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Perspectives I & II High Schools in St. Michel and LINKS High School in Ahuntsic are collaborating on a powerful Holocaust Sensitization program to foster

On Friday, November 15 Barbara Cieply shared her late mother Regina Kleinberg-Cieply’s gripping story of survival during the Holocaust through a special Zoom presentation broadcast to all

Neuberger Holocaust Education Week begins on Monday November 4 and runs through Sunday November 10. It is held annually to coincide with the commemoration of

Lynne Groulx, then-CEO of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, speaks at an event launching a graphic guide to genocide, Monday, June 19, 2023 in

Unlearn It is made up of videos, discussion questions and lesson plans for Grade 6 through Secondary II, along with a section for parents to

Montreal, May 30, 2024-Holocaust education has never been more important. But how do we continue to teach about the Holocaust in innovative ways that reach

VMC students at the Holocaust Museum. The Grade 8 IB students from Marymount Academy International, under the leadership of Marie Francis had an enlightening and immersive

Naomi Tencer with students. On, April 9 Spiritual and Community Animator Mary Poullas invited Noami Tencer, for a special presentation about the Holocaust and genocide for selected Grade

Joe Ortona, Heidi Berger, Marcy Bruck and Julien Feldman. EMSB Chair Joe Ortona and Commissioner Julien Feldman met with Heidi Berger and Marcy Bruck from the Foundation of Genocide Education. Its mission is

Rose Lipszyc 95, is the oldest participant in the Young Again, Never Again campaign, a campaign launched by advocacy group Liberation75, where five Ontario Holocaust

The  Grade 6 students from Honoré-Mercier Elementary School in St. Léonard, along with their teachers and Spiritual and Community Animator Mary Poullas, recently visited the Montreal Holocaust

JULY 3RD 2024 Training Seminar for Canadian Educators: Antisemitism and Racism in the Age of Social Media By Montreal Holocaust Museum Are you a Canadian

Secondary V students at Lester B. Pearson High School in Montreal North have been engaged in a learning process where the understanding of our history,

Ottawa, ON – November 20, 2023 – Today, the Government of Saskatchewan announced that Holocaust education will be a compulsory component of the renewed Social

On Monday, November 13, some members of the English Montreal School Board  (EMSB) Council of Commissioners made an unprecedented visit to the Montreal Holocaust Museum.

Westmount High School teacher Chantal Clabrough

Jewish Federation of Edmonton, Calgary Jewish Federation, and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs applaud the Government of Alberta for mandating Holocaust education as

VANCOUVER – Following discussions with B’nai Brith Canada and its League for Human Rights, the Government of British Columbia has decided to mandate Holocaust education for high school students with additions to Grade 10 curricula in 2025.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023– Sandra Banon, a Cycle 3 French teacher at St. Monica Elementary School in NDG, and Samantha Page Smith, a  Spiritual and Community

Image: Maxwell Smart  By Mike Cohen On the eve of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, there is a new relatively new commemoration format in place

Grade 11 students from Rosemount High School have embarked upon a sensitization program called “History and the Holocaust.” This  program was initiated by Vince Lacroce,

By Eliane Goldstein  On January 27,  2023 the English Montreal School Board held a panel discussion about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism on the occasion  of

Vince Lacroce, a community and spiritual animator for the English Montreal School Board, and elementary teacher Michelle Santilli work together to weave Holocaust education into

Holocaust survivor Muguette Myers, 91, speaks to schoolchildren at the Montreal Holocaust Museum on Jan. 23, 2023. The museum is down to a dozen active

Montreal, December 8 , 2022-  The English Montreal School Board Educational Services Department organized a virtual lecture for teachers  by sharing Holocaust and genocide education

Photo Courtesy of the Azrieli Foundation More than 90 survivor stories available online through the Sustaining Memories Project Toronto, December 7, 2022– With antisemitism on

Montreal, December 2 , 2022– The English Montreal School Board Holocaust Education Program, made possible thanks to support from the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal’s

Holocaust survivor Muguette Szpajzer-Myers

Montreal, December 1, 2022- Cycle 3 students at Gardenview Elementary School in St. Laurent took part in a special program for Holocaust Education Month, with

Monique shows the brass charm to students at Our Lady of Pompei.

Theatre Ouest End is inviting students to their production of The Covenant by Montreal playwright, Alice Abracen, a graduate of Roslyn Elementary School in Westmount and

Montreal, November 9, 2022– The English Montreal School Board Holocaust Education Program,  supported by a Nova grant from the  Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal, organized

Montreal, QC – November 11, 2022 – Controversial French rapper Freeze Corleone has a performance planned in Montreal in December. Strongly denounced in France for

Montreal, September 29, 2022- The English Montreal School Board Holocaust Education Program, made possible thanks to support from the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal’s Nova

International March of the Living partners with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, the Auschwitz Memorial, and the Neishlos Foundation for a global campaign to preserve the shoes

The English Montreal School Board Holocaust Education Program, made possible thanks to support from the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal’s Nova Grants, is well underway

The Canadian Jewish News  The new downtown Montreal Holocaust Museum (MHM) will be an inviting, tranquil oasis on bustling St. Laurent Boulevard when it opens

A June 12 poll by Abacus Data highlights the degree to which conspiracy theories, no longer confined to the extremes of the political spectrum, have multiplied and

EMSB launches Holocaust Education Program Podcast Montreal, September 9, 2022–  The English Montreal School Board is proud to announce the launch of a new podcast