On August 27, 2008, the Toronto District
School Board unanimously passed a motion …“be it resolved that the fourth
Friday in November be a day of recognition in all schools in honour of those
who died during the Holodomor and that this day be officially marked in the
system-wide calendar”. The motion was proposed by Ward 12 (Willowdale) Trustee
Mari Rutka and seconded by Ward 7 (
Additional strong support
was voiced by Trustees Josh Matlow, Bruce Davis, John Hastings and James
Pasternak. Discussions around the motion recommended the inclusion of the
Holodomor in the education curriculum, and that Holodomor Recognition Day be
actively implemented.
NP - A motion to include the Holodomor
in the school board’s curriculum was passed at a program and school services
committee meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 10. A consenting agreement between the
Board and its Staff, and formality of full school board vote will see the
Holodomor in the history curriculum as early as next school year, in Sept.
2009.