Feb 22 Opening
TRUTH TO POWER
Saturday, Feb 22, 7:30pm $25 Buy tickets
In the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
SELINA ROBINSON / Truth Be Told
In Conversation
Selina Robinson was a senior minister in BC government, helping guide the province through an unprecedented pandemic and overseeing a successful economic recovery. Then came October 7 and a global tsunami of antisemitism. Robinson – one of Canada’s most prominent Jewish elected officials – was instantly in the sights of anti-Israel and antisemitic activists. In this searing, powerful memoir, Robinson reflects on the antisemitism she experienced in government and the silence of colleagues who betrayed the values she thought they shared. More than a personal testimony, Truth Be Told is a cautionary story of the dangers to ethnocultural communities, multiculturalism and democracy itself when leaders stay silent – or place expediency ahead of principles.
SELINA ROBINSON was elected as the MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville in 2013, 2017 and 2020. She was the Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills as well as the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Selina was a family therapist and worked with the Jewish Family Services before entering politics.