The third webinar in the Archiving with Care Series, a collaboration between SCVN and UBC’s Public Humanities Hub, will take place tomorrow on April 22nd at 10am PST. The webinar is titled “Trauma-Informed Archiving: Lessons from the War Childhood Museum” and will feature Dr. Ajnura Akbaš from the War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo. The discussion will be moderated […]

SCVN is excited to announce that Two Roses: A Story of Deception and Determination in Nazi Germany, a collaboration between illustrator Miriam Libicki and Holocaust survivor Rose Lipszyc, has sold out for its first print run of 1200 copies. The book was published by the New Jewish Press with the University of Toronto Press this […]

The Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project offers its heartfelt appreciation to the Toronto Holocaust Museum for hosting the book launch for Two Roses: A Story of Deception and Determination in Nazi Germany. At the launch, we honoured Rose Lipszyc whose story is featured in Two Roses. Joining Rose on stage was graphic artist Miriam Libicki, and […]

We are delighted to share that the SCVN project has been selected as a finalist in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada’s Storytellers Challenge for 2026! This challenge is open to postsecondary students, inviting them to show Canadians, in up to three minutes or 300 words, how social sciences and humanities […]

SCVN is collaborating with project partners the Fortunoff Video Archive, Yale Macmillan Center Genocide Studies Program, and the Sam & Frances Holocaust and Genocide Academy (UNO) to host on a two-day conference at Yale University from Sunday April 26 to Monday April 27.  The conference explores the use of testimony from the Holocaust and other […]

We are thrilled to share that the documentary short film ‘Why We Dance’ by filmmaker Marc Ellison, part of the Rwanda Research Cluster, has received its first two official selections and an award at film festivals. The film features Jerome Irankunda, a survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and graphic artist […]

This week, SCVN is collaborating with UBC’s Public Humanities Hub to host the second webinar in the Archiving with Care Series. The webinar is titled “Risk in the Archive: Preserving Anonymity, Access, & Cultural Memory” and will host Drs. Franziska Zaugg from the University of Fribourg, Nathaniel Brunt from the University of Victoria, and Kjell Anderson from the […]

The following interview is adapted from a conversation on January 23, 2026 between SCVN Media Lead Maya Wei Yan Linsley and filmmaker Olaf Markmann, who worked with SCVN’s Iraq/Syria Research Cluster on the documentary short film “I Just Keep Going.” Olaf’s film offers a glimpse into the collaboration between comic artist Birgit Weyhe and Yezidi […]

We are excited to announce that SCVN co-director Dr. Andrea Webb will co-host a workshop for educators in Toronto with the non-profit organization Facing History & Ourselves and their program assistant Amanda Baric. They will also be joined by graphic artist Miriam Libicki and historian Dr. Mark Celinscak. The workshop is on March 24, 2026 […]

We are delighted to announce that the Toronto Holocaust Museum will host the book launch of our graphic novel Two Roses: A Story of Deception and Determination in Nazi Germany on March 25, 2026. Developed by graphic artist Miriam Libicki, Two Roses depicts the story of Holocaust survivor Rose Lipszyc and her aunt Róza Finkielsztaj […]

On March 14, 2026, Jared Muralt will join a panel discussion at the Stuttgarter Comic Days in Germany, where he will discuss several of his projects, including the graphic novel he is developing as part of our SCVN project. Jared is the graphic artist behind Ružica’s Last Summer, the graphic novel which explores the lived […]

An exhibition of Barbara Yelin’s original drawings, including works from Emmie Arbel. The Colour of Memory, opened on January 22 in Rome at the Goethe Institute. The exhibition, titled “Drawing Lives: Memory and Biography in the Work of Barbara Yelin,” features 80 panels from Yelin’s major works and will be on display until March 20, […]

SCVN graphic artist Miriam Libicki and Holocaust Research Cluster Co-Lead Mark Celinscak attended the Jewish America & Holocaust Literature Symposium’s 30th annual conference from February 1 – 3, 2026 at Tulane University in New Orleans. On February 2, they presented in a panel titled “Two Roses: Utilizing Holocaust Survivor Testimony in Graphic Art Narratives,” moderated […]

We are thrilled to announce that Emmie Arbel. The Colour of Memory is coming to the UK and North America in spring 2026! SelfMadeHero will be releasing Helge Dascher’s English translation of the award-winning graphic memoir on February 5 in the UK and on March 17 in North America. Drawing from extensive interviews with Holocaust […]

On February 9, Dr. Charlotte Schallié, co-director of SCVN, will take part in a roundtable discussion focused on the ethical considerations and protocols of arts-based research with trauma survivors. Organized by the Emily Carr University Research Ethics Board (ECU-REB), the event will take place in person at the Emily Carr University, Boardroom (D2315) and online […]