The Asper Foundation and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Present Fuad Abu Hamed With Social Entrepreneurship Award

The Asper Foundation and the Asper Center for Entrepreneurship at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem are pleased to announce that on June 8, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel, they will recognize Mr. Fuad Abu Hamed as the inaugural recipient of the Social Entrepreneurship Award for his mentorship and support of the East Jerusalem BizCamp, creative entrepreneurship, inspirational community work and strong commitment to foster cross-cultural awareness. To read the complete media release, please click here.

The Fort Garry Hotel Becomes Series Season Sponsor and Official Hotel Sponsor of the Izzy Asper Jazz Performances

The Asper Foundation is very pleased to announce that The Fort Garry Hotel is the Izzy Asper Jazz Performances Series Sponsor and Official Hotel Sponsor for the 2010-2011 season. The Foundation very much appreciates The Fort Garry Hotel’s tremendous show of leadership and support of the long-standing and much-cherished jazz series. To learn more about The Fort Garry Hotel, please click here.

The Asper Foundation Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program Launches YouTube Channel

The Asper Foundation Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program is proud to announce that it has launched a YouTube channel. To visit the channel and view program-related videos, please visit our YouTube Channel.

Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper

Izzy Asper was a true visionary and a self-made billionaire. In the kind of intimate detail that made his other books mega bestsellers, Peter C. Newman profiles one of the most charismatic and powerful Canadian tycoons of the past quarter century. A serial risk-taker with a fever in his blood, the always controversial Asper grew a tiny television station, operated out of a converted supermarket, into the CanWest empire. Izzy is Canadian business history at its best, a masterful portrait of the man who was, for decades, the country’s leading media mogul.

Copies of Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper by Peter C. Newman can be purchased through retail and on-line booksellers.