Remembering is not enough, Canada needs more genocide education

A coalition of advocacy groups representing victims of recognized genocides warns that a lack of education about genocide leads to complacence about the actions of authoritarian states

Last week Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced a new expert advisory group on online safety. The federal government should do more to prevent hateful and racist content online, and social media platforms should be compelled to remove hateful and extremist content, write Richard Marceau, Ihor Michalchyshyn, and Sevag Belia.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY RICHARD MARCEAU, IHOR MICHALCHYSHYN, AND SEVAG BELIA

April 4, 2022

Last fall, the Toronto District School Board cancelled an address by Yazidi genocide survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad, reasoning it would lead to Islamophobia. The cancellation made international news, and subsequent scrutiny forced the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to

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