Buchwald. Henteleff's work on the rights of children with cognitive and physical disabilities, [4] [5] [6] and on workplace discrimination, including sexual harassment, [7] led to landmark Supreme Court of Canada decisions. He has volunteered in human rights projects in many parts of the world, including Colombia, Bolivia, Thailand, South Africa, Kyrgyzstan and Israel.

Among his many community affiliations, he has served on the advisory council for Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights, [8] the professional advisory committee of the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada, the Mental Health Commission of Canada's national framework review committee for child and adolescent mental health and the Winnipeg Arts Council. He chaired the Canadian Museum for Human Rights content advisory committee from 2009-10. [9] [10]

The Yude Henteleff Mishpatim Scholarship Fund at Hebrew University and the Yude M. Henteleff Prizes in Human Rights and Civil Liberties at the University of Manitoba are named in his honour. [11] [12]

Henteleff has four children, including filmmaker Saul Henteleff. [13] He is a cousin of palliative care pioneer Dr. Paul Henteleff and of the late Meyer Brownstone, former chair of Oxfam Canada.

Awards

1997: named to the Order of Canada [14] [15]

1999: Lifetime Achievement Award from the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada

2002: Commemorative Medal for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee

2002: Distinguished Service Award, Manitoba Bar Association

2006: honorary doctorate of Law, University of Manitoba [16]

2008: Human Rights Commitment Award of Manitoba

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References

  1. ↑ "Henteleff Park".
  2. ↑ "Interpretive Centre in Henteleff Park to officially open".
  3. ↑ "Pitblado Law: History".
  4. ↑ Love, Myron (May 24, 1995). "Yude Henteleff takes special needs kids campaign to television". The Jewish Post and News.
  5. ↑ Canadian Press (April 10, 1985). "Manitoba lawyer defends rights of learning-disabled youngsters". Montreal Gazette.
  6. ↑ Admin. "Landmark Supreme Court decision on LD case". Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario - LDAO. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  7. ↑ Sanders, Carol (2014-05-08). "May 2014: Waitress struck a blow for respect". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  8. ↑ "Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights".
  9. ↑ "Canadian Museum for Human Rights news release".
  10. ↑ Busby, Karen (2015). The Idea of a Human Rights Museum. University of Manitoba Press.
  11. ↑ "Human rights advocate Yude Henteleff honoured by Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem".
  12. ↑ "Yude M. Henteleff Prizes in Human Rights and Civil Liberties" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Winnipeg Film Group" . Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  14. ↑ Staff (2012-05-26). "May 2012: Faces of our Jewish community". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  15. ↑ "Order of Canada". archive.gg.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  16. ↑ "Honorary degrees".
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