Canada

Canada’s membership of the IHRA is an affirmation at the highest political level of its commitment to Holocaust education, remembrance and research. Canada’s IHRA Chairmanship in 2013 helped raise awareness of the Holocaust through initiatives such as a ‘National Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education’, participation in an international poster design competition, development of a comprehensive research guide to holdings related to the Holocaust in its National Library and Archives, and government funding to help preserve and disseminate Holocaust survivor testimony. 

Key facts about Holocaust education, remembrance, and research in Canada

All IHRA Member Countries are asked to complete a basic questionnaire with key facts about the state of Holocaust education, remembrance, and research in their country. The answers to the questionnaire are provided by the national delegations, who are also responsible for keeping the information up to date.

1. What are the most important policy statements on the Holocaust, the genocide of the Roma, and genocide made by your government over the last seven years? Please include the name of the statement, the body who issued the statement, the date the statement was made, and a link.

Name of the Statement	Body Who Issued the Statement	Date Statement was Made	Link
Joint Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day	The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion	January 27, 2022	Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day - Canada.ca
Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day	Prime Minister’s Office	January 27, 2022	Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day	Prime Minister’s Office	January 27, 2021	Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day	Prime Minister’s Office	January 27, 2020	Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day	Prime Minister’s Office	January 27, 2019	Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day	Prime Minister’s Office	January 27, 2018	Statement by the Prime Minister on Remembrance Day | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day	Prime Minister’s Office	January 27, 2017	Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister on International Holocaust Remembrance Day	Prime Minister’s Office	January 27, 2016	Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holocaust Remembrance Day | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah	Prime Minister’s Office	April 27, 2022	Statement by the Prime Minister on Yom HaShoah | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah	Prime Minister’s Office	April 7, 2021	Statement by the Prime Minister on Yom HaShoah | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah	Prime Minister’s Office	April 21, 2020	Statement by the Prime Minister on Yom HaShoah | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah	Prime Minister’s Office	May 1, 2019	Statement by the Prime Minister on Yom HaShoah | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah	Prime Minister’s Office	April 11, 2018	Statement by the Prime Minister on Yom HaShoah | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah	Prime Minister’s Office	April 23, 2017	Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah	Prime Minister’s Office	May 4, 2016	Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Yom HaShoah | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Prime Minister announces reappointment of Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism	Prime Minister’s Office	November 29, 2021	Prime Minister announces reappointment of Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Prime Minister announces Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism	Prime Minister’s Office	November 25, 2020	Prime Minister announces Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism | Prime Minister of Canada (pm.gc.ca)
Statement on Romani Genocide Remembrance Day	Minister of Foreign Affairs	August 2, 2022	Statement on Romani Genocide Remembrance Day
Statement on Romani Genocide Remembrance Day	Minister of Foreign Affairs   Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth	August 2, 2021	Statement on Romani Genocide Remembrance Day

2. Please list, with links, a short description (200  words) of any action plans, statistics, etc. related to countering Holocaust denial and distortion, antisemitism, and antigypsyism/anti-Roma discrimination.

In Canada, police-reported hate crime data indicates that following three consecutive years of decline, hate crimes targeting a religion peaked in 2021, with the number of police-reported hate crimes targeting a given religion rising from 530 in 2020 to 884 in 2021, representing a 67% increase. This finding marked the highest number of hate crimes targeting a religion since comparable data have been recorded. Police-reported hate crimes targeting the Jewish (+47%), Muslim (+71%) and Catholic (+260%) religions were up in 2021 compared with the previous year.

 

When religious affiliation among Canadians was controlled for through the census, the rate of police-reported hate crimes targeting the Jewish population (145 incidents per 100,000 population) was highest, followed by the Muslim population (8 incidents per 100,000 population) and the Catholic population (1 incident per 100,000 population). Anti-Roma discrimination is underreported in Canada.

The Government of Canada is committed to combatting antisemitism, discrimination and hatred of all kinds. This commitment includes Canada's Anti-Racism Strategy (2019-2022) which was designed to lay a foundation to tackle systemic racism through immediate actions. Updates to the strategy are underway, as is the first ever National Action Plan on Combatting Hate.

3. How numerous and widespread are annual Holocaust remembrance events and remembrance events dedicated to the genocide of the Roma?

Holocaust remembrance and commemorative events typically involve Holocaust survivors, their descendants, political representatives, and civil society broadly. Holocaust commemorations are carried out by the three major Holocaust museums (Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver) and in other communities, ranging in scale, location, and target audience, but are facilitated in every major Canadian city. These events are often planned and initiated by local federations, Holocaust education centres, and civil society leaders who then invite municipal, provincial, and federal officials to come and make a statement. Commemorative programs are carried out in observance of Yom HaShoah, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and in some communities Kristallnacht and Raoul Wallenberg Day.

Covid-19 did not prevent commemorative events from taking place with numerous online events and workshops being offered in addition to those produced by the three major Holocaust museums - Montreal, Toronto and Montreal - who collaborated on national on-line commemorations, strengthening the culture of remembrance in Canada. Other communities such as the Calgary Jewish Federation saw the pandemic as an important time to procure innovative intergenerational photographs and testimonial contributions via their project Here to Tell.

Events commemorating the Holocaust are far more common than events commemorating the genocide of the Roma, and no Government-led ceremonies dedicated solely to the Romani Genocide are held, however commemorative events are organized by Roma civil society organizations and Holocaust education Centers or Museums. Events dedicated to the genocide of the Roma have been established in cities with Roma civil society organizations such as Toronto and Montreal.

November marks Holocaust education month or week – depending on location in Canada – a uniquely Canadian offering that allows for students and community members of all ages to listen in an intentional way to the testimony of survivor and participate in unique education workshops on the importance of memory, commemoration, and remembrance.

4. Are there any specific academic programs or permanent professorships dedicated to the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma? Y/N If yes, please provide details.

Please note that the programs listed below contain at least one course offering or more on the Holocaust or the genocide of the Roma.

Program	Location	Link
Holocaust and Genocide Studies	Concordia University	Holocaust and Genocide Studies (concordia.ca)
Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies	University of Toronto	Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies | University of Toronto (utoronto.ca)
Holocaust Studies	University of Victoria	Holocaust Studies (MA) - Grad admissions - University of Victoria (uvic.ca)
Holocaust Studies Field School	Mount Royal University	Holocaust Studies Field School | MRU (mtroyal.ca)
Jewish Studies	Huron at Western University	Jewish Studies - Huron University (huronatwestern.ca)
Jewish Studies	University of Waterloo	Courses Jewish Studies (uwaterloo.ca)
Jewish Studies	Queen`s University	Current Course Offerings | Jewish Studies (queensu.ca)
Judaic Studies	University of Manitoba	University of Manitoba - Faculty of Arts - Judaic Studies - Course Offerings - 2021-2022 (umanitoba.ca)
Jewish Studies Courses (Within History Department)	Western University	Jewish Studies Courses - Jewish Studies - History Dept. - Western University (uwo.ca)
Jewish Studies	York University	Jewish Studies (JWST) Courses | Department of Humanities (yorku.ca)
Jewish Studies	McGill University	Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Joint Honours Component Jewish Studies | eCalendar - McGill University
Études canadiennes juives Vered (JCS)	Ottawa University	Programmes et cours – Histoire (HIS) - HIS 2105 https://catalogue.uottawa.ca/fr/cours/jcs/
The Holocaust	Ottawa University	Programmes et cours – Histoire (HIS) - HIS 3328 et HIS 3728
The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies		https://www.concordia.ca/research/migs.html
The Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies		https://www.concordia.ca/research/migs.html
Èmicroprogramme en études juives” at Université de Montréal		https://fas.umontreal.ca/etudes-juives/microprogramme-en-etudes-juives/

5. Has any noteworthy research been published on the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma in the last seven years? Y/N. If yes, please provide details.

Please note that due to space constraints the list below is a curation rather than a comprehensive offering of research:

 

-          Adara Goldberg. Holocaust Survivors in Canada: Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947-1955. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2015.

-          Richard Menkis; Harold. Troper. More than Just Games: Canada and the 1936 Olympics. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015.

-          Richard Menkis, “‘There were cries of joy, some of sorrow’: Canadian Jewish soldiers and early encounters with survivors”, Canadian Jewish Studies, vol. 27, pp. 125-138, 2019.

-          Sebastian Hueberl, Fighter, Worker, and Family Man: German-Jewish Men and Their Gendered Experiences in Nazi Germany, 1933–1941. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022.

-          Charlotte Schallié, ed. But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust. Illustrated by Miriam Libicki, Gilad Seliktar and Barbara Yelin. New Jewish Press, May 2022. [Note: This is part of a multi-year SSHRC-funded project on Narrative Art and Visual Storytelling in Holocaust and Human Rights Education initiated by the University of Victoria; the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights are project partners: https://holocaustgraphicnovels.org]

-          Charlotte Schallié (with Helga Thorson and Andrea van Noord, eds.) After the Holocaust: Human Rights and Genocide Education in the Approaching Post-Eyewitness Era. University of Regina Press, 2020.

-          Mark Celinscak, Kingdom of Night: Witnesses to the Holocaust (University of Toronto Press, 2021.

-          Leonard and Edith Ehrlich, Carl S. Ehrlich, editor for Choices Under Duress of the Holocaust: Benjamin Murmelstein and the Fate of Viennese Jewry Volume I: Vienna (Texas Tech University Press) 2018.

-          Myrna Goldenberg, editor, Before All Memory Is Lost: Women's Voices from the Holocaust (Azrieli Foundation) 2017.

-          Michael Marrus, Lessons of the Holocaust (University of Toronto Press) 2016

-          Rebecca Clifford, Survivors:Children’s lives after the Holocaust, 2021.

-          Antoine Burgard, Une nouvelle vie dans un nouveau pays: trajectoires d’orphelins de la Shoah vers le Canada (1947-1952). (Ph.D. histoire, 2018 sous la direction de Yolande Cohen, professeure au Département d’histoire de l’UQAM et Isabelle von Bueltzingsloewen, professeure à l’Université Lyon 2)

-          Ariane Santerre, La Littérature inouïe : Témoigner des camps dans l’après-guerre, Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, coll. « Interférences », 2022, 302 p., https://www.pur-editions.fr/product/6934/la-litterature-inouie. (avec le soutien de la Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, du Département des littératures de langue française de l’université de Montréal et de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en musique et politique)

-          Molly Applebaum. Buried Words: The Diary of Molly Applebaum. Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation, 2017.

-          Ferenc Andai. In the Hour of Fate and Danger. Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation. 2020.

-          Judy Cohen. A Cry in Unison. Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation. 2020.

-          Leslie Fazekas. In Dreams Together: They Diary of Leslie Fazekas. Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation. 2021.

-          Pinchas Blitt. A Promise of Sweet Tea. Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation. 2021.

-          Ferenc Laczó (editor). Confronting Devastation: Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors from Hungary. Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation. 2019.

-          Myrna Goldenberg (editor). Before All Memory is Lost: Women’s Voices From the Holocaust. Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation. 2017.

-          Pinchas Gutter. Memories in Focus. Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation. 2018.

-          Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung. The Vale of Tears. Toronto: The Azrieli Foundation. 2016.

-          Also this notable journal issue about sexual abuse and the Holocaust

-          Buried Words, a special issue of Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History (Volume 27, Number 4, 2021). https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhos20/27/4?nav=tocList

-          For Grade 10 History, which is where the Holocaust is taught in Ontario the list of approved school textbooks can be found here.

-          The Canadian Jewish Studies Journal

-          Jan Grabowski. The Polish Police: Collaboration in the Holocaust. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.The Ina Levine Annual Lecture. November 17, 2016. November 17, 2016.

6. Have any surveys been conducted to assess the post-war public understanding of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma? Y/N. Please provide links.

Yes, in 2018, the Azrieli Foundation in partnership with the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) commissioned Schoen Consulting to conduct a comprehensive national study of Holocaust knowledge and awareness in Canada.

https://azrielifoundation.org/canadian-holocaust-knowledge-and-awareness-study/

 

In 2019, the Association d’études canadiennes, Connaissances sur l'Holocauste : les Québécois sont de loin les moins informés.

https://acs-metropolis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CvzECNLDixrsm6pnbm…

 

In 2022, the Association d’études canadiennes, Évaluation des connaissances sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale et l'Holocauste au Québec et dans le reste du Canada. https://acs-metropolis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ACS220614FR-Connai…

7. What are the most used textbooks and teaching materials on the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma, and when were they published and/or updated?

Please note that it is not possible to provide a comprehensive selection, but the below materials have been curated to provide a flavour of what is being developed and drawn upon in Canada:

 

• Teaching materials of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (created on an ongoing basis): https://www.vhec.org/educational-resources/

• Teaching materials of Facing History and Ourselves (created on an ongoing basis): https://www.facinghistory.org/canada/teaching-resources

• Azrieli Foundation Re:collection resource: https://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org/recollection/#home|view-all

• At Great Risk: An Education Program on Holocaust Rescue and the Righteous Among the Nations https://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org/education/

• Hidden Children, Identity and the Holocaust: Surviving in the Margin of the Catastrophe https://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org/education/

• Azrieli Foundation teacher tools like the First Step https://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org/education/

• Teaching materials of the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre (created on an ongoing basis): Online Resources | The Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre (holocaustcentre.com)

• The Montreal Holocaust Museum resources which are updated in an ongoing way. These pedagogical tools are broken down by age group and province as well as theme: Teaching the Holocaust in Primary School - Montreal Holocaust Museum (museeholocauste.ca)

• The Freeman Family Foundation Holocaust Education Centre at the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada includes a newly renovated museum and an extensive archive with interactive elements that are used as learning tools and materials in Winnipeg and also partners with Manitoba Education and Training for professional development opportunities for teachers: Collections & Library - Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada (jhcwc.org)

• The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 provides immigration records and oral histories that are accessible for learning purposes for students and adult learners in Eastern Canada: Oral History | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

• Dr. Doris Bergen à War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : 2016)

• Dr. Doris Bergen à The Holocaust: A New History (History Press Ltd : 2009)

• Dr. Irving Abella à None is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1922-1949 (University of Toronto Press: Updated 2012)

• Ruth Klein -à Nazi Germany, Canadian Responses: Confronting Antisemitism in the Shadow of War (MQUP Press: 2012)

• The Canadian Jewish Studies Journal

• Study Genocide Website

7. What are the most used textbooks and teaching materials on the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma, and when were they published and/or updated?

8. Have any surveys or other educational research been conducted to assess the effectiveness of teaching and learning about the Holocaust and/or the genocide of the Roma? Y/N. If yes, please provide details.

In 2020, the Azrieli Foundation conducted a survey on how teachers teach the Holocaust. This survey revealed that a large proportion of teacher are not very confident about the material they utilize to teach about the Holocaust. Additionally, the biggest challenges facing educators are balancing how best to pique the attention and interest of students while delivering age-appropriate content.  The full results can be accessed here: https://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org/uploads/TeachersSurvey-REVISED.pdf

In 2021, the organization Liberation 75 “used a pre/post-treatment survey to assess what 3,593 teens across Canada and the United States know and think about the Holocaust and antisemitism.” This report reveals that no Canadian province or territory requires Holocaust education to be a part of their secondary school curriculum with students instead encountering this material for the first time within popular culture. Key statistics include 42% of students interviewed stating that they have “unequivocally witnessed an antisemitic event” with 32.9% stating that they “don't know what to think about the Holocaust, think the number of Jews who died has been exaggerated, or question whether the Holocaust even happened.” The full results can be accessed here: SURVEY OF NORTH AMERICAN TEENS ON THE HOLOCAUST AND ANTISEMITISM | Liberation75

9. What public or private museums, memorials, archives, and/or sites in your country are dedicated to the Holocaust and/or the genocide of the Roma? Please provide details, including the role of central, regional, or local public bodies. Are these institutions listed in the IHRA Overview of Holocaust-related Organizations, in the EHRI Portal, or other databases?

Currently listed in International Directory of Holocaust Organizations database (Y/N)	Currently listed in European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) database (Y/N)	Monument/Museum/Archives	Location
N	N	Azrieli Holocaust Collection, Concordia University Library	Montréal, Quebec
N	N	Beaconsfield Holocaust Memorial (located in Eternal Gardens Cemetery)	Beaconsfield, Quebec
N	Y	Canadian Jewish Archives	Montréal, Quebec
N	N	Canadian Museum for Human Rights	Winnipeg, Manitoba
N	N	Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES)	Ottawa, Ontario
N	N	Edmonton Holocaust Memorial (located on the grounds of the Alberta Legislature)	Edmonton, Alberta
Y	N	Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies	Toronto, Ontario
N	Y	Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada (encompasses The Freeman Family Foundation Holocaust Education Centre)	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Y	N	Liberation 75	Toronto, Ontario
N	Y	Library and Archives Canada (Research Guide to Holocaust-related holdings)	Online guide to Library and Archives Canada holdings about the Holocaust
Y	N	Madeleine and Monty Levy Virtual Museum of the Holocaust and the Resistance	Website that draws on holdings of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario
Y	Y	Montréal Holocaust Museum	Montréal, Quebec
N	N	National Holocaust Monument	Ottawa, Ontario
Y	Y	Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre and Museum	Toronto, Ontario
Y	N	The Azrieli Foundation Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program	Toronto, Ontario
Y	N	The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial	Earl Bales Park, North York (Toronto), Ontario
N	Y	The Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia	Vancouver, British Columbia
Y	Y	Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre	Vancouver, British Columbia
N	N	Victoria Holocaust Memorial (located in The Jewish Cemetery of Victoria)	Victoria, British Columbia
N	N	Wheel of Conscience (monument located at The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21)	Halifax, Nova Scotia
N	N	Winnipeg Holocaust Memorial (located on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislature)	Winnipeg, Manitoba

10. What steps has your country taken towards implementing the International Memorial Museums Charter?

While there have not been federally led efforts to guide the implementation of the International Memorial Museums Charter, the three major Holocaust museums in Canada (Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver) are aligned with the general principles of the charter, and with best practices and recommendations of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

11. If an overview exists, how many and which organizations that work in the field of Holocaust and genocide of the Roma education, remembrance, and research receive public funding?

To keep alive the memory of those murdered during the Holocaust and combat both historical distortions and Holocaust denial, Budget 2022 provides $20 million in 2022-23 to the Department of Canadian Heritage to support the construction of the new Holocaust Museum in Montréal; and an investment of $2.5 million for the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, which has been approved through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund and Museum Assistance Program.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR MULTICULTURALISM AND ANTIRCISM PROGRAM (CSMARI) 2021
Organization	Title	Funding Amount	Description
FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES	Facing Forward Together: Youth Perspectives on Diversity and Inclusion in Canada	$120, 158
THE FOUNDATION FOR GENOCIDE EDUCATION	Genocide and Anti-Racism Presentation Program	$50,000
FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES	Speaker’s Idol 2022	$27,000	Speaker’s Idol was a virtual event, held on May 4, 2022, bringing together the general public and students from diverse communities in Canada to discuss human rights issues, from both historical and contemporary contexts, as a means of increasing intercultural understanding and awareness within Canada's growing multicultural population.
FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES	Freedom Day 2021	$13,000	Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies hosted their Freedom Day 2021 event virtually through Zoom on September 20, 2021. The event brought together the general public and students from diverse communities in Canada to celebrate democratic rights and freedoms.
HISTORICAL FILM STUDIOS CORP	Search Out The Land: The Story of the Jewish Community in Canada	$96,313	Search Out The Land: The Story of the Jewish Community in Canada Description: The project explores racism, discrimination and anti-Semitism through the screening of the educational documentary, “Search Out the Land: the Story of the Jewish community of Canada”. The film outlines the history of the Jewish community in Canada and the significant contributions made by this community to Canadian society and culture.
FRIENDS OF SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST STUDIES	Antiracism Education Project	$200,000	The Anti-Racism Project consists of a series of cross country seminars and workshops that will address the issue of genocide, and the rising tide of racism and discrimination, using the “Tour for Humanity” module and other workshop programs currently employed in Ontario schools.  The project will be implemented from July 1, 2017 to March 31, 2019 and may reach over 46,000 people.
ANTI-RACISM ACTION PROGRAM - 2021
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL FEDERATION OF TORONTO	Online Hate Research and Education Program	$340,000	The project will aim to address online hate by identifying different forms of hate in a variety of internet sites and social media platforms, and by developing strategies to empower young people to respond to the dissemination of hate.
LA'AD CANADA FOUNDATION	CARE:Combatting Antisemitism through Research and Education	$154,200	The project will focus on inter-community outreach and cultural sensitivity training to public sector employees who are most likely to interact with the Jewish community.
THE CENTRE FOR ISRAEL AND JEWISH AFFAIRS	United Against Online Hate	$172,800	The project will develop a national coalition to actively combat online hate.  As part of this initiative, a two-day virtual Action Summit to Combat Online Hate - organized by the Canadian Coalition to Combat Online Hate - was held on April 14th & April 15th, 2021.  The sold out event brought over 180 participants together to discuss topics including: regulating online hate; remedies outside of criminal law for targets of online hate; and public education campaigns to increase awareness of online hate.  The Summit included keynote speeches from Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism, and the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage, and Martin Luther King III.
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY	Canada Task Force on Online Antisemitism	$140,000	The project aims to help large social media and tech companies develop new policies and technological solutions with the goal of to fight anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial and online distortion. The project will set up a task force comprised of six eminent Canadians who will help guide the project, build a strong network of experts and provide practical advice on combating online anti-Semitism. A group of international experts will participate in a virtual roundtable to discuss current trends of online antisemitism in order to better understand the Canadian context.
RYERSON UNIVERSITY	Media Bias and Under-represented Groups	$250,000	The project aims to address systemic barriers through its Diversity Assessment Tool (DAT). The project is designed to examine media bias against Black, Indigenous, Jewish, and Muslim communities, barriers to employment in the media sector, and the consequent underrepresentation of these communities in the media sector.
Total funding in last 4 years		$1,057,000

12. What are the most important policy statements on genocide or mass atrocity crimes over the last seven years? Please include the name of the statement, the body who issued the statement, the date the statement was made, and a link.

Name of the Statement	Body Who Issued the Statement	Date Statement was Made	Link
Statement by the Prime Minister on Armenian Genocide Memorial Day	Prime Minister’s Office	April 24, 2022	Statement by the Prime Minister on Armenian Genocide Memorial Day
Statement by the Prime Minister on Armenian Genocide Memorial Day	Prime Minister’s Office	April 24, 2021	Statement by the Prime Minister on Armenian Genocide Memorial Day
Statement by the Prime Minister on Armenian Genocide Memorial Day	Prime Minister’s Office	April 24, 2020	Statement by the Prime Minister on Armenian Genocide Memorial Day
Statement by the Prime Minister on Armenian Genocide Memorial Day	Prime Minister’s Office	April 24, 2019	Statement by the Prime Minister in observation of Armenian Genocide Memorial Day
Statement by the Prime Minister on the 25th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda	Prime Minister’s Office	April 7, 2019	Statement by the Prime Minister on the 25th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holodomor Memorial Day	Prime Minister’s Office	November 23, 2021	Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holodomor Memorial Day
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holodomor Memorial Day	Prime Minister’s Office	November 23, 2020	Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holodomor Memorial Day
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holodomor Memorial Day	Prime Minister’s Office	November 23, 2019	Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holodomor Memorial Day
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holodomor Memorial Day	Prime Minister’s Office	November 23, 2018	Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holodomor Memorial Day
Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holodomor Memorial Day	Prime Minister’s Office	November 23, 2017	Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Holodomor Memorial Day