EF Educational Tours brings thousands of Canadian students to 75th Anniversary of D-Day landings
Educational travel partner builds legacy art installation, Augmented Reality experience for students and educators; has student participation in the official D-Day 75 ceremony at Juno Beach, and attendance of the largest group at D-Day 75.
TORONTO, May 30, 2019 /CNW/ -- EF Educational Tours, the leading educational travel partner for teachers and students across Canada, today announced it will bring thousands of students and educators from across North America to Normandy, France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings during the Second World War in Canada.
To help pass the baton of D-Day remembrance to a new generation, EF Educational Tours created exclusive D-Day tours and programming filled with interactive educational experiences, authentic historical connections, and meaningful activities during the first week in June.
The company partnered with the Juno Beach Centre and collaborated with Veterans Affairs Canada to help bring these authentic experiences to life.
For D-Day 75, educators, students, cadets, and staff members will:
- Experience the history of the Second World War in Canada across Europe through educational travel itineraries leading them through France, Germany, Italy, England, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
- Participate in the official 75th anniversary ceremony with world leaders at Juno Beach on June 6, and in exclusive activities at the Salle de l'Edit (in Courseulles-sur-Mer), all while interacting with Veterans, locals, historians, and current service members.
- Building legacy art installations at the Salle de l'Edit which will remain in Normandy as a symbol of Canada's commitment to commemorate the past and never forget our shared history.
- Interact with Augmented Reality programming at Utah Beach to observe what it was like 75 years ago to land on D-Day as an Allied soldier, through firsthand accounts of a D-Day Veteran.
- Interact with primary sources and artifacts on-location.
About EF Educational Tours
EF Educational Tours is the international educational travel division of EF Education First, a family-owned global education company. Through language, academic, cultural exchange, and travel programs, EF hopes to play a small part in making the world a better place by uniting people across borders. With a mission of opening the world through education, EF was founded in 1965 in Lund, Sweden.
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For more information, please contact: Marina Wu, [email protected], 1-604-760-6843, https://www.eftours.ca
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