Secondary V students at Lester B. Pearson High School in Montreal North have been engaged in a learning process where understanding our history, developing both empathy and compassion, as well as empowerment for the future, have been the objectives. This learning path began with a novel study of the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel which was read by LBPHS students in Pangiota Seremetis' Secondary V English classes. The setting for the novel takes place during the Holocaust and follows Eliezer's family`s horrific journey through to Auschwitz. The learning process concluded with a trip to the Montreal Holocaust Museum organized by Spiritual Community Animator  Joseph Monachino. The visit and accompanying workshop made the experiences described in Night real for the students and made the novel study even more impactful.  Mr. Monachino stresses that this type of learning opportunity truly enables and empowers each of the students, and it is in this way that we can help ensure that events such as the Holocaust never happen again.
Join Mark Bergman as he chats with, Cristina Baronello (student), Sienna Porco (student), and their teacher Ms Pangiota Seremetis.

Mark Bergman chats with Secondary V Rosemont High School students, Alessandra Cristiano, Katherine Sideris, and teacher Mr. Giancola, about their recent visit to the Montreal Holocaust Museum.

After learning about the story of Muguette Myers, the Holocaust survivor visited Stacey Blumer's class at Marymount Academy International.
In this episode you'll hear all about that visit, as we chat with resource teacher Stacey Blumer, students Johanna Seligman and Sam Deljouy Toheidi, as well as Muguette Myers herself!
If you'd like to learn more about Muguette Myers, you can pick up her book entitled Where Courage Lives.
You can also listen to her interview on The Effect On Us Podcast, with Eliane Goldstein. 

Royal West Academy Secondary III teacher Katharine Cukier took her class to see The Covenant, a play based on a true story from 1944 where Nazis deceived a Swiss Red Cross team investigating the treatment of Jewish inmates at a camp in Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia. The play was written by Alice Abracen, a graduate of Royal West Academy, and former student of Ms. Cukier!

Hosts Eliane Goldstein & Mark Bergman chat with Alice Abracen, Katherine  Cukier, along with secondary 3 students Brad Coleman and Alexandra Athenasopoulos, about their reaction to the play!

As part of Holocaust Education Month, author Monique Polak visited two elementary schools –  Our Lady of Pompei in Ahuntsic and Westmount Park to read from  The Brass Charm. This marks her first picture book for children. In it she  tells the story of a gift from a perfect stranger that her mother (the late Celien Spier) received on her 14th birthday while a prisoner at the Nazi concentration camp  in Czechoslovakia called Theresienstadt during the Holocaust. Over the next few months Monique will be making other school visits.
In this episode, you'll hear from Grade 5 students Amelia Lavergne (Westmount Park), Adriana Pinetta (Our Lady Of Pompei), along with spiritual animator Mikaella Goldsmith, and author Monique Polak.
Enjoy!

On Friday October 28th, Liberal MP for Mount-Royal Anthony Housefather, joined Grade 6 students at Carlyle Elementary to discuss antisemitism, hate, and disinformation.
On this edition of the podcast we'll chat with 2 students who attended the session (Anthony Minit-sios  and Aaditya Ratan Gupta), as well as Anthony Housefather, to discuss and recap what the class learned! 

Our first school visit was courtesy of the grade 5 students, at Nesbitt Elementary. You'll hear what the students learned from their tour, plus their tour guide's incredible reaction! Also hear how their Child Care Worker was deeply affected by the class visit.

In this podcast:
Grade 5 student Nicolas Kelly.
Grade 5 student Olena Holowka

Child Care Worker Charlene Timothy

Montreal Holocaust Museum tour guide Agneta Hollander

In this premiere episode, you'll meet our hosts Mark Bergman  and Westmount High student Eliane Goldstein. They'll  talk about the new program and find out more about the upcoming year from  Monique Mcleod, head of education at the Montreal Holocaust Museum and Danika Swanson ,Consultant for the Spiritual and Community Animation Service of the EMSB.