Canada faces a startling issue: the growth of extremist hate groups, antisemitism, and racism combined with Holocaust distortion, misinformation, and false news spreading on social media. Although Jews make up only 1.25% of Canada’s population, they are the target of … Continued
“It’s Never Okay! Addressing Symbols Linked to Hatred and Discrimination”, a webinar for Grades 7 to 9, was presented by Kenra Mroz on April 18th in honour of Yom HaShoah, Liberation 75’s student event, “The Holocaust and Antisemitism Through the Eyes of … Continued
Focusing on educating about the Holocaust, current antisemitism, and the growing understanding of the Jewish community, CHES has been holding regular Pre-IWalk tours of the National Holocaust Monument with local groups throughout the spring. CHES met with Heritage Canada’s Visit … Continued
CHES was pleased to be invited for the first time to participate in the Rotary Club of Ottawa Adventure in Citizenship Program at the University of Ottawa. Over 160 students, aged 16 to 18 and future leaders from across Canada, listened attentively to … Continued
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