VR Experience

The world premiere in a school board of an incredible virtual reality experience - "The Last Goodbye"- is coming to the TDSB.

The Last Goodbye is an award-winning, virtual-reality film that transports viewers inside the Nazi Death camp Majdanek in Poland with Toronto survivor Pinchas Gutter, the only member of his family of four to survive the Holocaust. Since its 2017 debut at the Tribeca Film Festival, this 17-minute film has achieved critical acclaim and received numerous prestigious awards

This project was made possible with the generous support of the L.A. -based USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education. which seeks to develop empathy, understanding and respect through testimony. Through close collaboration between the TDSB and the Institute, students will be able to visit and engage in this incredible learning opportunity during the months of February, March, April and May 2020. (For more information please see Direct Line).

***In mid-January, high schools will receive a complimentary copy of Pinchas Gutter's memoir, Memories in Focus, for each Grade 10 student to keep.