By Justin Ma In Irwin Cotler’s, “Twenty years after the Rwandan genocide, six lessons to remember, he wrote that the first lesson is how, similarly to the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide started with government-sanctioned demonization and dehumanization of a minority. … Continued
By Alyssa Novick Grade 10 students at Ashbury College are learning about the Holocaust. At Ashbury College, students spend three weeks (approximately eight classes of 80 minutes each) studying the Holocaust unit as part of the Grade 10 Canadian History … Continued
By Judy Young Drache A new third-year undergraduate course on the Holocaust was offered as planned in the fall semester of 2022 by Carleton University (see CHES Newsletter, Vol 2, No 4, September 2022). The course was presented jointly by the … Continued
By Anneke Goodwin March of the Living is an international educational program that includes a march of three kilometres from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in honour of those who survived and in memory of … Continued
Cantor Kraus CHES is saddened by the loss of Holocaust survivor Cantor Moshe Shimon Kraus who passed away on Monday, May 29th. He was 101 years old. We are forever grateful for his willingness to share his survival story with … Continued
CHES is pleased to learn that Brian Kom has been appointed as the OCDSB’s Jewish Equity Coach. We look forward to working with Brian and assisting him in any way we can as he fulfills his important role in addressing … Continued
CHES is pleased to announce that our program, Through Their Eyes, has been generously awarded Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s Jewish Journeys Grant. Through Their Eyes will empower the Next Generation to share their families’ stories and will benefit our community for years to come. Thanks … Continued
78 years after the capitulation of Germany, Holocaust survivors remember Professor Tibor Egervari was interviewed with Radio Canada’s program, ICI Ottawa-Gatineau. Listen to the interview(Interview in French)
Author of the article: Andrew Duffy This article was originally published by The Ottawa Citizen on Apr 25, 2023 Most Holocaust survivors are now too old and frail to go into classrooms to bear witness to the past. Today, in … Continued
The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES), would like to thank Premier Doug Ford for his recent message of appreciation to our organization on the occasion of Non-Profit Sector Appreciation Week 2023. Mayor Jim Watson made a Proclamation … Continued