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6th Biennial Shafran Teachers' Conference

The Biennial Shafran Teachers' Conference was inaugurated in February 1999 and is held every two years. The conference, made possible through the Shafran Endowment Fund, provides opportunities for elementary, secondary and post-secondary teachers to share teaching strategies and to hear from renowned historians and Holocaust educators.

View 2009 Program

Sponsored by the Dave & Lil Shafran Endowment Fund of the VHEC.
Conference participants received Series 1 of the Azrieli Foundation's Holocaust Survivor Memoirs courtesy of the Azrieli Foundation.

Teacher Previews

Orientation sessions give teachers an opportunity to preview exhibits, school programs and resources, and to discuss strategies for integrating VHEC exhibit themes into the classroom.

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2009 Kron Award Recipient
Derek Smith & Jason Hudson
Mount Boucherie Secondary
Kelowna, BC

Kron Sigal Award for Excellence
in Holocaust Education

The Meyer & Gita Kron & Ruth Kron Sigal Award is presented annually to an elementary or secondary teacher in any discipline who has demonstrated a commitment to teaching students about the Holocaust and its important lessons for humankind. An award of $500 will be presented at the 35th Annual High School Symposium on the Holocaust at UBC in May 2010.

To qualify, nominees must be certified teachers who are currently employed in an elementary, secondary or parochial school in the province of British Columbia.

2010 Kron Award Notice
2010 Nomination Form

Previous Kron Award recipients