Scholarship Winners
Teaching of the Holocaust for Educators
Message from The Riva and Thomas O. Hecht Scholarship
After thirteen successful years of activity and the awarding of thirty-eight scholarships to teachers working in the Quebec public school system, we concluded this program . The English Montreal School Board will introduce a new program of its own.
We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to the following for their continued and unwavering support throughout the years:
The administration of the English Montreal School Board and the Lester B. Pearson School Board; Collège Laflèche, the Montreal Holocaust Museum, The Canadian Society for Yad Vashem, Mr. Robert T. Mills, Mr. Mike Cohen, our treasured scholarship winners, the students who gained so much knowledge from these teachers, and the community at large for their participation. The success of The Riva and Thomas O. Hecht Scholarship: Teaching of the Holocaust for Educators is your success.
Thank you.

Stephanie Kessler
- 2017
College Reine-Marie
Montreal, Québec

Lev Berner
- 2017
Vincent Massey Collegiate
Montréal, Québec

Anne-Marie Jacob
- 2017
College Jesus-Marie de Sillery
Sillery, Québec

Melanie Katerina Philip
- 2017
Mackay Centre School
Montreal, Québec

Audrée Anne Dupont
- 2017
Merton Elementary School
Montreal, Québec

Dr. Ramin Khodaie
- 2017
Marymount Academy
Montreal, Québec

Suzanne Ujvari
- 2016
Clearpoint Elementary Baccalaureate School
Pointe-Claire, Québec

Lev Berner
- 2015
Vincent Massey Collegiate
Montréal, Québec

Nechama Surik
- 2015
Shadd Health & Business Centre
Montréal, Québec

Marie Francis
- 2015
John Grant High School
Montréal, Québec

Richard Ouwendyk
- 2014
Marymount Academy
Montréal, Québec

Hélène Dupuis
- 2014
Collège Laflèche
Trois-Rivières, Québec

Jeff Pinsky
- 2014
Beaconsfield High School
Beaconsfield, Québec

Laurence Assouline
- 2013
Beechwood School
Pierrefonds, Québec

Vincent Gagnon
- 2013
Vincent Massey Collegiate
Montréal, Québec

Georgia Gotsis
- 2013
Merton Elementary School
Côte St.Luc, Québec

Gina Lavine
- 2013
Collège Laflèche
Trois-Rivières, Québec

Julie Etheridge
- 2012
Vincent Massey Collegiate
Montréal, Québec

Mary Rutherford
- 2012
Children’s World Academy
LaSalle, Québec

Steven Santella
- 2012
Westpark Elementary School
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Québec

Carin Schwartz
- 2012
Lakeside Academy
Lachine, Québec

Stacey Blumer
- 2011
Lester B. Pearson High School
Montreal North, Québec

Anne Edgar
- 2011
St. Edmund Elementary
Beaconsfield, Québec

David Barbiero
- 2011
Beaconsfield High School
Beaconsfield, Québec

Jason Lipstein
- 2011
General Vanier Elementary
St-Léonard, Québec

Deborah Dixon
- 2010
Beurling Academy
Verdun, Québec

Gail Jebson
- 2010
Elizabeth Ballantyne School
Montreal West, Québec

Donna Friedman-Perlin
- 2010
St. Monica’s Elementary School
Montreal, Québec

Keren Cohen
- 2009
Thorndale Elementary School
Pierrefonds, Québec

Kirsten Nielsen
- 2009
LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School
LaSalle, Québec

Sabrina Jafralie
- 2009
Westmount High School
Westmount, Québec

Xavier Desilets
- 2008
Royal West Academy
Montreal West, Québec

Sylvie Pelletier
- 2008
John Rennie High School
Pointe Claire, Québec

Linda Shetzer
- 2008
Parkdale Elementary School
Saint-Laurent, Québec

Evelyn Howard
- 2007
Thorndale Elementary School
Pierrefonds, Québec

Adrienne Sholzberg
- 2007
Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School
Pierrefonds, Québec

Freda Solman
- 2006
Westpark School
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Québec

Carole Touchette
- 2006
Westpark School
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Québec