The calls are getting louder for mandatory Holocaust education in the province of Quebec

For many Quebec students, the Holocaust is a remote concept, one which is barely connected to their lives or worldviews.

That’s problematic, says Marcy Bruck, communications director of the Montreal-based Foundation for Genocide Education. In some schools, she says, “they might just read Anne Frank and that’s it,” even though “Grade 6 is an excellent entry point” for more profound learning…