International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On November 1, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27 marks the day 1945 that concentration and extermination camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated. International Holocaust Remembrance Day provides us with the opportunity to remember the more than one million people who were murdered at various concentration camps across Europe during World War II and to reflect on the dangers of ongoing anti-Semitism and what meaningful allyship entails. 

Join the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the Multi-Faith and Quiet Space (JW 101) from 12 to 2 p.m. on Tuesday January 27 for a wellness and healing event for all in the DC community. Rabbi Tzali Borenstein from the Chabad Jewish Centre of Durham Region will be sharing his family history and critical reflections around the Holocaust. There will be opportunities for discussion and for the Rabbi to pray for attendees, and refreshments served.  

Durham College (DC) is committed to providing an inclusive and respectful learning and working environment. Here are some resources to help us learn more about International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as well as our rights and responsibilities in creating a campus community free of harassment, discrimination and hate:  

• The Ontario Human Rights Code  

• International Holocaust Remembrance Day  

• 2026 Holocaust Remembrance and Education – United Nations   

• International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust