Guelph students learn about historical events through interactive workshop
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Grade 9 students at CCVI learned about important historical events during the Tour for Humanity's Canadian Experience, a two-day workshop.
Grade 9 students at Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute received a history lesson recently through an interactive workshop held on a bus.
On Feb. 19 and 20, students participated in the Tour for Humanity’s Canadian Experience workshop from the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Tour director Daniella Lurion said it’s a field trip without being a field trip.
“When they step on the bus, it’s 30 seats, wheelchair accessible. It’s a floor-to-ceiling projector video wall in front of them so the material really is there with them,” Lurion said.
Lurion said students learned about the Holocaust, the residential school system and antisemitism through the MS St. Louis and more.
She said the program uses data from Statistics Canada to connect the past, present and future and make it relatable to participants.
“Hate crime statistics in 2023, which is the most up to date, tell us that 45 per cent of all hate crimes today target someone based on race, ethnicity and nationality,” she said.
Since 2013, the Tour for Humanity has travelled to more than 1,200 schools nationwide and has reached more than 200,000 students, educators and community members.
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