by Renee Adams | Jun 12, 2015 | Blog
Working in the Jewish Cemetery has been a wonderful experience. Every person that’s stopped by to say ‘hi’ has been so kind and welcoming. Rabbi Brechner invited us to the synagogue for a casual lecture about Judaism and the Victoria community that...
by Meaghan Efford | Jun 9, 2015 | Blog
The opportunity to work in the Jewish Cemetery started out as an accessible field course for Undergraduate students in Anthropology at UVic. I have never had the opportunity to visit a cemetery in which my own family rests, and without that personal connection, my...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 20, 2015 | Blog
I got to the cemetery early to get set-up and thankfully a handful of students arrived shortly after I did. Between us, we unloaded my car quickly and pulled the gear together. My husband had picked up a sunshade for us and I’ve never seen one go up so quickly...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 19, 2015 | Blog
Today is our first day at the cemetery, but it’s most definitely not the first day of the project. You could argue that the first day of the project was last week, when the class met for the first time, but that wouldn’t be right either. Indeed, this has...
