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Program at a glance

Wednesday June 27th, 2018 – Teaching Difficult Subjects and Focus on the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s Exhibitions

Time Museum Conference Room Room #2 Room #3 8:30 am Seminar registration – Gelber Conference Centre 9:00 am Welcome – Gelber Conference Room 9:15 am Presentation – English Of Monsters and Common Men: A Brief History of the Holocaust Dr. Erin Corber, University of Dalhousie 10:15 am Coffee Break – Hall 10:30 am Visit – French Workshop – Workshop – Montreal English English Holocaust Exploring the Approaching Museum Experiences of Holocaust Permanent Holocaust History: 2 Exhibition (A1) Survivors Postwar Guidelines and through the Uses Resources of Testimony Rebecca Dupas, Michelle Fishman, United States Neuberger Holocaust Holocaust Memorial Education Centre Museum (A3) (A2) 11:30 am Visit – English Exhibition United Against Genocide: Understand, Question, Prevent – FCJA Entrance Hall (A4) 12:00 pm Lunch (included) 1:00 pm Visit – English Workshop – Montreal French Holocaust Explorer l’histoire Museum à travers l’étude Permanent d’artefacts Exhibition (A4) Cornélia Strickler and Marie-Blanche Fourcade, Montreal Holocaust Museum (A1)

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Wednesday June 27th, 2018 – Teaching Difficult Subjects and Focus on the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s Exhibitions (continued)

Time Museum Conference Room Room #2 Room #3 2:00 pm Visit – English Visit – French Montreal Exhibition United Against Genocide: Holocaust Understand, Question, Prevent – Museum Federation CJA Entrance Hall (A1) Permanent Exhibition (A4) 2:30 pm Workshop – French Workshop – Workshop – Aborder les sujets English French sensibles avec les Exploring History Pourquoi et élèves through Artefacts comment enseigner Sivane Hirsch, Andrea Shaulis, l’histoire de Université du Québec Montreal l’Holocauste? à Trois-Rivières (A5) Holocaust Cornélia Strickler, Museum (A4) Montreal Holocaust Museum (A6) 3:30 pm Coffee Break – Hall 3 4:00 pm Workshop – English Workshop – Workshop – Rationalization and French English Conformity during the Connecter passé Learning from the Holocaust et présent Holocaust: Rebecca Dupas, Dafina Savic, Strategies for United States Montreal Connecting the Holocaust Memorial Holocaust Holocaust to Museum (A7) Museum (A8) Different Genocides Clint Curle and Graham Lowes, Canadian Museum for Human Rights (A9) 5:00 pm End of the first day 7:00 pm Public Lecture – English New Dimensions in Testimony Kori Street, USC Shoah Foundation

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Program at a glance

Thursday June 28th, 2018 – Using Testimonies and Exploring Human

Rights & Canada’s Indigenous Peoples

Time Museum Conference Room Room #2 Room #3 9:30 am Workshop – French Workshop – English Workshop – Enfants cachés, Story Matters: Using English identité et Holocauste : Testimony-Based Teaching the survivre en marge de Activities Across the History of the la catastrophe Curriculum Holocaust with Catherine Person, Kori Street, USC Video Testimonies Azrieli Foundation Shoah Foundation Cornélia Strickler, (A10) (A11) Montreal Holocaust Museum (A12) 10:30 am Coffee Break – Hall 10:45 am Survivor Testimony Survivor – English Testimony - French 12:00 pm Lunch (included) 1:00 pm Presentation – English 4 Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit through Transsystemic Learning Marie Battiste, University of Saskatchewan 2:00 pm Coffee Break – Hall 2:15 pm Workshop – English Workshop – English Workshop – It’s Time: Why the Tebwewin / The Truth French History of Residential Anita Tenasco, Décolonisation par l’éducation Schools Must Be Kitigan Zibi Mélanie Lumsden, Included in our Anishinabeg Cultural Mikana (A15) Classrooms Centre (A14) Jane Hubbard, Legacy of Hope Foundation (A13) 3:15 pm All participants leave for the McCord Museum 4:00 pm McCord Museum: A choice of two bilingual visits between Wearing our Identity – The First Peoples Collection (V1) and Shalom Montreal (V2) 6:00 pm McCord Museum: Cocktail for seminar participants 8:00 pm End of the second day

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Program at a glance

Friday June 29th, 2018 – Local Dimensions of the Holocaust and Using

New Technologies

Time Museum Conference Room Room #2 Room #3 9:00 am Presentation – English “No Jews Wanted”: Canada and the Holocaust Paula Draper 10:00 am Experience – English New Dimensions in Testimony Kori Street, USC Shoah Foundation 11:00 am Debriefing – English Debriefing – Seminar Evaluation French Seminar Evaluation 12:00 pm Lunch (not included) 1:30 pm Museum of Jewish Montreal: A choice of two bilingual visits Rabbis, Writers & Radicals (V3) or In the Shadow of the Mountain – Montreal Reimagined (V4) 3:00 pm Conclusion of the third day and of the seminar 5

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Program in detail

Wednesday June 27th, 2018 – Teaching Difficult Subjects and Focus on the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s Exhibitions

9:00 am – Of Monsters and Common Men: A Brief History of the Holocaust Dr. Erin Corber, Inaugural Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair of Jewish Studies, Dalhousie University – Presentation in English – Gelber Conference Room

This presentation provides a sweeping overview of the history of the Holocaust, the “systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.” The presentation will cover the rise of nationalism and the racial state, the Second World War, the turn to mass murder, and the ghettos and camp systems in Eastern Europe. We will also explore stories and contexts of state and individual collaboration, and of individual and community resistance and survival. While Hitler and the Third Reich were pivotal to genocide, the Holocaust would have been impossible without the tacit approval of bystanders and active participation of collaborators in the enormous machine of murder.

10:30 am – Exploring the Experiences of Holocaust Survivors Postwar through 6 the Uses of Testimony (A2) Michelle Fishman, Education Coordinator, Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre – Workshop in English – Room #2

This interactive workshop grapples with the question “How can we use the immigration and integration experiences of Holocaust survivors to connect with the students of today?” There are many entry points and parallels between their adaptation to Canadian society and the challenges and obstacles newcomers face today. There is much to be learned through their strength, resilience and even failures in new countries after they faced genocide at the hand of the Nazis. Using survivor testimony based in the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive and short films curated by the Neuberger, Michelle Fishman will discuss various methods for teaching about the postwar experience of Holocaust survivors, their integration experiences into life in Canada, and what constitutes a good recorded testimony for classroom use.

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Wednesday June 27th, 2018 – Teaching Difficult Subjects and Focus on the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s Exhibitions (continued)

10:30 am - Approaching Holocaust History: Guidelines and Resources (A3) Rebecca Dupas, Youth and Community Initiatives Coordinator, United States Holocaust Memorial – Workshop in English – Room #3

Participants will explore the high level of sensitivity and keen awareness needed for teaching the complexities of the Holocaust. This workshop offers reflective approaches for effective teaching and includes resources from the exhibition as well as annual teaching workshops at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The guidelines and strategies shared illustrate a number of best practices for educating others about how and why the Holocaust happened.

1:00 pm – Explorer l’histoire à travers l’étude d’artefacts (A1 – with visits) Cornélia Strickler, Education Coordinator, and Marie-Blanche Fourcade, Head of Collections and Exhibitions, Montreal Holocaust Museum – Workshop in French – Room #2

In this interactive workshop, participants will explore the educational potential of using historical objects in the classroom. After an analysis of their experience with the Museum’s permanent exhibit, 7 teachers will have the unique opportunity to discover artifacts that are generally not available to the public and whose stories will be presented by the Head of Collections and Exhibitions.

2:30 pm – Aborder les sujets sensibles avec les élèves (A5) Sivane Hirsch, Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois- Rivières – Workshop in French – Gelber Conference Room

Sensitive subjects are complex, affecting values and social understandings and are subject to social debate, as they are related to our attitudes about living with diversity in harmony. They arouse strong emotions and touch the borders of sensitivity, discretion, propriety and privacy. The workshop will adapt the pedagogical approach favouring the teacher’s own prior position-taking on the theme to be developed with students, to Holocaust education, as a means of preparation.

2:30 pm – Exploring History through Artefacts (A4 – with visits) Andrea Shaulis, Registrar, Montreal Holocaust Museum – Workshop in English – Room #2

In this interactive workshop, participants will explore the educational potential of using historical objects in the classroom. After an analysis of their experience in the Museum’s permanent exhibit, teachers will have the unique opportunity to discover artifacts that are generally not available to the public and whose stories will be presented by the Registrar.

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Wednesday June 27th, 2018 – Teaching Difficult Subjects and Focus on the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s Exhibitions (continued)

2:30 pm – Pourquoi et comment enseigner l’Holocauste? (A6) Cornélia Strickler, Education Coordinator, Montreal Holocaust Museum – Workshop in French

– Room #3

In this workshop, participants will explore the importance, complexity and preparation surrounding Holocaust education. After sharing their own experience, participants will learn about the cognitive and pedagogical strategies advocated by the Montreal Holocaust Museum. Participants will explore many tips and resources available to effectively and respectfully teach the history of the Holocaust.

4:00 pm – Rationalization and Conformity during the Holocaust (A7) Rebecca Dupas, Youth and Community Initiatives Coordinator, United States Holocaust Memorial – Workshop in English – Gelber Conference Room

Participants will examine leadership and ethics in the context of the Holocaust in order to analyze widespread failures of individuals, communities, societies, nations, and the international community. We will explore timeless social and psychological dynamics that played into people’s decisions and 8 actions and how the same human vulnerabilities continue to pose challenges in our lives and our world today.

4:00 pm – Connecter passé et present (A8) Dafina Savic, Human Rights Coordinator, Montreal Holocaust Museum – Workshop in French – Room #2

During this workshop, we will present an educational tool which focuses on four genocides which occurred during the twentieth century, while also addressing contexts of mass violence today. Based on the Museum’s virtual exhibit United Against Genocide, the aim of this activity is to make students aware of the process of genocide, by allowing them to engage with primary source documents and digital tools.

4:00 pm – Learning from the Holocaust: Strategies for Connecting the

Holocaust to Different Genocides (A9) Clint Curle, Senior Advisor, and Graham Lowes, Educator in Residence, Canadian Museum for Human Rights – Workshop in English – Room #3

How can educators include different genocides and mass atrocity crimes into the framework of Holocaust education without distorting or trivializing the Holocaust? We will discuss the learning

#HolocaustEducationMTL potentials of connecting the Holocaust to different mass atrocity crimes, identify the potential pitfalls, and explore concrete teaching strategies for exploring continuities between the Holocaust and different events.

Thursday June 28th, 2018 – Using Testimonies and Exploring Human

Rights & Canada’s Indigenous Peoples

9:30 am – Enfants cachés, identité et Holocauste : survivre en marge de la catastrophe (A10) Catherine Person, Promotion and Development Coordinator, Azrieli Foundation – Workshop in French – Gelber Conference Room

During this interactive workshop, teachers will discover the new educational program developed by the Azrieli Foundation. This program teaches students the history of the Holocaust through the stories of Canadian survivors that are available on the Re:Collection digital platform (short videos, excerpts from memoirs, photos and artifacts).

9:30 am – Story Matters: Using Testimony-Based Activities Across the 9 Curriculum (A11) Kori Street, Director of Programs and Operations, USC Shoah Foundation – Workshop in

English – Room #2

In this workshop, participants will engage with IWitness, the USC Shoah Foundation’s international online platform for testimony-based education. Educators will learn how to deploy this resource in their classrooms through a guided exploration of cross-curricular activities that focus on humanity, resilience and resistance.

9:30 am - Teaching about the Holocaust using Recorded Survivor Testimony:

An Interactive Journey in the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s Virtual Exhibits

(A12) Cornélia Strickler, Education Coordinator, Montreal Holocaust Museum, Workshop in English

– Room #3

In this workshop, we will demonstrate the interest and relevance of using testimony to develop students' historical and critical thinking. Participants will discover teaching strategies using the testimonials presented in our online exhibits. We will explore the journeys of Holocaust survivors, accompanied by educational activities for different levels and disciplines.

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Thursday June 28th, 2018 – Using Testimonies and Exploring Human

Rights & Canada’s Indigenous Peoples (continued)

10:45 am – Holocaust Survivor Testimony Testimony in English – Room #2

A survivor testimony adds a personal dimension to the history of the Holocaust and its millions of victims. Focusing on the story as experienced by individuals, with their dilemmas and choices, permits a more nuanced understanding of the Holocaust and its links between history and contemporary life.

10:45 am – Holocaust Survivor Testimony

Testimony in French – Room #3

1:00 pm – Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit through 10

Transsystemic Learning Marie Battiste, Mi’kmaw scholar, Professor at the College of Education, and founder and first Academic Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan – Presentation in English – Gelber Conference Room

Drawing on treaties, national and international law, and personal experiences, this presentation chronicles the nature of Eurocentric models of education and the devastating impacts of forced assimilation on Indigenous peoples, their knowledge systems, and their self-determination. Exploring decolonizing theory and practices, the presentation highlights the costs of ongoing colonial practices and the benefits to all for reconciling Indigenous knowledge with the humanities and social sciences, and transsystemic transformations to achieve social justice and human rights. Offered are examples of an organic renaissance among Indigenous peoples ushered in the recognition and intellectual activation of Indigenous Knowledge that today has become an act of remediation, recovery and restoration that is unfolding in Indigenous communities, transforming and generating a learning space for transsystemic knowledges, diversity, inclusivity, and respect.

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Thursday June 28th, 2018 – Using Testimonies and Exploring Human

Rights & Canada’s Indigenous Peoples (continued)

2:15 pm - It’s Time: Why the History of Residential School Must Be Included in our Classrooms (A13) Jane Hubbard, Education Director, Legacy of Hope Foundation – Workshop in English – Gelber Conference Room

This presentation examines why the history of Residential Schools must be mandatory in our classrooms. It draws the links between the Residential School System and poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, and violence among Indigenous peoples - devastating conditions that are experienced by our neighbours, friends, and community members. We explore why it matters, by looking at the history of the school system, the healing movement, reconciliation, and taking action.

2:15 pm - Tebwewin / The Truth (A14) Anita Tenasco, Director of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Cultural Centre, Workshop in English –

Room #2

Tebwewin is an Anishinabe/Algonquin word that refers to truth. The Tebwewin workshop will focus 11 on the truth about Indigenous people in Canada: their history, territories, populations, languages, rights and varying cultures. This workshop will focus on an important and often "hidden" history of Canada in regards to Indigenous people as well as present issues that impact First Nation communities and First Nations students.

2:15 pm – Decolonization through Education (A15) Mélanie Lumsden, Co-founder, Mikana – Workshop in French - Room #3

Discover the Mikana project, based on a dream to have a better Canada in which every single one of us can act, be taken seriously and be part of society. Mikana's mission aims at social change through education and raising awareness on Indigenous issues and realities and to empower youth by giving them the possibility to share their views and experiences through workshops and conferences. This workshop will be an opportunity to discuss actions and reflections to decolonize institutions and help act against systemic racism toward Indigenous Peoples.

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Friday June 29th, 2018 – Local Dimensions of the Holocaust and Using

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9:00 am – “No Jews Wanted”: Canada and the Holocaust Paula Draper, Historian and author – Presentation in English – Gelber Conference Room

European Jews desperately seeking refuge from the Shoah found Canada’s doors were firmly closed. The Canadian Jewish community itself faced systemic antisemitism, which undercut the battle to rescue their brethren. The only large group of refugees to eventually gain admission during WWII arrived as “enemy aliens” from the UK. They spent several years locked up in internment camps in Ontario and Quebec. This presentation will focus on the little-known history of Canada's role during the Holocaust.

10:00 am – New Dimensions in Testimony Kori Street, Director of Programs and Operations, USC Shoah Foundation – Lecture in English – Gelber Conference Room

New Dimensions in Testimony is a collection of interactive video testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation, enabling people to engage with Holocaust survivors and other witnesses to genocide, 12 by asking questions and conversing. Through the use of artificial intelligence, audiences will be able to continue to interact with survivors for decades to come.

11:00 am – Seminar Debriefing Evaluation in English with Dafina Savic, Human Rights Coordinator, Montreal Holocaust Museum – Gelber Conference Room

11:00 am – Seminar Debriefing Evaluation in French with Cornélia Strickler, Education Coordinator, Montreal Holocaust Museum – Room #2

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Seminar Events

Wednesday June 27th, 2018

7:00 pm – New Dimensions in Testimony

Kori Street, Director of Programs and Operations, USC Shoah Foundation – Public Lecture in English – Gelber Conference Room

New Dimensions in Testimony is a collection of interactive video testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation, enabling people to engage with Holocaust survivors and other witnesses to genocide, by asking questions and conversing. Through the use of artificial intelligence, audiences will be able to continue to interact with survivors for decades to come.The lecture will also be offered exclusively to seminar participants on June 29th at 9:00 am.

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4:00 pm – Bilingual visit: McCord Museum – a choice between:

Wearing our Identity – The First Peoples Collection 13

This permanent exhibition enables the public to explore the complex heritage of the First Peoples of Canada and learn more about how their dress helped define their rich cultures and identities. Wearing our Identity – The First Peoples Collection will also help visitors learn about the importance of clothing in the development, preservation and communication of the social, cultural, political and spiritual identities of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

Shalom Montreal

Learn more about how members of the Jewish community have contributed to Montreal’s growth and development. Their remarkable achievements in a variety of sectors - arts and culture, health and science, justice and community groups, business and real estate - have benefited, and continue to benefit all Montrealers.

6:00 pm – Cocktail at the McCord Museum

Enjoy a networking opportunity with other seminar participants, speakers and special guests. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres included!

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Friday June 29th, 2018

1:30 pm – Bilingual visit at the Museum of Jewish Montreal – a choice between:

Rabbis, Writers & Radicals:

The Mile End has been a centre of the Yiddish language for nearly a century, first with its left- leaning Jewish schools, libraries, and social clubs, and now with dozens of Hasidic synagogues, yeshivas, and storefronts. Our visit travels through the parks, streets, and back lanes of the neighbourhood, tracing the evolution of Montreal’s literary, musical, and culinary culture and exhibiting the diversity of Jewish life in this very diverse neighbourhood.

In the Shadow of the Mountain – Montreal Reimagined:

Tur Malka is the name given to Mount Royal by Montreal's Yiddish poets in the early twentieth century. By drawing the name "Tur Malka” (Mountain of the Queen) from the Talmud, these 14 poets claimed one of Montreal's major landmarks and its symbolism as their own. Through the stories of writers, activists, and other idealists, this tour explores the contrasts between Jewish visions for their new home and the realities of life in this city.

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Additional Information

Montreal Holocaust Museum

The Montreal Holocaust Museum educates people of all ages and backgrounds about the Holocaust, while sensitising the public to the universal perils of antisemitism, racism, hate and indifference. Through its Museum, its commemorative programs and educational initiatives, the Montreal Holocaust Museum promotes respect for diversity and the sanctity of human life.

Montreal

Today, Montreal has 120 distinct cultural communities in its population of more than 4 million, making it a veritable mosaic of cultures and traditions. The world’s second largest francophone city after Paris, it has earned the moniker ‘international’ city, a cosmopolitan centre with proud roots in the past that enthusiastically embraces the future. Day and night, Montreal pulsates with activity. Each season, it hosts an array of events, exhibitions and gatherings, for the thousands of culture, nature and thrill seekers who come here to enjoy its diverse offerings. (Source: Tourisme Montréal) 15

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Getting to the Montreal Holocaust Museum

Address: 5151 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal Public transportation: Côte Sainte-Catherine metro stations (orange line) Parking: In the surrounding area

Getting to the Lord Berri Hotel

Address: 1199 Berri Street, Montreal Public transportation: Berri-UQAM metro station (green, orange or yellow line) Parking: Indoor parking ($)

Getting to the McCord Museum

Address: 690 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal Public transportation: McGill metro station (green line) A group will be organized to go to the McCord Museum. 16 Getting to the Museum of Jewish Montreal

Address: 4040 St-Laurent Boulevard, Montreal Public transportation: Bus 129 South, “Monument Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier” bus stop

A group will be organized to go to the Museum of Jewish Montreal.

Getting from the airport to the hotel

Taxi: Fixed fare of $40 Public transportation: Bus 747 ($10 or included in the $18 “3 days” pass)

To learn more on how to get around in Montreal, please visit the STM website.

Connecting your device to the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s WiFi

Network: Gelber1 Password: confergelber

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Languages

The presentations, workshops, and testimonies will be offered in French and English. Simultaneous translation services from English to French will be available during the presentations.

Registration and payment

To register your choice of workshops and visits as well as pay your $150 attendance fee, please click here. You will be given the choice between paying online via Eventbrite or sending a cheque addressed to the Montreal Holocaust Museum.

Food

Please note that only the food and beverages purchased in the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s building will be accepted during the seminar, as kashrut is observed on location. All other products must be consumed outside of the building. Thank you for your cooperation! 17 Notes

Bring material to take notes during the presentations and workshops. You do not need to bring your laptop.

Dress code

There is no specific dress code during the seminar. The rooms are however air-conditioned so bring warmer clothes in case you get cold.

Questions

Please contact Cornélia Strickler, the Museum’s Education Coordinator, by email at [email protected] or by phone at (514) 345-2605, extension 3054.

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Thank you to our partners and patrons for this event

The Teaching about the Holocaust and Human Rights in Canada Seminar for Educators is made possible thanks to our generous patrons, Ruth Grubner & Victor David Foundation and Goodman Family Foundation, as well as the generous support of Thomas & Riva Hecht and Sarah & Irwin Tauben.

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