I-witness field school
"It can bring you to a place that most classrooms can't."
The purpose of the Field School is to explore the ways in which the Holocaust is memorialized in Central Europe and to build an understanding of how the lessons of the Holocaust are relevant in today’s world.
Students in this 3 unit, 400-level course have the opportunity to acquire a deeper understanding of antisemitism, racism, religious intolerance, homophobia and the stigmatization of the mentally and physically disabled communities.
Never forget! -UVic Holocaust Field School
Watch the Humanities Field School video - there is something in each field school that can't be learned in class!
Introducing the 2016 I-witness Field School
2016 Field School Project Blog.
Follow us on the Field School Twitter.
20 years of "Stolpersteine" - an article in Deutche Welle (DW) - Germany’s international broadcaster.
Helga Thorson - I-witness Leader. Her Campus October 29, 2015
Field school - a chance for students to witness Holocaust legacy. The Martlet October 29, 2015
Helga Thorson was interviewed on CBC Radio on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (January 27, 2015) about the continuing importance and relevance of lessons of racism and antisemitism in today’s world.
Article in The Torch (Aug 2014, p. 22)
An interview of Dr. Thorson and former student Ray Illsley to CFUV 101.9 FM
Presentation by Amy Coté on Berlin Memorials.
I-witness Field School in the Calgary Herald.
Religious Studies Student Experiences Holocaust Field School
We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the following organizations that have donated to the 2018 Field School:
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The Pekarsky Family Foundation |
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Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island |
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Victoria Society for Humanistic Judaism |
In addition, many individual members of the community have generously provided financial support. Special thanks to April and David Katz for giving a significant donation to create the Zena and Chaim Katz Family Memorial, which provides student scholarships for the I-witness Field School starting in 2018.
All of these generous community gifts and personal donations help make this program possible.