Vanier College Apologizes for Holocaust Ceremony Cancellation

It's March 30th.

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Vanier College just dropped an apology for canceling their Holocaust

Remembrance ceremony last week.

They called it off-sighting a volatile geopolitical climate, but kept their annual symposium

on the Holocaust and genocide going for its 34th, year under heavy security.

The college says they didn't fully think through the impact of the cancellation, especially

on survivors like Eva Cooper.

Now they're promising to reschedule the event soon, working with organizers to make it

happen right.

Students and survivors were furious, calling the move, tone-deaf amid rising anti-Semitism.

This all blew up after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023, sparking the Gaza

War, protest, and even bullets hitting Jewish.

Spots in Montreal.

Broughter tensions spiked further when the U.S. and Israel hit Iran on February 28th.

After this threat center warns extremists, might target Jewish communities, which is why

Vanier pulled a plug on the memorial, but ran talks on Rwanda, Armenia, and other genocides.

They're owning the mistake in aiming to fix it with a proper commemoration that honors

the 6 million Jews, Roma, Sinti, disabled folks, and LGBTQ.

People killed in the Nazi's final solution.

No day yet, but it's a step toward getting education back on track in tough times.