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[email protected] www.vaniercollege.qc.ca Vanier College Students to visit Europe to learn about moral responsibility and global citizenship Montreal, May 23, 2017. Vanier College and the Holocaust Education and Genocide Prevention Foundation is marking the 25th Anniversary of the Annual Symposium on the Holocaust and Genocide at Vanier College with a student trip, Moral Responsibility and Global Citizenship, May 25-June 5, 2017. Twenty-two Vanier students and one Dawson student will embark on an eleven-day trip to Austria and Italy. Austrian Honorary Consul General, Marc Bissell, son of a Holocaust survivor from Vienna, will participate on the trip. Two Vanier graduates, currently Concordia film students, will also accompany the students in order to film and document the journey with a view to creating four 7-minute pedagogical films. The units are intended to raise awareness of the need to assume moral responsibility when confronted with racism and discrimination. In Austria, students will visit Vienna, Mauthausen and Linz; in Italy, they will travel to Verona, Florence and Rome. While some of the trip involves cultural tours and visits, most of the visits focus on the theme Moral Responsibility and Global Citizenship and include the following: Vienna, Rathaus Tour and Welcome, City Councillor and Mayoral Representative, Mag. Tanja Wehsely Reception, Canadian Ambassador to Austria, Mark Bailey, Ambassador’s residence Round table discussion Dr.