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Thursday, November 5, 2020

The ZC presents: a virtual lecture with Adara Goldberg

Making the Past Present: the M.S. St. Louis apology and Canadian Jewry's pursuit of refugee... More

Friday, October 30, 2020

2020 Holocaust Education Month

The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship presents Voices for the Past, Present, and Future: a film dedicated to five years of promoting Holocaust... More

Friday, October 30, 2020

ZC & CHES launch virtual pop-up museum

Join the Zelikovitz Centre and the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship for the launch of the virtual pop-up museum on Sunday, November 15, 1:00 pm EDT over... More

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Featured Student Work

The following works were produced by students in Dr. Deidre Butler’s various... More

Monday, August 31, 2020

I-CUREUS – Jewish Divorce in Canada

The ZC is proud to showcase the work of our very own Shaked Karabelnicoff as part of a summer research internship she undertook with Dr. Deidre Butler and Dr. Betina Appel Kuzmarov. Check out Shaked's report on the work she completed - looking at Jewish divorce in Canada. I-CUREUS Summer: End of Term Report... More

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Parliamentary petition to fight antisemitism and racism

The Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies invites you to sign a Parliamentary petition supported by our Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) that was initiated by one of their members, Dr Arthur Leader. The petition asks the House of Commons to invest in and strengthen Holocaust education, research, and remembrance.... More

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Now Online! Check out Episode 2 of ACJS’ Meet the Author

Check out Episode 2 of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Presents: Meet the Author! Hernan Tesler-Mabé  of the University of Ottawa is the author of Mahler’s Forgotten Conductor: Heinz Unger and his Search for Jewish Meaning. Here he is interviewed by Karen Painter (University of Minnesota) and Richard Menkis (University of British... More

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Special Invitation — Welcome to My Online Classroom

Special Invitation -- Welcome to My Online Classroom   Thursday June 25, 1-2:30 pm "Welcome to My Online Classroom" is a workshop series led by instructors, for instructors, with a specific focus on sharing a wide variety of ideas, strategies, and approaches to teaching online. The sessions will begin with a brief overview from... More

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Speaker’s Series

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies is pleased to announce plans for a series of online events exploring contemporary and past issues relevant to the Canadian Jewish experience. The first events will take place this July and August and will draw from papers that would have been presented at the postponed annual conference. There... More

Monday, June 15, 2020

In memory of Dr. Morris Schnitzer

The Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies mourns the passing (June 9 2020) of Dr. Morris Schnitzer, world-renowned researcher in soil organic chemistry, author, and Holocaust survivor. His Memoir (My Three Selves) is the story of his survival in German-occupied Europe for six years, from 1939 to 1945. He came to Canada in 1947 to... More

Monday, June 15, 2020

Zelikovitz Centre Spring 2020 Newsletter

Our Spring 2020 newsletter is here! Read on to learn more about the ZC's various initiatives, projects, and events over the last few... More

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Congratulations to our Provost Scholar!

We are delighted to announced that ZC team member Shaked Karabelnicoff has won one of this year’s 2020 Provost Scholar Awards. Shaked was nominated on the basis of academic and extracurricular work: she excels in undergraduate research, internationalization, immersive learning and community engagement. Winners each year are selected by a panel... More

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