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We’ve had an 80-year holiday from history — a brief pause in the centuries-long cycle of exclusion, scapegoating and violence. That holiday is now over.As the school year wraps up, and with 2025 marking 80 years since the end of World War II, it’s time to ask hard questions about what we’re teaching — and what we’re missing.

This article was published in French by Audrey Bélanger as “Cultiver l’empathie des élèves et leur désir de mieux comprendre diverses manifestations du racisme à travers un récit mémoriel : l’exemple de matricule E96.” Les Cahiers de l’AQPF 14 (3): 52–56, 2023. Translated into English by Dawson Campbell, 2024.

When we heard about how the Grade 12 World History course at Don Mills Collegiate Institute in Toronto used our memoirs to explore Jewish history through food and stories of survival...

With the rollout of the new Grade 6 curriculum’s inclusion of Holocaust education, school boards and teachers across Ontario have been searching for guidance from local organizations to help them navigate the complex subject matter.

We know finding accurate, age-appropriate resources can be a challenge, and now with the new Ontario curriculum, it’s one that many Grade 6 educators are facing. If you’re unsure where to look for support, look no further!

Holocaust survivors from across Canada gathered on June 4 to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the Azrieli Foundation's Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program.