By Marion Silver Four years ago, several Jewish students at Kingston Collegiate Institute (KCI) were on the receiving end of antisemitic slurs from their fellow classmates. One mother contacted CHES Chair, Mina Cohn, who prevailed upon David Moskovic to describe … Continued
A SPECIAL REPORT On January 27th, 1945, the Auschwitz- Birkenau concentration camp, where more than one million people died in its notorious gas chambers, was liberated. On January 27th, 2023 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day – students at Ottawa’s Sir … Continued
The For the Child exhibit provides a powerful current and relevant connection to today’s students by exploring the impact of what it means to be a refugee, an experience shared by some of our students. The For the Child exhibit … Continued
By Marion Silver I cannot abandon my father and mother We are destined to have the same fate Darling, have strength Please do what you can to survive Maybe, one day, we will meet again. Such are the lines … Continued
Further to inviting teacher candidates at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Education for CHES’s November Teachers’ Workshop, Tracy Crowe, Program Specialist-Teacher Education, spoke with CHES about the lack of resources about antisemitism for future educators. She was interested in … Continued
By Lisa Levitan While antisemitism is omnipresent, in recent years the OCDSB has experienced a horrific rise of Jewish hate within their schools. After two years of Jewish educators asking for Jewish representation on the OCDSB equity team, on January … Continued
By Kara Goodwin Despite stormy weather, members of Ottawa’s Indigenous and Jewish communities gathered at Temple Israel (and via Zoom) on December 10th and 11th for the Jewish – Indigenous Relations through the Creative Arts program. CHES was proud to … Continued
Since 2015, archaeologist Denis Renaud has taught a module on the archaeology of the Holocaust in his class, “Méthodes et techniques archéologiques” (CLA-2510) at the University of Ottawa. The main goal of the class is to prepare students for an … Continued
By Lisa Levitan Hundreds of Ottawa’s Jewish community came together on November 6th to participate in the first annual RISE UP Ottawa event. The immensely successful afternoon focused on education, engagement, and learning about the unprecedented rise of antisemitism in … Continued
By Mina Cohn and Artur Wilczynski CHES commends the organizers of Combatting Antisemitism on Campuses: A Convening to Engage, Educate, & Empower Faculty. Professor Cary Kogan of the University of Ottawa and Professor Deidre Butler of Carleton University co-chaired a panel … Continued