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A former Timmins Catholic school teacher’s licence was revoked due to his Holocaust denial and antisemitic lessons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. […]
