CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Meyer & Gita Kron and Ruth Kron Sigal Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education

Ruth Kron Sigal

This award was established in memory of Meyer & Gita Kron and their daughter Ruth Kron Sigal who survived the Holocaust in Lithuania. They re-established their lives in Vancouver following the war and maintained a lifelong commitment to education. Ruth was a dedicated survivor speaker with the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.

The Kron Sigal Award is presented annually to a British Columbia elementary or secondary teacher in any discipline who has demonstrated excellence in teaching the Holocaust through evidence-based, historically grounded inquiry and thoughtful integration of survivor accounts.

The recipient will receive a cash award of $1000. The winner will be announced in June 2026 and the award presented at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Annual General Meeting in October 2026.

Applicants/nominees must be certified teachers currently employed in elementary, secondary or independent schools in British Columbia.

A completed application form must be accompanied by a letter of support from a colleague or administrator.

View previous winners of the Kron Sigal Award.

For more information, call 604-264-0499 or email info@vhec.org.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2026

2026 APPLICATION FORM

    YOUR INFORMATION

    SCHOOL

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    Please fill in nominee's information below.

    SCHOOL

    DESCRIPTION OF EDUCATIONAL APPROACH
    Please describe your approach to teaching the Holocaust including lesson plans, student activities and the types of sources used (e.g., documents, artefacts, photographs, testimonies, memoir, literature, texts, film etc.).

    In your description, you may wish to consider some of the following:

    - Does the teacher use research-informed, best-practice methods of Holocaust instruction?

    - Does the teacher help students understand how and why the Holocaust unfolded when and where it did?

    - What activities are used to engage and guide students to observe, question and interpret evidence?

    - How are students introduced to causes and context, key events and turning points, and the role of individuals, institutions and bureaucracies in the unfolding genocide?

    - How are students encouraged to think critically and develop their own understanding based on evidence?

    If your response exceeds 2,000 characters (the limit of the text box above), please upload a document with your full response.

    MATERIALS DEVELOPED/USED
    If you wish, you may attach examples of materials developed or activities used by the teacher that demonstrate how they engage students with Holocaust history.

    HAS THE TEACHER PARTICIPATED IN OR USED ANY OF THE FOLLOWING VHEC EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR RESOURCES?
    VHEC classroom workshops or webinars
    VHEC exhibition tours
    VHEC Fragments in Focus: A History of the Holocaust
    VHEC Primary Voices: Teaching Through Holocaust Survivor Testimony
    VHEC survivor outreach speakers
    VHEC Symposium on the Holocaust
    VHEC book sets or discovery kits
    Other (please explain):

    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Please describe any professional development activities undertaken by the teacher related to Holocaust education (e.g., courses, workshops, conferences, independent study), including those facilitated by the VHEC.

    LETTERS OF REFERENCE INCLUDED?
    (From colleagues, administrators, students or others)
    YesPending



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