{"id":324,"date":"2020-10-01T16:03:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T16:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gened.org\/?page_id=324"},"modified":"2024-06-11T16:14:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T16:14:04","slug":"our-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gened.org\/our-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Work"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_image=”270″ bg_position=”center center” background_image_loading=”default” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”8%” constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”8%” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” id=”acting” color_overlay=”#000000″ overlay_strength=”0.5″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”100″][vc_custom_heading text=”TAKING ACTION” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:100|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Oswald%3A300%2Cregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”100″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”4%” bottom_padding=”10%” text_color=”custom” custom_text_color=”#000000″ text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.5″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-6-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left-right” top_margin=”6%” bottom_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” animation_easing=”default” bg_image_animation=”fade-in” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”150″][vc_column_text]\n

WORKING WITH GOVERNMENTS<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”6″ divider_color=”accent-color” animate=”yes” custom_height=”15″ delay=”200″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”50px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” text_align=”left” row_position=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” pointer_events=”all”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInDown”]\n

Collaborating with governments to ensure the teaching of the history of genocide in high schools is an essential part of our mission. Since 2015, we have met with provincial cabinet ministers, education ministry officials, human rights groups and anti-radicalization groups to gain their support. We also met with and received the support of former Education Minister Sebastien Proulx and current Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge.<\/span><\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” overflow=”visible” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]In February 2016, the Foundation launched a petition asking for mandatory genocide education that garnered 3,000 signatures and received a standing ovation in both the provincial and federal parliaments. Montreal City Hall on November 19, 2018, unanimously passed a motion supporting the guide and the need to systematically teach a course on genocides.<\/p>\n

After meeting with education ministry officials in October 2017, the Foundation was invited to sit on a committee with the education ministry that has developed a comprehensive guide on genocide, along with professional workshops for teachers. The guide was written by Sivane Hirsch and Sabrina Moisan, professors at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivi\u00e8res and the University of Sherbrooke, and their research team. It was launched in all high schools in Quebec in April 2022.<\/p>\n

We are expanding our mission and the guide on genocide to other Canadian provinces and U.S. states to ensure that genocide is taught in ALL Canadian and American high schools.<\/p>\n

The Foundation for Genocide Education has increased its educational outreach initiatives to awaken the general public to the causes, processes and warning signs of genocide. We have written opinion pieces, letters to the editors and other journalistic pieces about ongoing acts of hatred and antisemitism. 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Genocide remains a present-day reality for many minority groups across the world. Our foundation seeks to be an organization that uses its voice and leads by example. We have begun to raise public consciousness regarding the atrocities perpetrated against the Uyghur community in China and the Rohingya in Myanmar through a series of webinars featuring insights from experts on human rights and stories told by the survivors of these genocides. Our work has been supported by the Montreal Institute for Genocides and Human Right Studies (MIGS) and the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][vc_column_text]\n

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