THE CSYV SCHOLARSHIP FOR CANADIAN EDUCATORS
The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem (CSYV) Holocaust Educators Scholarship Program is an opportunity for Canadian educators (both Jewish and non-Jewish) to educate and equip themselves with the right academic tools to address and teach the Holocaust in their classrooms and their communities across Canada.
Become part of the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem’s Graduate (CSYV) network-sharing best practices in schools and communities across Canada.
Canadian educators and teachers from primary and high schools are invited to an international one year program to gain professional skills in teaching and learning about the Holocaust from world-renowned experts.
Participants will spend 8 days at the House of the Wannsee Conference, Berlin in July 2025 and 8 days at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem in July 2026. Educators will meet virtually once in the fall and once in the spring and will be expected to submit two implementation reports pertaining to impact in the field.
Join a global network of teachers and receive a scholarship from the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem to share best teaching practices in schools and communities across Canada. The 2025-2026 Yad Vashem Professional Development Seminar is a year long commitment designed to train Canadian educators and equip them with the right tools to teach about the Holocaust.
- Academic component: participants will learn about the history and culture of the Jewish people in the interwar period, the history of antisemitism, the stages of the 'Final Solution', the responses of Jewish victims to the various Nazi policies, and the period of the return to life.
- Educational component: provides participants with the tools they need to translate academic content into age-appropriate, multi-disciplinary teaching material.
- Experiential component: includes meetings with Holocaust survivors whose testimonies document and personalize this historic event, excursions that introduce participants to the memory of the Holocaust in Israeli society, and films and workshops that reinforce the historical and pedagogical components of the program.
For more information and to apply click HERE
Application deadline: March 31, 2025
For any inquiries please contact Alana Saxe at alana@yadvashem.ca
Canada Educators Seminar
on the Holocaust at Yad Vashem
ACADEMIC
The Academic Component takes participants through the history and culture of the Jewish people in the interwar period, the history of antisemitism, the stages of the Final Solution, and the Jewish response during and after the Holocaust.
PEDAGOGICAL
The Pedagogical Component provides participants with the tools to translate the academic content into suitable pedagogical materials that are multidisciplinary and age-appropriate for their students.
EXPERIENTIAL
The Experiential Component includes meetings with Holocaust survivors whose testimonies document and personalize this tragic historical event, field trips that connect educators with both the recent history of the Jewish people and their ancient roots in the Land of Israel, and films and workshops that enhance both the historical and pedagogical components of the program.
