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Volunteer
To succeed in achieving its mission, the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre needs many volunteers.
There are several ways to get involved and to make this opportunity a significant experience in your life.
Here are some possibilities:
Guide
Froma Shulman during a
guided tour - MHMC Photo
If you answered yes to these questions, you would be an ideal candidate for guiding tours at the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Guides share a common interest in reaching out and educating the public. They have the unique opportunity to significantly influence people's lives.
Those interested in joining our group of guides must speak French and be available to guide tours during the day on weekdays. Bilingualism and knowledge of the subject matter are assets.
The next guide training session will begin in January 2012 and will be animated in French. People interested in taking part are requested to complete the registration form. The number of spaces is limited and the selection of candidates will be based on their availability, motivation, experience and interest in the subject.Survivor Testimony
If you are a Holocaust survivor and you wish to share your experience with others, you are welcome to become a Holocaust survivor speaker for the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre.
Leslie Vertes gives his testimony
in front of a class
- You will bring a human dimension to an inhuman history.
- You will help educate and sensitize the public.
- You will contribute greatly to the Centre's educational mission.
- either in a conference room close to the Museum, after visitors have received a guided tour,
- or at a school, institution or organization's location.
The Centre will provide you with all the help and support necessary for the preparation of your testimony.
If you are interested in becomming a speaker for the museum, please phone the Centre at (514) 345-2605.
Support volunteer
Support volunteers work in the Centre's office or at home.
Tasks include:
- Conducting research
- Translating
- Writing video transcripts of survivor testimonies
- Getting involved in other special projects
For example, support volunteers can:
- Translate Yiddish, German or other languages
- Help the Centre's museologist catalogue documents photographs and objects
- Complete the Holocaust survivor testimony database.
Support volunteers will receive training from the Centre's staff members.
We thank you for your intrest, but we are not currently accepting applications for Support Volunteers. We invite you to check this page for future openings.
Committee Members
There are many committees that support the development of programs and the democratic nature of the Centre. Volunteers can join Remembrance, Education, Museum and Board committees.
If you are interested in becomming a committee member, please phone the Centre at (514) 345-2605.
Volunteers:
- Are regularly invited to upcoming events (film screenings, workshops, conferences, etc.)
- Learn about history and acquire skills
- Participate in sensitizing the public about the Holocaust and other issues of racism, antisemitism and genocide
- Have the opportunity to get involved in committees. They can then develop and contribute to other projects at the Centre.
