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5/6/2022 3:32:49 PM

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2023 Holocaust & Genocide Education: Stories of Refuge

Content warning: Please be advised that the video recording discusses subjects such as historical genocides and atrocities that might be disturbing, even traumatizing to some viewers. Students can access 24 hour support from the Good2Talk Helpline at 1-866-925-5454. Support for staff is available through the Employee Family Assistance Program. Access more resources available to the Centennial College community through the Centre for Accessible Learning and Counselling Services. This year’s Holocaust & Genocide Education programming focuses on the courage of refugees from the 1930s to present day, asking the question: how can we offer refuge to those who need it? The program begins with an excerpt from A Place to Save Your Life: the Shanghai Jews by Centennial faculty Karen Shopsowitz. This documentary tells the incredible story of the Jewish refugee community in Shanghai during the Holocaust, when 17,000 Jews escaped Nazi terror to find refuge in a very different country. The program connects these stories to current stories of refugees within Centennial’s academic community. Dr. Meera Mather, Dean of the School of English and Liberal Studies, whose doctoral thesis focuses on the success of Ontario colleges in retraining and credentialing internationally-trained immigrants to “contribute to their settlement in Canada,” tells her immigration story. Also hear a story of Razhan Alhabi, a Syrian refuge currently enrolled in the Practical Nursing Program. Students are encouraged to discuss how we can support refugees and displaced people in challenging times. The program was hosted by Centennial Libraries in partnership with School of English and Liberal Studies. To learn more about the Holocaust and other Genocides, visit our Virtual Display. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this recording are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Centennial College.

Centennial College

11/7/2023 5:30:00 PM

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2/6/2020 5:58:35 PM

Centennial College International Education Week 2018 History Pin Collection

Centennial College International Education Week2018 History Pin Collection.

Centennial College

11/26/2019 4:46:47 PM

From Learning Comes Life: A New Generation of Holocaust Scholarship

Now, more than ever, it is important to connect to the past to provide answers for the future. Max Eisen, a concentration camp survivor whose masterful book, By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz, won Canada Reads 2019, will present testimony to the harrowing events of the past. Students will respond to his urgent story with thoughtful scholarship in a student poster display and competition, designed to showcase students’ research in the Global Citizenship course related to the human face and causes of genocide. These projects will continue a difficult but necessary conversation as we move forward. Event Location: Centennial Event Centre

Centennial College

11/5/2019 2:00:00 PM

GENERATIONS TO REMEMBER: PASSING DOWN THE PIVOTAL

Each narrative of survival in the Holocaust is as unique as the individuals themselves. The personal transfer of our history through generations is essential, as it ensures that diverse stories are preserved. Captain Martin Maxwell, a living witness who fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938 and returned to fight for the Allied Forces, will give first-person testimony. In response, students will perform and reflect on lesser-known stories of genocide through theatre, which strives to give voice to the voiceless. Speakers: Martin Maxwell and Ilana Lucas

Centennial College

11/1/2018 5:30:00 PM

OER Library Day (2017)

A day dedicated to both the theory and practice of developing and implementing OER and the role in which libraries play.

Centennial College

6/8/2017 1:00:00 PM

Our Responsibility to Remember 2016

Looking to the future, how will we take responsibility for new generations learning about the victims of the Holocaust? How will they hear the personal stories of those who survived? Through selected video clips and student projects, this program will explore how artistic skills, photography, and new technologies are being used to carry forward the visual and auditory memories of victims and survivors of genocide. Hosted by Centennial College Libraries in partnership with the School of Advancement and the Centre for Global Citizenship Education & Inclusion, as part of the Neuberger Holocaust Education Week 2016.

Centennial College

11/8/2016 6:30:00 PM

The Riot at Christie Pits - Reasons to Remember

Every November Centennial College commemorates Holocaust Education Week. This year our program will continue to explore the roots of racism as we take on a local focus with the Toronto Christie Pits Riot which occurred in August 1933. Although long past for many of us, it remains one of the worst outbreaks of racial violence in Canadian history with over 10,000 participants and spectators. The riot was sparked by Nazi-inspired youth flying a swastika flag at a public baseball game to antagonize and provoke Jewish Canadians. Our guest speaker, critically acclaimed writer Jamie Michaels, is no stranger to this story. His graphic novel, Christie Pits, is described as a gritty ride through Toronto’s immigrant neighbourhood that re-tells the incredible story of when young Jewish and Italian immigrants squared off against Nazi-inspired thugs on the streets of Toronto. History never repeats itself, but it often rhymes—the lessons from the 1933 Christie Pits Riot remain as relevant today as when they transpired. Join us on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, for our live, virtual event with keynote speaker, Jamie Michaels, a critically acclaimed writer. His most recent graphic novel Christie Pits unpacks the tensions between immigrants and pro-fascists in 1930s Toronto that culminated in the Christie Pits Riot.

David Pearce

11/17/2021 6:00:00 PM

Voices of the Holocaust: The need to listen and remember (HEW 2020)

Every November Centennial College commemorates Holocaust Education Week to honour the experiences of Holocaust survivors through their testimonies. With time, these treasured voices and narratives are disappearing. From today forward it is with greater consciousness we must keep the lessons from the Holocaust alive. We must continue to strive and build our community based on the foundations of responsibility and respect.

Centennial College

11/9/2020 6:00:00 PM