by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jun 5, 2017 | Blog
Throughout this course, we have seen many damaged and worn monuments within the Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery here in Victoria, BC. For many of these cases, the projects are just too grand for our group to undertake. However, during our last class Erin taught us one...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 19, 2017 | Blog
Day 2 in the Jewish Cemetery. Tuesday was a day full of information since as a class we learned how to record the monuments (i.e. headstones). This is one of the larger goals of this class and by extension this project, for the Jewish Community that this cemetery...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 23, 2016 | Blog
On Thursday, in Anthropology 395 we learned about cleaning gravestones with help from Angela Dyck, a recent graduate from UVic. Working in Emanu-El cemetery has created a bond between my class and the people buried here. It may seem strange as some people were born...
