Under the presidency of Rob Green, a referendum regarding of a strike garnered 2,284 votes of support. This was an unusually strong show of support, as student governments at Concordia are often elected on the basis of less than 1,000 votes in their favor. The strike lasted from November 3 to 5 and targeted a range of issues, including student representation in the university senate, corporate presence and advertising on campus, and government. There were several demonstrations in which both protesters and police were reported to be injured. On September 9, 2002, a scheduled speech from the then former (and now current) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was cancelled following violent pro-Palestinian riots inside the Henry F. Hall Building. Protestors claimed that he is a war criminal and there should be no free speech for hate speech. Netanyahu accused protestors of being supporters of terrorism. The event is depicted in a documentary named "Confrontation at Concordia". Concordia's alumni and faculty have achieved fame for their accomplishments in many fields. Distinguished alumni include Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Barbara Davidson, Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award winning photographer filmmaker; former governor general Georges Vanier; presidents and Chief Executive Officers of major businesses (Dominic D'Alessandro, Mireille Gingras, Gerald T. McCaughey, L. Jacques Menard); philosopher Keith Heron; authors (E. Annie Proulx, Mordecai Richler, Nino Ricci); political leaders and ministers; academics (Kim Sawchuk); scientists; actors (Will Arnett, Adam Kelly, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Mylène Dinh-Robic); filmmakers (Moyra Davey, René Balcer, Peter Lenkov, Alex Rice, Lynne Stopkewich, B. P. Paquette, Donald Tarlton, James Tupper, Steven Woloshen, Louise Archambault, Maziar Bahari, Simone Rapisarda Casanova, Yung Chang, Evan Beloff) musicians (Emily Haines, Régine Chassagne, Sarah Neufeld, Michael Laucke, Richard Reed Parry, Amy Millan, Matthew Otto of Majical Cloudz); athletes (Cammi Granato, Jim Corsi); dance artist Lara Kramer; attorney Kathleen Zellnery; news anchors (Dareen Abu Ghaida, Mutsumi Takahashi); mountaineer and speaker (Theodore Fairhurst).