Funding for Vimy Foundation’s youth leadership commemorative and educational initiatives

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, yesterday announced funding of up to $241,000 for the Vimy Foundation over the next year to support their project, The Spirit of Vimy: Highlighting Youth Leadership and Digital Transformation.

The Spirit of Vimy is a series of commemorative and educational initiatives, including community-based youth leadership programs, the digitization of the original Canadian National Vimy Memorial maquettes, and the creation of a fully bilingual digital museum focused on the Canadian experience of the First World War.

These initiatives are intended to engage young Canadians in remembrance and will make Canada’s First World War history and the legacy of those who served accessible to more Canadians.

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial honours all Canadians who served during the WWI. The memorial bears the names of those who died in France with no known grave. It is located at the site of Canada’s victory during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in northern France. Photo: Veterans Affairs Canada.

Minister MacAulay said, “The Spirit of Vimy project will ensure that the memories of our fallen and the Canadian experience in the First and Second World Wars live on much longer than we do.”

Funding for the project will be provided through the Commemorative Partnership Program.

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