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Civic Sociology

2022. Commentator for Tantura, film directed by Alon Schwarz. Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 22 June, online.

2021. Commentator for Antisemitism, film directed by Ilan Ziv. Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 5 December, online.


2021. Commentator for Lebanon: Borders of Blood, film directed by Duki Dror. Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 5 June, online.


2020. Commentator for Labor, Rebellion, Upheaval, film directed by David Deri. Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 30 October, online.


2020. Commentator for Ma’abarot, film directed by Dina Zvi Riklis. Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 31 October, online.


2020. Commentator for Tomorrow, When the Apricots Bloom, film directed by Tal Michael. Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 4 June, online.


2020. Commentator for Incitement, film directed by Yaron Zilberman. Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 23 February, Toronto, Canada.


2019. Commentator for Asylum City, television series directed by Liad Shoham, Uzi Weil and Eitan Zur. Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 3 November, Toronto, Canada.


2019. Commentator for Incitement, film directed by Yaron Zilberman. Toronto International Film Festival, 9 September, Toronto, Canada.


2019. Commentator for The Unorthodox, film directed by Eliran Malka. Toronto Jewish Film Festival, 11 May, Toronto, Canada. 


2018. “The Multiple Trajectories of Egyptian Jewry: Law as Tool to Attract and to Repel.” Keynote Speaker, Sephardi Association of Ottawa, 29 November, Ottawa, Canada.


Levi, Ron. 2017. Moderator and Panellist, Two Part Series on Policing, “To Serve or Protect?” and “Old Cops, New Expectations.” CBC IDEAS and Munk School of Global Affairs. 15-16 May (live), broadcast on 15 & 22 June.


2017. Commentator for None Shall Escape, film directed by André de Toth. Toronto Jewish Film Society, 26 February, Toronto, Canada.


2016. Testimony on Canada’s National Security Framework. 19 October. Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU), Parliament of Canada.


2016. “The Swiss Banks Holocaust Litigation and Settlement: What Can We Learn from the Proposals to Allocate Residual Funds?” Presented at Holocaust Education Week, 4 November, Toronto, Canada.


2016. “The Future of Memory.” Holocaust Education Week, Scholar in Residence essay. Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.


2016. Commentator for Past Life, film directed by Avi Nesher. Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), 14 September, Toronto, Canada.


2016. Moderator for Arabic Movie, film directed by Eyal Sagui Bizawe and Sara Tsifroni. Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF), 9 May 2016 and 13 May 2016, Toronto, Canada.


2016. Panelist for “Homage: Film and Debate on Charlie Hebdo.” Panel debate organized by the Alliance française Toronto and Consulate General of France in Toronto, 8 January, Toronto, Canada.


2015. Moderator for “Antisemitism and Defining Community Safety in the Era of Je Suis Charlie.” Talk organized for Holocaust Education Week, University of Toronto. 3 November, Toronto, Canada.


2015. Commentator for Much Loved, film directed by Nabil Ayouch. Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), 17 September, Toronto, Canada.


2015. Commentator for The Kind Words, film directed by Shemi Zarhin. Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), 11 September, Toronto, Canada.


2014. Commentator for Tales, film directed by Rakhshan Bani-E’temad. Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), 10 September, Toronto, Canada.


2014. Radio interview on “Conflict and the International Landscape.” 10 February. Beyond the Headlines, CIUT 89.5 FM.


2013. Podcast interview on “From Tahrir Square to Military Takeover.” 27 September. PEN Canada.


Stein, Janice Gross and Ron Levi. 2013. “Thinking About Ethical Leadership: Judicial Independence in Revolutionary Times.” Op-ed. Chumir Ethics Forum 14(1):1,4.


Levi, Ron and Janice Gross Stein. 2013. “Egypt’s Vocabulary of Legitimacy.” Op-ed. Globe & Mail. 10 July.


Levi, Ron. 2013. “Egypt in Unsettled Times: For Georges Moustaki.” Op-ed. Special to Canadian Jewish News. 24 June.