Two separate national organizations that deal in matters of antisemitism, racism, and incidents motivated by hate are reaching out to École secondaire catholique Algonquin and the Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-Nord to offer not only education but intervention resources.
This, in the wake of the circulation of a video showing a group of Algonquin students marching on the school's athletic field while giving the Nazi salute and chanting, "F*ck the Jews!" and "Heil Hitler."
A spokesperson for the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies based in North York, Ont., shares the group is "extremely disturbed," after viewing North Bay students "performing the Nazi salute and yelling antisemitic slurs."
Meanwhile, Evan Balgord, Executive Director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network tells BayToday this situation in North Bay "is the worst we've run into in a school in Canada in the past five years. That's not hyperbole. This is one of the most egregious examples of hate we've seen." (more...)
Education or intervention? 'Extremely disturbing' video leads national experts to offer help
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