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May I begin by commending all the various partners who organized this timely and significant Yom Hashoah event. En effet, on s’est réunis, en ce Jour du Souvenir, afin de nous rappeler notre devoir de mémoire: témoigner, réfléchir, et transmettre, … Continued
By: Blair Crawford Published in the Ottawa Citizen An Ottawa photographer’s modelling shoot at the National Holocaust Monument is prompting questions about what is appropriate behaviour at such a hallowed site. Photographer Michael Dupe posted four photos on his Instagram … Continued
“It’s Never Okay” – A New and Timely Lesson Plan Canada, along with the rest of the world, is facing the growth of extremist hate groups, antisemitism, and racism, combined with misinformation and false news on social media. The result … Continued
Please Support CHES and the CanadaHelps Make It Monthly Campaign. Deadline for participating is April 1st, 2022 CHES is pleased to announce our participation in a special matching funds campaign! In addition, through CanadaHelps’ Make it Monthly Program*, CanadaHelps … Continued
CHES is working with Ottawa Family Services to facilitate the recording of survivors who are associated with the agency and who have not yet given their testimonies. The recording of their survival stories during the Holocaust will be made in … Continued
By Marion Silver In April 2001, Liberation75 and the Ontario Anti-Racism Directorate, a Government of Ontario initiative, conducted Student Education Days that focused on students’ knowledge (or the lack) on the Holocaust and antisemitism. The objective was to assess what … 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
The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) is alarmed by the presence of the Nazi swastika and the Confederate flag and the misappropriation of the Yellow Star of David by some demonstrators on Parliament Hill this week. As Bernie … Continued
The history of the Holocaust has been part of school curriculums for decades, but how much Americans really know about it has changed. That was brought to light this week when comedian and actress Whoopi Goldberg made race remarks that … Continued
The Pulitzer Prize-winning book Maus by Art Spiegelman’s chronicles the lives of his parents in 1940s Poland during the Holocaust and their internment in Auschwitz, depicting Nazis as cats and Jewish people as mice. Earlier this month, the McMinn County … Continued