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Western Canada: Internal dissent among B.C. teachers union over Israel-Hamas war as Holocaust education becomes mandatory (The Globe and Mail)

Next year, Grade 10 students in British Columbia will be required to learn about the Holocaust as part of their coursework to graduate. It is content the provincial government added to the mandatory curriculum last October, weeks after the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel.

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June 15, 2024

McGill encampment running “revolutionary” youth camp with “Islamic resistance” lesson (True North)

Pro-Hamas McGill encampment organizers will be running a “revolutionary” summer camp for youth that will include a lesson on “Islamic resistance.

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June 14, 2024

McGill encampment to host anti-Israel 'revolutionary youth summer program' (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

We pledge to education the youth of Montreal,' notes an Instagram post promoting the program, accompanied by an image of men wearing keffiyehs and clutching machine-guns

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June 14, 2024

McGill encampment to host anti-Israel 'revolutionary youth summer program' (National Post)

We pledge to education the youth of Montreal,' notes an Instagram post promoting the program, accompanied by an image of men wearing keffiyehs and clutching machine-guns

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June 14, 2024

Programme d’été révolutionnaire: le campement à McGill plongé dans la controverse (Le Journal de Québec, + syndication QMI)

https://www.journaldequebec.com/2024/06/14/programme-dete-revolutionnaire-le-campement-mcgill-plonge-dans-la-controverse

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June 14, 2024

BCTF removes online presence of committee allied with pro-Hamas rallies (Vancouver is Awesome)

A BC Teachers Federation committee had been promoting anti-Israel rhetoric, according to Jewish groups who are equally concerned with a lack of Holocaust education mandate and resources from the union.

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June 13, 2024

B.C. United missteps divide Muslim community, strategist claims (CBC News British Columbia)

Party dropped Asad Gondal following online backlash to his previous Gaza, 2SLGBTQ+ comments

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June 12, 2024

Opinion: Words are not enough; time for decisive action on antisemitism (Montreal Gazette)

We cannot continue to watch as the right to freedom of expression is confused with an obligation to provide a platform for those sowing hate and division.

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June 12, 2024

BC Teachers’ Federation declines to fund Holocaust education group, while funding pro-Palestinian group (The Globe and Mail)

The BC Teachers’ Federation has denied specialist recognition of a Holocaust education group, making it ineligible for the same funding for curriculum development that the union provides to some three dozen other associations, including one promoting pro-Palestinian resources.

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June 12, 2024