CSYV CANADIAN EDUCATORS’ SCHOLARSHIP

This Scholarship program is an opportunity for Canadian educators (both non-Jewish and 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.

As part of the scholarship, Canadian educators from primary and high schools are invited to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem to gain professional skills in teaching and learning about the Holocaust from world-renowned experts. Join a global network of teachers and share best teaching practices in schools and communities across Canada. Seminars to be held at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel

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:
Participants will be provided with the tools they need to translate academic content into age-appropriate, multi-disciplinary teaching material.

Experiential component:
Participants will:

• meet with Holocaust survivors whose testimonies document and personalize this historic event

• take excursions that introduce participants to the memory of the Holocaust in Israeli society

• attend films and workshops that reinforce the historical and pedagogical components of the program.

Applications are now closed for 2026.

For inquiries please contact Alana Saxe at alana@yadvashem.ca