
Mark Berlin
Mark Berlin is an accomplished international human rights lawyer and a professor of practice at McGill University. He has served as a trustee for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights since 2018, but recently resigned over concerns regarding an exhibit about the Palestinian Nakba, citing its lack of historical context and potential to exacerbate antisemitism. Berlin, who has a pro-Palestinian stance, previously worked as a senior adviser on the Middle East to former Canadian attorney-general Irwin Cotler and has significant experience in international legal programs.
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Mark Berlin, a trustee at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, submitted his resignation over a coming exhibit about the late 1940s displacement of Palestinians.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights trustee resigns, cites ‘one-sided’ Palestinian exhibitThe Globe and Mail·
Canada· 2026-06-22



