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9th BIENNIAL SHAFRAN TEACHERS’ CONFERENCE
Memoir, Testimony and Text in Holocaust Education
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 • 9AM - 3PM
VANCOUVER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTRE
50 - 950 W 41ST AVENUE, VANCOUVER
Sponsored by the David & Lil Shafran Endowment Fund of the VHEC
To help teachers navigate the complexities of the Holocaust, the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre is proud to
present the 9th Biennial Shafran Teachers’ Conference, Memoir, Testimony and Text in Holocaust Education. Featuring
keynote addresses by Dr. Diane Afoumado (International Tracing Service Research Branch, United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum) and Dr. Jay Eidelman (Department of History, University of British Columbia), the program promotes
historical thinking and demonstrates the cross-curricular teaching potential of integrating trace evidence, including
early postwar documentation and eyewitness testimony, into lessons on the Holocaust and other genocides.
Participants will receive teaching resources from the Historical Thinking Project and the International Tracing Service, as
well as the latest series of Holocaust survivor memoirs and short films courtesy of the Azrieli Foundation.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
$100 teachers ($75 if you register before December 5, 2014) / $25 student teachers
Registration closes on January 30, 2015
Registration fees are non-refundable.
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9TH BIENNIAL SHAFRAN TEACHERS’ CONFERENCE
Memoir, Testimony and Text in Holocaust Education
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 • 9AM - 3PM • VANCOUVER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTRE
Sponsored by the David & Lil Shafran Endowment Fund of the VHEC
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Documenting the Holocaust: Insights from the International Tracing Service
DR. DIANE AFOUMADO, International Tracing Service, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Dr. Diane F. Afoumado is Chief of the International Tracing Service Research Branch at the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource
Center at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Formerly Assistant Professor of Contemporary History
at the University of Paris X-Nanterre and the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) in Paris, she worked for
the two French Commissions related to compensation to Jewish victims. She also worked as a Historian for the Archival Division of the
Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine - Mémorial de la Shoah.
From the Specific to the Universal: History, Memory and Teaching the Holocaust
DR. JAY EIDELMAN, Department of History, University of British Columbia
Dr. Jay Eidelman is a writer, editor and educator. A graduate of Yale and McGill universities, he developed UBC’S online History of
the Holocaust course through the History Department at the University of British Columbia, which he has taught for the last ten
years. Dr. Eidelman is the former historian at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York
City. He has previously taught at New York University and Queen’s College.
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Using Historical Thinking Concepts with Genocide Issues
ANDREA WEBB, VHEC Teacher Advisory Committee
Using the Internet and Social Media to Teach the Holocaust
JONATHAN FRIEDRICHS, VHEC Teacher Advisory Committee
The Twitter Book Club
TIM MACKAY, Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program, The Azrieli Foundation
5 0 – 950 W 41 S T AVE, VAN C O U V E R BC , V 5 Z 2 N 7
W W W. VH E C . O R G | 6 0 4 . 2 6 4 . 0 4 9 9 | I NF O @ V HEC.O RG
9TH BIENNIAL SHAFRAN TEACHERS’ CONFERENCE
Memoir, Testimony and Text in Holocaust Education
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015 • 9AM - 3PM • VANCOUVER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTRE
Sponsored by the David & Lil Shafran Endowment Fund of the VHEC
REGISTRATION
Deadline: Please register by January 30, 2015 Registration fees are non-refundable.
name
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WORKSHOPS
Please Select One
Using Historical Thinking Concepts with Genocide Issues – Andrea Webb
Using the Internet and Social Media to Teach the Holocaust - Jonathan Friedrichs
The Twitter Book Club – Tim MacKay
REGISTRATION FEE & PAYMENT
Includes lunch, refreshments and conference materials
$75 Teacher
Advance registration bY December 5, 2014
$100 Teacher
TOTAL payment AMOUNT $
$25 Student Teacher
Cheque enclosed to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre
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Travel subsidies for teachers outside of Metro Vancouver may be available. Please contact [email protected] to inquire.
MAIL / FAX / EMAIL REGISTRATION TO:
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, 50 - 950 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 2N7
FAX: 604.264.0497 | EMAIL: [email protected] | PHONE: 604.264.0499 | WEB: www. vhec.org