Symposia on the Holocaust

Child survivor, Mariette Doduck, Annual Symposium on the Holocaust, UBC

HOLOCAUST SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

The VHEC symposium program offers the opportunity for schools to host a two-hour symposium on the Holocaust in their own school auditorium or theatre. The symposium is coordinated and presented by the VHEC in cooperation with the host school (usually a teacher or administrator).

Each symposium consists of a historical overview of the Holocaust delivered by a university professor, a short film, a survivor speaker presentation and a student Q&A period.

Suitable for grades 10 to 12, the symposia are presented throughout the Lower Mainland from October through May at a cost of $500 per event.

If you would like to host a symposium in your school or district, please contact education@vhec.org with the subject line Holocaust Symposium. A staff member will then follow up with you.

Annual Symposium on the Holocaust

The Annual Symposium on the Holocaust is held each spring for senior high school students.

Teachers and students engage with a historian, Holocaust survivor speakers and a keynote speaker. The symposium also includes a documentary film excerpt and a student Q&A panel.

The VHEC is grateful to the following for their support of symposia programming:

Diamond Foundation, Summit Ice, Michael & Rita Levy,* Lohn Foundation, David & Danya Fugman, Don Rosenbloom, the Vaisler family,** the Azrieli Foundation, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver and the Province of BC and by the following VHEC endowment funds: Joseph and Mary Bulles Legacy, Sid and Sylvia Eibschutz, Lilli and Izak Folk Memorial, Edwina and Paul Heller Holocaust Education, Leo Krell Memorial Book, Lovi Memorial, Goldie and Avrum Miller Memorial, Meyer and Gita Kron, Ruth Kron Sigal for Excellence in Holocaust Education and the Lehrer and Sophie Waldman endowment funds.

* In honour of Robert Krell’s Order of Canada

** In honour of Syd & Sari Vaisler and Naomi & Mac Adler

Feedback

This symposium was informative, engaging, and though provoking. It really put a ‘human face’ on the Holocaust. The symposium is an excellent supplement to in-class education.

“There were many new insights and perspectives discussed that stimulated me to think critically about central issues surrounding the Holocaust and its effect on present conflicts.”

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