On Monday May 6, 2019 Facing History and Ourselves Canada is celebrating our tenth anniversary with a program called Unlearning Hate: A Conversation with Derek Black and Allison Gornik at the Toronto Centre for the Arts.
Unlearning Hate: Responding to the Rise of White Nationalism
Posted by Margaret Wells on April 26, 2019
Topics: Antisemitism, difficult conversations, apologies, Facing Canada, white supremacy, islamophobia
My Reflections on Canada’s Apology for the MS St. Louis
Posted by Leora Schaefer on November 15, 2018
As part of a Facing History and Ourselves course, educators and students reflect on the power of apology. These apologies are often examined within the context of transitional justice. In Canada our students explore the apology given by the Canadian Government for their role in the establishment of Indian Residential Schools. In advance of a close reading of this apology, students and their teachers consider moments in which they have either given or received a meaningful apology.
Topics: Holocaust, Survivor Testimony, Holocaust Education, Holocaust and Human Behaviour, apologies, Holocaust History in Canada