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
Author of the article: Andrew DuffyThis article was originally published by The Ottawa Citizen on Apr 17, 2023 Two Holocaust education groups say they hope to take advantage of the “untapped potential” of Ottawa’s National Holocaust Monument by developing a phone … Continued
The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) and Liberation 75 have joined with the USC Shoah Foundation to create an ambitious, interactive IWalk App to encourage student groups and tourists to visit the Monument and to educate them about … Continued
By Sheila Hurtig Robertson (Published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin) Most Canadians do not know any Afghanis. We are, however, all too familiar with their country’s ongoing tragedies, including the current humanitarian catastrophe, which is well catalogued by the world’s … Continued
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s message to CHES in honour of Holocaust Education Month launch event on November 9, 2021.
by Ron Csillag November 4, 2021 This article was published in The Ottawa Jewish News Canadian actor, filmmaker, producer and writer Saul Rubinek will open Holocaust Education Month in Ottawa on Nov. 9 by performing excerpts from his new play, All … Continued
by Andrew Duffy November 3, 2021 This article was published in The Ottawa Citizen The acclaimed actor, writer and director grew up in this city, and, at the age of seven, joined the Ottawa Little Theatre, where he plunged into … Continued
Heroes, Victims, Perpetrators and the Ties that Transform By Toby Herscovitch Be among the first to hear acclaimed Canadian actor Saul Rubinek perform excerpts from his play “All in the Telling” at the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship’s (CHES’s) … Continued
Author of the article: Blair Crawford This article was originally published by The Ottawa Citizen, updated Jun 03, 2020 When Vera Gara told students at Cairine Wilson Secondary School it was important to help the Syrian refugees now on their … Continued