Launch of the ZC & CHES Virtual Pop Up Museum
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2020 Time: 1:00 pm Location: Online (webinar) Cost: Free; registration required: https://zoom.us/webinar/register
“Voices for the Past, Present and Future” – CHES Film Premiere
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2020 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Online (webinar) Cost: Free; registration required: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/
Holocaust stories echo perils of current refugee crisis
Author of the article: Blair Crawford This article was originally published by The Ottawa Citizen, updated Jun 03, 2020 When Vera Gara told students at Cairine Wilson Secondary School it was important to help the Syrian refugees now on their … Continued
Remembrance: 75 Years After Auschwitz-Birkenau Liberation
Monday, February 3, 2020 By Sheila Hurtig Robertson, Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship Survivors, ambassadors, politicians, and representatives from 10 partner organizations, including the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES), gathered in Ottawa on January 24th to commemorate … Continued
“Remembering the Holocaust, Conveying its Lessons”
Date: Friday, January 24, 2020 Time: 9:00am – 12pm Location: Room 200, Sir John A. MacDonald building, 144 Wellington Street, Ottawa Cost: None, but RSVP required by January 17 A special commemorative event to mark the 75th Anniversary of the liberation … Continued
2019, November 14, “Antisemitism Then and Now”, with Bernie Farber and Len Rudner
This workshop was live at Temple Israel and not recorded. Powerpoint and accompanying lesson plan are available. 2019 marked 81 years since the outbreak of World War II. This year’s theme for Holocaust Education Month (HEM) was “Antisemitism Then and … Continued
Symposium for Descendants of Holocaust Survivors
80 years since the beginning of WWII. “Learning from the Past for the Future” Date: Sunday, November 17, 2019 Time: 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Location: Kehillat Beth Israel Congregation (KBI), 1400 Coldrey Avenue, Ottawa Cost: Free but RSVP required … Continued
Law Enforcement Workshop: “Antisemitism Then and Now”
Date: Friday, November 15, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m. to Noon Location: The Ottawa Police Association, 141 Catherine St., Meryl Cameron Hall, Ottawa Cost: Free but registration is required by November 6th The workshop will provide the Ottawa Police and partner … Continued
2019 Annual Teachers’ Workshop
Anti-Semitism Then and Now Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019 Time: 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa Cost: Free but registration is required by November 6, 2019 via https://carleton.ca/ches/tw19 Keynote Speakers Bernie Farber … Continued
Holocaust Education Month Launch Event
80 Years Since the Outbreak of WWII. A Lecture in Commemoration of Kristallnacht Professor Deborah Lipstadt: “Antisemitism: Old Wine in New Bottles” Date: Sunday, November 10, 2019 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Kehillat Beth Israel Congregation, 1400 Coldrey Ave, Ottawa Cost: … Continued