Holocaust Education Month Virtual Program for Descendants “INSPIRED BY CORRESPONDENCE – LETTERS THAT SURVIVED” November 13th, 2:00 pm Program Overview As we move from the age of witness to the age of memory, CHES is continuously looking for new … Continued
Holocaust Education Month Virtual Launch November 10th, at 7:00 pm “The Ravine”: Atrocity, Photography, and Holocaust Research in Ukraine An evening with acclaimed Holocaust historian, Dr. Wendy Lower Listen to Dr. Wendy Lower’s interview with Ottawa Morning, on CBC Radio. … Continued
CREATING SAFE SPACES: NAVIGATING THE LANGUAGE OF ANTISEMITISM AND HATE Holocaust Education Month 2022 Teachers’ Workshop – November 17th, 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. Register here: https://sidepony.ca/ches-november-17 CHES’ annual Teachers’ Workshop will be open to teachers in all Ottawa school … Continued
Holocaust Education Month 2022 Descendants Program – November 13th, 2:00 pm. By Kara Goodwin Beyond the ink on a page, a handwritten letter tells a story of its own. Letters are a very personal historical record. On November 13th, … Continued
Holocaust Education Month 2022 Launch Event – November 10th, 7:00 pm By Kara Goodwin This year’s Holocaust Education Month Launch Event, in commemoration of Kristallnacht on November 10th , will be an online presentation featuring Dr. Wendy Lower, award-winning author … Continued
Holocaust Education Month 2022 – November 6th, 1:00 pm CHES is calling on the Ottawa Jewish Community to support RISE UP Ottawa!, a fundraiser organized by OCDSB educator Lisa Levitan in partnership with the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation and Ottawa … Continued
Original article written by Andrew Duffy, published by the Ottawa Citizen, Oct 19, 2022 In late August 1939, one week before the outbreak of the Second World War, 13-year-old Dieter Eger said goodbye to his parents and boarded a train … Continued
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