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The Centre For Holocaust Education And Scholarship (ches)

The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship promotes understanding of the Holocaust through education, research, and community engagement, fostering remembrance and awareness to combat antisemitism and discrimination.

Join featured speaker Lisa Biton of Yad Vashem for a workshop exploring how children&rsquo;s personal stories can help students connect with the human experience of the Holocaust. Discover practical teaching strategies, lesson plans, and resources aligned with Ontario&rsquo;s new Grade 10 Holocaust education requirements and explore how the experiences of children can provide a powerful lens for understanding this history. Teaching the Holocaust Through the Eyes of Children offers grade 10 educators practical, classroom-ready approaches to this difficult history. Grounded in testimony, diaries, and artefacts, the session centres children&rsquo;s experiences while maintaining historical accuracy and care. Presented by the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship, this workshop supports your role in countering antisemitism and hatred through informed teaching. Register to access curated resources, discussion strategies, and age-appropriate materials for your students.

Teaching the Holocaust Through the Eyes of Children: Practical Resources for Grades 10 and Beyond

CHES is honoured to present the launch event of Holocaust Education Month 2026 featuring a keynote address by Michal Cotler-Wunsh, internationally recognized human rights advocate, scholar, and leading authority on contemporary antisemitism. In her keynote address, Michal Cotler-Wunsh will examine the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials and the ways in which they transformed international law in the aftermath of the Second World War. Her remarks will also explore the contemporary misuse and politicization of the language of human rights and international law, and how these concepts are increasingly being distorted and weaponized to advance modern forms of antisemitism within Canada and the world.

The Normalization of Antisemitism in the Name of ‘Justice’ 80 Years After the Nuremberg Trials

We are pleased to invite you to participate in a unique presentation by genealogist Peter Jassem. Peter is an architect by profession who dedicated years to research his relatives&#39; roots who were affected by the Holocaust. His work preserves the lessons of humanity and tolerance as learned from survivors.His presentation will explore not only major collections and institutions, including the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Yad Vashem and Arolsen Archives, but also dozens of lesser-known resources in Poland and around the world, and the techniques for exploring them.While his research focuses on Poland, where all of the individuals he studied lived prior to the Holocaust, many of the resources and methodologies he employed are equally applicable for research in other countries.Participants will benefit from this practical information interwoven with unique personal stories&mdash;often heartbreaking, sometimes marked by extraordinary acts of courage or seemingly miraculous turns of fate&mdash;that illustrate the wide range of experiences of Polish Jews during the Holocaust. These accounts encompass both tragic deaths and remarkable survival journeys, as well as examples of betrayal and the selfless assistance provided by their non-Jewish compatriots. Descendants and the public will find this presentation richly illustrated and find the presentation inspiring for the work we still need to do.

The Centre For Holocaust Education And Scholarship (ches)

The Centre For Holocaust Education And Scholarship (ches)

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The Normalization of Antisemitism in the Name of ‘Justice’ 80 Years After the Nuremberg Trials

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Lost, Found, Remembered: Researching Holocaust Victims and Survivors

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