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The Tour for Humanity mobile classroom will return to four secondary schools throughout the Upper Canada District School Board this spring thanks to a continued strategic partnership with the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) for Holocaust Education.

The Tour for Humanity is a 30-seat, wheelchair-accessible, technologically advanced, mobile human rights education classroom. This resource is organized and staffed by the FSWC and teaches students and educators about the Holocaust, genocide, and Canada’s human rights history through a variety of workshops.

Andy Rèti, a child survivor of the Holocaust, will also be a guest speaker at five secondary schools in early May. An experienced speaker, Rèti will discuss his experience and engage with students in a question-and-answer session.

Students in UCDSB secondary schools regularly learn about the Holocaust as part of the Ontario History Curriculum. The Tour for Humanity is very popular and regularly visits schools across Canada. This is the fourth year of visiting UCDSB schools. 

The dates for the Tour for Humanity and Andy Rèti presentations are as follows, and media is invited to attend:

Andy Rèti Presentations (10:15 – 11:15 a.m.)

May 5 – Almonte District High School
May 6 – Carleton Place High School
May 7 – Perth District Collegiate Institute
May 8 – Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute
May 9 – Athens District High School

UCDSB – Tour for Humanity Schedule

May 26 – Seaway District High School
May 27 – St. Lawrence Secondary School
May 28 – Glengarry District High School
May 29 – Char Lan District High School

Workshops are held from 8:05 – 11:05 a.m. and 11:45 – 2:10 p.m.

SOURCE: Upper Canada District School Board.