The official trailer for the upcoming documentary short film ‘Almasa’s Story’ is now available to view on our SCVN YouTube channel. Filmed in Sarajevo and directed by Bojan Hadžiabdić, ‘Almasa’s Story’ features Almasa Salihović, a child survivor of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, and graphic artist Anneli Furmark, who spent a year interviewing Almasa to create […]

Excerpt from Two Roses (New Jewish Press, 2026) by Miriam Libicki and Rose Lipszyc. We are delighted to announce that our second SCVN graphic novel, Two Roses: A Story of Deception and Determination in Nazi Germany,  will be published on February 26, 2026 by the University of Toronto Press. Two Roses is a collaboration between Holocaust survivor Rose Lipszyc and graphic artist Miriam Libicki, sharing the experiences of Rose and her aunt,  Róza Finkielsztajn, during and after […]

We are pleased to announce that both Barbara Yelin and Emmie Arbel have been awarded the prestigious “Against Forgetting – For Democracy” prize for 2025 by Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie e. V. (Against Forgetting – For Democracy). The prize honours their collaborative work on the graphic novel Emmie Arbel. The Colour of Memory. The […]

We are delighted to announce that graphic artist Barbara Yelin is the winner of the 2025 annual Grand Prize of the German Academy for Children’s and Young Adult Literature (Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur), granted in recognition for outstanding achievements in children and young adult literature. Grand Prize poster from the German Academy for […]

Exciting news! Author Duncan McCue and illustrator Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, from our Turtle Island Cluster, are collaborating with Professor Éléonore Goldberg and Alan Goldman of Emily Carr University of Art + Design—along with their student researchers—to explore how the graphic novel Indians Do Cry can be brought to life through animation. Éléonore has been accepted as a SSHRC Co-applicant on the SCVN […]

In September 2025, Jonathan Sandler, host of the GraphicMemoirBlog and author of The English GI (2022), interviewed SCVN graphic artist Miriam Libicki in a blog feature titled ‘A Conversation with Miriam Libicki: WWII Graphic Memoirs’. They discussed her previous SCVN collaboration with Barbara Yelin, Gilad Seliktar, and Dr. Charlotte Schallié in But I Live: Three […]

David Schaffer z”l It is with deep sadness that we acknowledge the passing of David Schaffer z”l —devoted husband of Sidi, beloved father of Nathan, Doron, and Ayal, and proud grandfather of Joelle, Dalia, Aaron, Jacob, Paulina, Naomi, Madison, Zachary, and Joshua. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his entire family. David Schaffer at the […]

Building on the success of the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project, Drs. Shannon Leddy and Biz Nijdam have been successful in applying for additional funding to include genocide survivors from Greenland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Joined by Drs. Tim Frandy (Sámi, UBC) and Asta Mønsted (Kalaallit, formerly at UC Berkeley), and Frederik Byrn Køhlert (Edinburgh […]

Originally published in German in 2023, Emmie Arbel. The Colour of Memory is a graphic memoir based on the personal conversations and trust-based relationship between Holocaust survivor Emmie Arbel and graphic artist Barbara Yelin. The book is now available in four language editions: German, English, French, and Spanish. It was translated into French by Thierry […]

We are thrilled to announce the premiere trailer for ‘A Rose in Plain Sight’, a documentary short directed by Chorong Kim, set for release in 2025. This film offers an intimate glimpse into the creative and emotional journey of collaboration between Holocaust child survivor Rose Lipszyc, graphic artist Miriam Libicki, and editors Mark Celinscak and […]

We are thrilled to announce that ‘Emmie Arbel. The Color of Memory’ by Barbara Yelin has been selected for the prestigious 2024 White Ravens Catalogue! This incredible recognition highlights the book’s thoughtful visual storytelling and profound exploration of memory and identity.  The White Ravens Catalogue, published annually by the International Youth Library in Munich, showcases […]

From June 18-20, our project partners from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Turtle Island Research Cluster hosted a three-day Annual General Meeting around the theme of ‘Landed Learning and Indigenous Ways of Knowing’. Artists and team leadership from Canada, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States, gathered with us on […]

From April 13 to July 31, 2024 the Ravensbrück Memorial is hosting an exhibition of ‘But I Live. Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust’ in cooperation with the International Comic Salon Erlangen and the Stadtmuseum Erlangen. ‘But I Live’ (2022) edited by SCVN Co-Director Charlotte Schallié was an important publication because of the […]

For Holocaust Memorial Day 2024, illustrator and graphic artist Barbara Yelin will be giving a lecture titled: ‘But I Live’ – Emmie Arbel’s Illustrated Story of the Fragility of Freedom. The ‘Fragility of Freedom’ is the overarching theme of this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day and explores the many ways that human rights such as freedom […]

‘But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust’ was created in the first stage of the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project. Since its publication in May 2022, ‘But I Live’ (ed. Charlotte Schallié, University of Toronto Press) has been recognized as a unique and sorely needed collection of testimonies about the Holocaust. Both […]