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Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives

The Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project proposes a new, arts-based way of gathering and commemorating the experiences of genocide and mass atrocity survivors, one that places survivors’ well-being, agency, and cooperation at its centre. Our purpose is not to develop a blueprint for testimony collection but instead to restore agency to survivor narratives.

We are committed to creating and upholding a collaborative space within the SCVN project. This means that although we celebrate the knowledge and skill that every individual brings to the project, we recognize the importance of placing each graphic novel, documentary film, exhibition, and lecture into the context of the broader SCVN community. When we speak of our work, we speak of everyone’s work, because without this collaboration the project could not exist.

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Emily Carr University of Art + Design hosts Dr. Charlotte Schallié – ‘Remembering the Holocaust: 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz’ – Feb 12, 2025

From left to right: Éléonore Goldberg, Alan Goldman, Miriam Libicki, Charlotte Schallié, Lee Gilad and Randy Lee Cutler. This year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27) marked the 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp liberation. In commemoration of this event, the Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) hosted a talk to recognize […]

University of Toronto hosts Dr. Schallié – ‘Relational Memory, Shared Authority and Reciprocity in the Making of Barbara Yelin’s Emmie Arbel: The Color of Memory’ – Feb 24, 2025

On February 24, Dr. Schallié will visit the University of Toronto to present on ‘Relational Memory, Shared Authority and Reciprocity in the Making of Barbara Yelin’s Emmie Arbel: The Colour of Memory‘. Event description:In this presentation, Charlotte Schallié discusses her arts-based collaborative research with graphic novelist Barbara Yelin and Holocaust child survivor Emmie Arbel. Their work together […]

 ‘12th Biennial Shafran Teachers’ Conference’ with Co-Director Andrea Webb – Feb 14, 2025

Registration closes February 1! https://www.vhec.org/professional-development/shafran-teachers-conference/ On February 14, the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre(VHEC) is hosting the one-day ’12th Biennial Shafran Teachers’ Conference’. This year’s conference, entitled ‘Teaching the Holocaust: Multiple Perspectives and Best Practices in Holocaust Education’, focuses on providing teachers in various disciplines with new teaching resources to support Holocaust education in the classroom. […]

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