BC Teachers’ Union Denies Holocaust Education Group Funds, Recognition: Advocates

BC Teachers’ Union Denies Holocaust Education Group Funds, Recognition: Advocates
An empty hallway is seen at McGee Secondary school in Vancouver, on Sept. 5, 2014. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
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Jewish organizations say the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation has denied specialist recognition of a Holocaust education group, making it ineligible to receive union funding as a teaching resource.

A joint statement from the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs says the union told them it would not recognize the Holocaust and Antisemitism Educators Association as a specialist group.