The expansion of Ontario’s mandatory Holocaust classes in high schools is made official by education minister Stephen Lecce
Ontario is introducing new and expanded mandatory lessons about the Holocaust for Grade 10 students and providing more funding for teacher training on the subject, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced at the Toronto Holocaust Museum on Nov. 1. The curriculum will be part of the compulsory Grade 10 Canadian History course and will link the […]
Ontario to make it easier for faith-based daycares to offer subsidies across city boundaries
Ontario families can now access subsidized child-care programs across municipal boundaries, making it easier for parents who want cultural or faith-based programs for their children, the provincial government announced June 30. Education Minister Stephen Lecce, accompanied by several MPPs including Solicitor General Michael Kerzner, made the announcement on the eve of Canada Day, at the […]
Ontario is the first Canadian province to make Holocaust education mandatory for Grade 6 students
Ontario will become the first province to make Holocaust education mandatory at the elementary level, starting next September, education minister Stephen Lecce announced Nov. 9. Speaking on the eve of the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht, he revealed that Holocaust education will be part of the Grade 6 social studies curriculum. (It is already covered in […]
Environmental lawyer Dianne Saxe credits Jewish values and concern for the planet for her role in Ontario’s Green Party
The Ontario Greens’ deputy leader carries the progressive mantle from her father, Morton Shulman.
Ontario MPP Gila Martow co-ordinates coalition of smaller Jewish groups to tackle antisemitism in the public sphere
Prompted by an “alarming rise” in antisemitism in the public square, an Ontario MPP is spearheading a counterattack with a bluntly named coalition of grassroots organizations: The Working Group Against Jew-Hatred. Thornhill Conservative MPP Gila Martow, said it’s not a new Jewish organization but an effort to give smaller groups a voice by banding together. […]
Ontario elementary teachers form task force to combat antisemitism
Concerns are rising about anti-Jewish sentiment rising in schools.
Ontario partners with Wiesenthal Centre to combat anti-Semitism in schools
As part of the Safe Return to Class fund, the government is providing $327,000 for two summer learning programs.
Ontario moves closer to adopting IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
Bill 168, which was unanimously approved, calls on the Ontario government to be “guided” by the working definition of anti-Semitism
Kashrut agency sues chicken supplier for $1.3 million
Premier Kosher, the southern Ontario company that won the right to produce kosher poultry and began selling in Ontario last year, is being sued for $1.3 million for breach of contract by the company it had hired to provide kosher certification of its products.
COR ordered to pay after firing mashgiach for allegedly dating non-Jew
The Kashruth Council of Canada has been ordered to pay a former mashgiach, after it fired him for dating a non-Jewish woman.
