By Artur Wilcznski On August 16th, CHES Chair Mina Cohn and CHES Board Member Artur Wilczynski met with Ontario Education Minister, Stephen Lecce and Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Michael Ford, to discuss the rise of antisemitism in Ottawa … Continued
For the Child – The Story of the Kindertransport October 17-31, 2022 Ottawa City Hall Hosted in Cooperation with the Embassy of Austria and the British High Commissioner under the Auspices of Mayor Watson Exhibition Overview … Continued
The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) and Liberation 75 have joined with the USC Shoah Foundation to create an ambitious, interactive IWalk App to encourage student groups and tourists to visit the Monument and to educate them about … Continued
By Dr. Hartley Stern “The room was 12 feet long by 11 feet wide. It was bare, it was cold, but it was a refuge.” These are the opening words of the book, ‘Hidden for 1000 Days’ my grandmother, Sarah Veffer, … Continued
By Dr. Phil Emberley I am the son of Dieter Werner Eger, born November 11, 1925. On August 25, 1939, my father, having bid farewell to his sorrowful parents – Berthold Eger and Minna Eger – boarded a train … Continued
By Judy Young Drache A CHES-RCMP webinar for RCMP officers on April 5th, 2022 CHES and the RCMP are creating two important programs that will be open to RCMP members across the country. In recognition of April as Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation … Continued
By Zoltan Fried The National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, entitled Landscape of Loss, Memory and Survival, was inaugurated in 2017 with the stated mission “to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust, as well as the contribution Holocaust survivors have … Continued
By Minda Chaikin Early on, CHES became aware of the disturbing rise in antisemitism connected to the May 2021 war between Israel and Gaza. By the end of May, CHES was receiving communications from parents from various schools in … Continued
Many thanks to Ambassador Hoffman and the staff of the Embassy of Israel for their vision and the realization of the two-day summit they organized and hosted in Ottawa. The summit’s objective was to examine the relationship between Israel and … Continued
By Ellin Bessner Originally published in, The Canadian Jewish News. A week before the annual Yom ha-Shoah remembrance ceremony at Canada’s National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, a photographer has stirred up condemnation for using the site as a location to … Continued