Beryl Wajsman

Beryl P. Wajsman is a newspaper editor in Montreal. In 2007 he was appointed editor of The Suburban newspaper, which publishes three geographically based editions containing some shared and some location-specific content, to populations in Montreal's West Island, East End and inner suburbs, as well as Laval—the adjacent island just north of Montreal, which is Quebec's third-largest city. Total circulation of all three editions is 145,000, making it Quebec's largest weekly newspaper. In 2008, he launched the free, bilingual monthly newspaper "The Métropolitain", serving as its publisher and editor.

Wajsman studied law at McGill University, earning dual B.C.L and LL.B. degrees. Following his graduation, he edited a short-lived Canadian cultural quarterly, Viewpoints.

Starting as an organizer and Liberal executive member under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Wajsman's involvements in the Canadian capital Ottawa have included directing an IRPP study on Access to Justice in Canada; membership in the Canadian Consultative Commission on Multiculturalism; service in the Department of Justice and executive assistant to then Member of Parliament Irwin Cotler.

He gained experience in urban development, social housing and public finance by consulting on social development infrastructure projects in the United States and Venezuela.

He founded and is President of the Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal, a broad based social advocacy organization.Among its accomplishments was helping send paramedics to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Delta Relief Project in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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