13th annual holocaust symposium

The Symposium organizers are grateful for the generous support of: 

The Kleinmann Family Foundation, the Burman Wajcer Memorial Fund, The Vanier College Teachers’ Association, the Faculty of Social Science, Commerce, Arts and Letters, the Faculty of Science and General Studies, the Peter D. Kleinmann Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Vanier College Students’ Association.

MONDAY APRIL 3

8-10 AM
ROOM N271
RAY SHANKMAN
“THE RAPE OF NANKING”

8:30-10 AM
ROOM N229
FILM PRESENTATION: “ROCKED: SUM41 IN THE CONGO“

10-11:30 AM
ROOM N575
RAY SHANKMAN
“THE RAPE OF NANKING”

10-11:30 AM
ROOM N231
FILM PRESENTATION:“PAPER CLIPS“

1-2:30 PM
ROOM D546
ROSS ROBINS
“GERMAN JUSTICE SHAMED”

2:30-4 PM
ROOM N562
FILM PRESENTATION:“PAPER CLIPS“

4-5:30 PM
ROOM D546
RENEE KARP
“HUNTING WAR CRIMINALS: SIMON WIESENTHAL AND OTHER HEROES OF OUR TIME”

4-6PM
ROOM: N529
FAIGA BURMAN with SIMON WAJCER
“A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND SON SPEAK”

4-5:30
ROOM: AMPHITHEATRE
NANCY LECLERC
“THE PINK TRIANGLE AND THE PERSECUTION OF HOMOSEXUALS DURING THE HOLOCAUST”

TUESDAY APRIL 4

8:30-10 AM
ROOM N316
FILM PRESENTATION: “ROCKED: SUM41 IN THE CONGO“

8:30 – 10 AM
ROOM: AMPHITHEATRE
RENEE KARP
“HUNTING WAR CRIMINALS:SIMON WIESENTHAL AND OTHER HEROES OF OUR TIME”

10-11:30 AM
ROOM N429
FILM PRESENTATION: “ROCKED: SUM41 IN THE CONGO“

1-2:30 pm
ROOM N429
FILM PRESENTATION: “ROCKED: SUM41 IN THE CONGO“

2:30-5:00 PM
ROOM: N429
FILM PRESENTATION: “PRISONER OF PARADISE“

3-4:30 PM
ROOM: A314
TIBOR BOLGAR
“A SURVIVOR SPEAKS”

WEDNESDAY APRIL 5

10:30-12
ROOM: AMPHITHEATRE
NANCY LECLERC
“THE PINK TRIANGLE AND THE PERSECUTION OF HOMOSEXUALS DURING THE HOLOCAUST”

12-1:30 PM
BOARDROOM N186
HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION

1:30-2:30 PM
ROOM N375
MARTHA BERNSTEIN
“CONFRONTING THE PAST: FRANCE REMEMBERS”

1:30-3:30 PM
ROOM N316
VICKI BENNETT
“THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLOCAUST EDUCATION: A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE”

2 and 3 PM
ROOM: AMPHITHEATRE
VSCA FILM PRESENTATION: “ROCKED: SUM41 IN THE CONGO”

THURSDAY APRIL 6

8-10 AM
ROOM: B223
ANNA KAZIMIRSKI
“WITNESS TO HORROR”

12-2 PM
ROOM N516
ABRAHAM FINKEL
“A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SPEAKS”

2:30-4 PM
ROOM N231
FILM PRESENTATION:“PAPER CLIPS“

5-7:30 PM
ROOM: BOARDROOM N186
WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS: From Sympathy to Empathy to Action: The Restorative and Transformative Potential of Holocaust Education WITH RAY WOLPOW (DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHWEST CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION – WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY)
CONTACT NEIL CAPLAN TO RESERVE A PLACE CAPLAN@FCLASS.VANIERCOLLEGE.QC.CA

FRIDAY APRIL 7

10-12 NOON
ROOM N271
RAY SHANKMAN
“THE RAPE OF NANKING”

11:30-1 PM
ROOM C305
FAIGA BURMAN with SIMON WAJCER
“A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND SON SPEAK”

11:30-1 PM
ROOM E512
TIBOR BOLGAR
“A SURVIVOR SPEAKS”

1 -2:30 PM
ROOM N231
“PAPER CLIPS“