THE ELIZABETH AND TONY COMPER FOUNDATION

Through their foundation, Elizabeth and Tony Comper have supported the Comper Center at the University of Haifa, an important platform to help scholars, policy makers and educators combat anti-semitism.

Tony Comper (BA 1966 SMC, Hon LLD 1999) believes learning has the greatest impact when it integrates all aspects of a person. He himself has combined a life of extensive philanthropy in partnership with his late wife Elizabeth Comper (1945-2014) and a remarkable four-decade career in financial services, culminating in his role as President and Chief Executive Officer of BMO Financial Group.

Through the Elizabeth and Tony Comper Foundation, the couple have supported education, human rights and especially arts charities. One of their most extraordinary achievements was founding Fighting Anti-Semitism Together (FAST), an initiative to encourage Canadian leaders who are not Jewish to speak up against racism and bigotry. FAST’s Choose Your Voice curriculum is used in thousands of schools across Canada, and hs reached more than 4.5 million student.

Through belief in the power of education and deep care for others, the Elizabeth and Tony Comper Foundation has supported important learning opportunities for students and research opportunities for scholars, contributing to greater insight, tolerance and justice in our world.