CHES’ Pre-IWalk tours are designed to gain awareness of visitors’ understanding of the National Holocaust Monument and provide insight for the development of the ambitious IWalk Project. Visitors are asked for feedback while at the Monument and are also provided with a … Continued
By Mina Cohn and Kara Goodwin Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) Class may be back in session, but Jewish organizations continue to learn a hard lesson about rising antisemitism in Canada. Our schools, like other public institutions, … Continued
By Judy Young Drache Members of CHES, including some Holocaust survivors, are pleased to note that a third-year undergraduate course on the Holocaust will be offered by Carleton University as of September 2022. The course will be online, which we … Continued
By Shelli Kimmel My mother, Annemarie, was born in Vienna on October 1st, 1922, the only child of Elsa and Paul Klauber. Her parents had moved from a place unknown in Czechoslovakia to Vienna when they got married, and lived as a wealthy and assimilated … Continued
By Roberta Goldmaker The National Holocaust Monument, entitled Landscape of Loss, Memory, and Survival, is situated in Ottawa, but stands as a reminder to all Canadians “to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust as well as the contribution Holocaust … Continued
The COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have distracted the scholarly world from discussion of many important subjects, including the Holocaust. To revitalize academic interest in Holocaust studies in Poland, three world-renowned Holocaust scholars are scheduled to headline a … Continued
By Phil Emberley For the first time in Ottawa, For the Child, an exhibit commemorating the Kindertransport, will be on display at City Hall, October 17th to 31st. The Kindertransport was a major undertaking prior to the start of … Continued
David Shentow Park Naming Ceremony, Bram Bregman’s Speech. David Shentow was a courageous man. He emerged from Auschwitz and other concentration camps with a determination to rebuild his life in a world that had forsaken people like him. That … Continued
By Andrew Duffy original article published by the Ottawa Citizen on September 8. CEO Andrea Freedman said it is the third time the monument has been desecrated by photographers since it opened in 2017 The Jewish Federation of Ottawa … Continued
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