Alberta’s education minister visits an Edmonton synagogue to announce it will be the third province to make Holocaust classes mandatory
The government of Alberta announced Nov. 9 that it would make Holocaust education mandatory in the province’s new social studies curriculum. Alberta now becomes the third province, after Ontario and British Columbia, to mandate Holocaust education. “I firmly believe we must do everything possible to combat rising antisemitism and educate young Albertans about the horrors […]
Tariq Khan, a member of Alberta’s new multicultural council, resigns after a history of antisemitic posts are revealed
Three days after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith unveiled an advisory council on multiculturalism, a member has resigned after the opposition party revealed his history of antisemitic social media posts, including Holocaust denial. Smith announced the 30-member Premier’s Council on Multiculturalism on April 14, co-chaired by court interpreter Sumita Anand and University of Alberta women’s studies […]
Alberta retracted an education document which advocated provincial teachers portray the positive attributes of Nazism
Alberta is often regarded as the Texas of the North for their mutual conservative political cultures, as well as dependence on oil and gas revenues. But recent controversies in each jurisdiction over how educators should approach teaching about the Holocaust also provide a point of comparison. Gina Peddy, an administrator with the Carroll Independent School […]
