Over the years, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center has galvanized the Canadian human rights advocacy community through a growing dinner called the Spirit of Hope. Over the years, the dinner has hosted some 40,000 attendees and over its life span has raised nearly $50 million for the programs and activities of the organization. Attended by Canada’s elite philanthropists, business leaders, politicians, diplomats, law enforcement,educators and leaders of all multi-faith communities, the dinner event has become the place to be each spring for those who promote tolerance, justice, freedom and human rights. Over the years, we have hosted world leaders like Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Shimon Peres. We have hosted Prime Ministers like Stephen Harper, David Cameron, John Howard, Ehud Barak and Jose Maria Aznar. The evening has also hosted inspiring and thought provoking journalists, thinkers and writers like Elie Wiesel and Salmon Rushdie,among others. Most recently, the dinner featured Ambassador Nikki Haley and awarded her with the FSWC Award for Human Rights. This evening has truly become inspiration and iconic under the FSWC banner.