BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//YP Speakers Series - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for YP Speakers Series REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231108T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231108T190000 DTSTAMP:20231109T194837Z CREATED:20230916T181440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T194837Z UID:585-1699470000-1699470000@ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com SUMMARY:Holocaust Distortion as a new form of Holocaust Denial: The Case of Poland DESCRIPTION:Donations at the door or when you watch online are voluntary and only partially cover program costs. If you agree that continuing education is worth the investment\, We’d love to hear from you.\n \n DONATE NOW\n \n \n \n \n \n A new browser tab will open the Yorkminster Park Canada Helps donation page\, please select YP Speakers Series from the dropdown menu.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n While Holocaust denial is easy to identify and straightforward to explain\, Holocaust distortion is a more insidious and complex threat. Unlike the deniers of yesteryear\, people\, states\, and institutions engaged in Holocaust distortion do not deny the factuality of the event. They argue instead that their nation\, their people\, their tribe\, had nothing to do with it. There were some corrupt individuals\, no doubt\, but helping and rescuing of Jews was the default position of our people\, argue the nationalists. And\, with the formidable funding provided by the states engaged in Holocaust distortion\, the Shoah is being re-branded into a positive narrative in which enthusiastic and altruistic Gentiles strive to save their Jewish neighbors from the clutches of the Germans. We thought we knew that the German genocidal plan had many willing helpers across Europe but this knowledge is now being put to question and assaulted by the agents of Holocaust distortion.  \nThis lecture is a live\, in-person event in Cameron Hall. You do not need to pre-register to attend – just show up. \nBIOGRAPHY: \nJan Grabowski is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Ottawa. His research includes the issues surrounding the extermination of the Polish Jews as well as the history of the Jewish-Polish relations during the 1939-1945 period. He is the author of numerous journal articles and several books\, including Hunt for the Jews. Betrayal and Murder in German-Occupied Poland (Indiana University Press\, Bloomington & Indianapolis\, 2013) which won the Yad Vashem International Book Prize for 2014. A recipient of the 2014 Faculty of Arts Professor of the Year Award\, he teaches survey courses and graduate and undergraduate seminars on the history of the Holocaust. Professor Grabowski is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.  \nThis lecture will be part of the Neuberger Foundation’s Holocaust Education Week  \n \n \n \n ← Previous Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join our email listJoin our email list to get an email advising you of our next event\, as well as a reminder email thirty minutes before each event with a link to watch online\, for those unable to attend in person. \n \n \n \n \n \n Success!\n \n \n \n \n First Name\n \n \n \n \n Last Name\n \n \n \n \n Email\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Send Me A Reminder URL:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com/event/holocaust-distortion-as-a-new-form-of-holocaust-denial-the-case-of-poland/ LOCATION:Cameron Hall\, 1585 Yonge Street\, Toronto ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Jan-Grabowski.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231116T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231116T130000 DTSTAMP:20231107T231157Z CREATED:20230916T181735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T231157Z UID:1161-1700139600-1700139600@ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com SUMMARY:Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation. DESCRIPTION:Donations at the door or when you watch online are voluntary and only partially cover program costs. If you agree that continuing education is worth the investment\, We’d love to hear from you.\n \n DONATE NOW\n \n \n \n \n \n A new browser tab will open the Yorkminster Park Canada Helps donation page\, please select YP Speakers Series from the dropdown menu.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoom Webinar RegistrationRegister below and you will receive a reminder from Zoom 15 minutes before the event starts. \n Register\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n On Thursday\, November 16th from 1:00 — 2:00 PM by Zoom\, the Yorkminster Park Speakers Series\, in partnership with the YP Book Club\, presents historian Ellen Fitzpatrick\, author of Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation. In recognition that this month marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas\, Texas on November 22nd\, 1963\, Professor Fitzpatrick will join us by Zoom for this special presentation to give a short talk about her book and about the Kennedy era followed by a Q&A session hosted by Dr. Eric McGeer who will facilitate live questions from the audience. Everyone is welcome to participate. \nAbout Letters to Jackie:For Letters to Jackie\, noted historian and News Hour commentator Ellen Fitzpatrick combed through literally thousands of condolence messages sent by ordinary Americans to Jacqueline Kennedy following the assassination of her husband\, President John F. Kennedy\, in 1963. The first book ever to examine this extraordinary collection\, Letters to Jackie presents 250 intimate\, heartfelt\, eye-opening responses to what was arguably the most devastating event in twentieth century America\, providing a fascinating perspective on a singular time in the history of our nation. \nAbout Ellen Fitzpatrick:Ellen Fitzpatrick\, who holds a PhD in History from Brandeis University\, is Presidential Chair and Professor of History\, Emerita at the University of New Hampshire and has taught previously at Harvard University\, M.I.T. and Wellesley College. A specialist in modern American political and intellectual history\, she is the author and editor of eight books\, including The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women’s Quest for the American Presidency (Harvard University Press\, 2016)\, the New York Times bestselling\, Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation (Ecco\, 2010); and History’s Memory: Writing America’s Past\, 1880-1980 (Harvard University Press\, 2002) as well as many articles and reviews. Letters to Jackie became the basis for a 2014 documentary film by Bill Couturié for which Fitzpatrick served as Associate Producer. The Highest Glass Ceiling was selected as a 2016 “Editor’s Choice” by the New York Times\, and a notable nonfiction book of 2016 by the Washington Post. It was also excerpted in The New Yorker. \n \n \n \n ← Previous Speaker URL:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com/event/letters-to-jackie-condolences-from-a-grieving-nation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-YP-Series-Letters-to-Jackie.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231124T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231124T190000 DTSTAMP:20231107T230938Z CREATED:20230916T181808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T230938Z UID:590-1700852400-1700852400@ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com SUMMARY:‘It’ll never happen to me’ is happening to over 2.5 million Canadians relying on foodbanks DESCRIPTION:Donations at the door or when you watch online are voluntary and only partially cover program costs. If you agree that continuing education is worth the investment\, We’d love to hear from you.\n \n DONATE NOW\n \n \n \n \n \n A new browser tab will open the Yorkminster Park Canada Helps donation page\, please select YP Speakers Series from the dropdown menu.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Food Bank usage in Toronto has increased from 60\,000 client visits per month before the pandemic to over 270\,000 in the summer of 2023. Who are the people who now need to rely on food charity? What has caused this crisis and\, most importantly\, what can we do to change the situation we find ourselves in?  \nThis lecture is a live\, in-person event in Cameron Hall. You do not need to pre-register to attend – just show up. \nBIOGRAPHY: \nNeil Hetherington is the CEO of Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank\, one of Canada’s largest food banks and a national leader in research that examines the causes and impacts of food insecurity. Previously he was the CEO of Habitat for Humanity Toronto and New York City for 16 years. He holds degrees or certificates from Huron University\, Seneca College\, Harvard Business School and his MBA from Western University’s Ivey Business School. Neil was named one of Canada’s ‘Top 40 under 40’ in 2005. Neil is the Chair of the Board of Directors of House of Compassion\, a project founded through Yorkminster Park Church to provide permanent supportive housing to persons living with mental illness. He is a Board member of Feed Ontario\, Vice-Commodore at the National Yacht Club\, and a member of The Salvation Army National Advisory Board. He is an active pilot and sailor.  \nThis lecture is co-sponsored by the Daily Bread Food Bank. The costs to the Yorkminster Park Speakers Series of putting on this lecture have been fully covered by a generous anonymous donor so that all donations at the door will go to the Daily Bread Food Bank. \n \n \n \n ← Previous Speaker\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join our email listJoin our email list to get an email advising you of our next event\, as well as a reminder email thirty minutes before each event with a link to watch online\, for those unable to attend in person. \n \n \n \n \n \n Success!\n \n \n \n \n First Name\n \n \n \n \n Last Name\n \n \n \n \n Email\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Send Me A Reminder URL:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com/event/itll-never-happen-to-me-is-happening-to-over-2-5-million-canadians-relying-on-foodbanks/ LOCATION:Cameron Hall\, 1585 Yonge Street\, Toronto ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ypspeakersseries.yorkminsterpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Neil-Hetherington.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR