Future Grade 10 students in B.C. will learn about the Holocaust as part of a broadened social studies curriculum starting in 2025-26 school.
“For our friends and neighbours in the Jewish community, this has been an incredibly frightening time,” Eby said. “We have seen a rise in antisemitism in B.C. following the terrorist attacks in Israel, which evokes the history of persecution of Jews. Combating this kind of hate begins with learning from the darkest parts of our history, so the same horrors are never repeated.
While two-thirds of respondents agreed that the Holocaust happened and that the number of Jews that died in it has been fairly described, a third “reported feeling that the Holocaust was an exaggerated or fabricated event, or that they were not sure if it actually happened,” it reads.The changes will take effect in the 2025-26 school year to allow for consultation and development with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, the Jewish community and education partners.
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