Area students to learn about Canada's human rights history

The Tour for Humanity mobile education centre will visit Sault Ste. Marie and area high schools to offer ‘The Canadian Experience’ workshops which educate participants in human rights topics. These include the residential school system, the MS St. Louis, and the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War.

Workshops will be held on March 27 to 31.

For additional information, please see the news release issued by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies below:

On March 27-31, the Tour for Humanity mobile education centre from Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre (FSWC) will be in Sault Ste. Marie to deliver human rights education to students.

The Tour for Humanity is a 30-seat, wheelchair-accessible, state-of-the-art, technologically advanced mobile human rights education centre that teaches students, educators, community leaders and front-line professionals about the Holocaust, genocide and Canada’s human rights history through workshops.

The purpose of the custom-designed vehicle and the educational sessions conducted on it is to help inspire and empower people of all ages and backgrounds to raise their voices and take action against hate, intolerance and bullying and to promote justice, human rights and a more inclusive society.

Since its launch in 2013, the Tour for Humanity has visited more than 900 schools across Ontario and other provinces – including Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec – and provided powerful lessons on the Holocaust, human rights and justice to more than 175,000 students, educators and community members.

What:

Sault Ste. Marie students will participate in The Canadian Experience workshops on the Tour for Humanity, learning about important human rights topics in Canadian history, including the residential school system, the MS St. Louis and the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. Following a review of the past, students examine and discuss current issues, including cyberbullying, hate crimes and a range of examples of intolerance, learning about the importance of standing up against hate, intolerance and bullying.