“The CSYV memorial site at Earl Bales Park stands here as a reminder and hopefully will inspire future generations to gather and remember. As your eyes scrutinize the site, they will find familiar places, familiar names etched into the metal. It will take them on a journey into the past. They will think of the people we lost, their deeds and their achievements. When we light the torch on the top of the monument, we will think of the flame as the flame of hope, the flame of life, but most of all the flame of remembrance….Remember Us- is all the victims asked for.”

“Over the past decade the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem has been selecting educators to participate in the Yad Vashem Summer International Seminar. These educators are middle school, high school and university lecturers. This very intensive 19-day seminar is a challenging educational experience. The Canadian educators have been outstanding in their passion, dedication and determination to take back the academic and pedagogical tools that we provide for them, to their students and classrooms, from all over Canada. This is one of the most important educational endeavors that I run in my department.”