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The mission of The Foundation for Genocide Education is to collaborate with governments and educational experts to ensure that the history of genocide and the steps leading to it are taught in high schools across Canada and the United States.
For Cindy Silverman, learning more about what her grandparents experienced during the Holocaust became a MISSION. It took a while, but she finally pieced the story together. And your can hear that story on this week’s episode of Chosen For What? available NOW wherever you get your podcasts.
There are some unwritten rules in families. Don’t ask questions you’re not prepared to hear the real answers to. And that can become a breeding ground for silence, and unspoken intergenerational trauma. Hear more of Cindy Silverman’s story on this week’s Chosen For What?, out NOW!
How come some people aren’t ever ready to talk about their traumatic experiences? And what sort of impact does that silence have on their mental health, and the mental health of their descendants? Brent Diaz is a trauma therapist, and he joins Tommy Schnurmacher on this week’s episode of Chosen For What? Make sure you’re subscribed and following so that you can watch and listen when it drops tomorrow!
Memory is a funny thing. It can live on in our children, our grandchildren, and even our great-grandchildren, long after we’re gone. But, like anything, it requires effort. And we’re talking about the future of memory this week on Chosen For What? Listen now wherever you listen to podcats.
For the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, the people that they knew as their grandparents was often very different from the parents that THEIR parents knew. Hear more of what Mollie Bowman has to say about her relationship with her grandparents on Chosen For What? New episode out NOW wherever you get your podcasts.
05/26/2026
FGE presenter Aviva Rosenfeld Ptack shared her story of survival and the true meaning of family with 100 Sec. 4 students at Lower Canada College today. Many thanks to teacher Connor Girouard for his commitment to educating about the impact of hate and intolerance, not only on survivors but on their families and subsequent generations.
What happens when there are no Holocaust survivors left? How do their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren ensure that their memories live on? Check out an all new episode of Chosen For What? hosted by Tommy Schnurmacher when it drops tomorrow morning.
Shoshana Cenker was able to go on the March of the Living when she was 16 years old. When she shared the photos she had taken with her bubbe, they made a startling discovery. Hear more on this week’s Chosen For What?, out NOW.
Two people can live through very similar experiences, and come out on the other side with two very different perspectives. That’s exactly what happened to Stacy Seltzer’s grandparents. Hear her share more about them on Chosen For What? out NOW wherever you listen to podcasts.
05/20/2026
May 20th, we remember the nearly 2 million lives lost during the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge regime. This day stands as a testament to the strength of the Cambodian people and the importance of remembering history to build a more just and peaceful future.
Our foundation is working together with a survivor of the Cambodian genocide to present her story to high school students during the 2026-27 school year. Education is the best way to ensure this history is never forgotten.
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