Hatepedia has launched as a new Canadian resource to track and educate about online hatred
UJA Toronto’s Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Centre for Holocaust Education is launching a new online database and resource that is specifically designed to combat the different ways modern hatred can manifest. Hatepedia.ca is the first initiative created with funds received in the fall of 2020 from the Canadian Government’s Anti-Racism Action Program grant. So far, […]
A bill that would make Holocaust denial a crime was introduced in Parliament by Conservative MP Kevin Waugh
A bill making its way through Parliament with cross-partisan support seeks to criminalize Holocaust denial by adding a specific subsection on antisemitism to existing prohibitions against inciting hatred. The proposed legislation, which was introduced in the House of Commons on Feb. 9, would add the “communication of statements, other than in private conversation, that wilfully […]
A former Timmins Catholic school teacher’s licence was revoked due to his Holocaust denial and antisemitic lessons
The Ontario College of Teachers has revoked the licence of a Timmins, Ont. history teacher who used his classroom to push “hateful” Holocaust denial and antisemitic conspiracy theories, including songs he performed as part of a local rock band. The decision to pull Joseph DiMarco’s licence was made public on the college’s website on Dec. […]
Updated: Holocaust-denying Canadian siblings convicted for incitement of hatred in Germany
Alfred and Monika Schaefer both received jail terms
Your Daily Spiel For August 8
Israeli actress Gal Gadot will be starring in a limited Showtime series about Hedy Lamarr; Holocaust experts want to meet with Mark Zuckerberg; nearly 600 rabbis from North America have signed a letter calling on Orthodox rabbis in Israel to retract homophobic comments.
Civil liberties group calls on Canadian government to help Holocaust denier on trial in Germany
B’nai Brith Canada says that a leading civil rights group erred in its call for the government to help a Canadian who’s on trial for Holocaust denial in Germany.
Your Daily Spiel For July 13
Draymond Green’s visit to Israel sparked controversy, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Sarah Silverman’s new late night show got Emmy nominations, a kosher-certifying agency can no longer vouch for Starbucks kashrut.
Holocaust-denying Canadians on trial in Munich
The trial of two German-Canadian siblings charged with inciting hatred, stemming from their denial of the Holocaust, has begun in Munich.
Canadian Holocaust denier and former Green candidate arrested in Germany
German-Canadian Holocaust denier and former Green Party of Canada candidate Monika Schaefer was arrested on Jan. 3 in Munich.
Holocaust-denying prof reinstated at University of Lethbridge
The University of Lethbridge has reinstated a professor who had been suspended for questioning the Holocaust and suggesting a Zionist connection to 9/11.
