GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 0.5 metres of textual records. - 49 sound elements.
- Fonds No.
- P0261
- Date
- 1963-1990.
- Scope and Content
- The sound portion of the collection consists of 49 audio tapes, 1987-1990. There are transcripts of many of the interviews. The other textual records consist of background materials for her M.A. thesis, "The Contribution of Montreal Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life" (McGill School of …
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 0.5 metres of textual records. - 49 sound elements.
- Scope and Content
- The sound portion of the collection consists of 49 audio tapes, 1987-1990. There are transcripts of many of the interviews. The other textual records consist of background materials for her M.A. thesis, "The Contribution of Montreal Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life" (McGill School of Social Work, 1988), with information on key participants from Canada's large community of Holocaust survivors. The collection includes issues of The Voice of Survivors (magazine), 1963, 1966 and Voice of Radom (magazine), 1980-1987.
- Date
- 1963-1990.
- Fonds No.
- P0261
- History / Biographical
- Myra Giberovitch, M.S.W., P.S.W. is an educator, author, professional speaker and mentor. She is an expert on the tools and techniques of strength-based practice as it applies to trauma and recovery. Born in a displaced persons camp in Germany after the war, she is the daughter of Holocaust survivors from the Lodz Ghetto and Auschwitz who emigrated from Israel to Canada in the early 1950s, settling in Montreal. Over the course of research for her 1988 Social Work M.A. thesis on "The Contribution of Montreal Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life" she interviewed the key participants in Canada's large community of Holocaust survivors. In the 1980s, Giberovitch started the first community-based social service program for Holocaust survivors in Canada and subsequently founded Services for Holocaust Survivors at the Cummings Centre in Montreal. She has worked with Holocaust Survivors as a social worker, therapist, group worker, community organizer, and researcher. Previously, she held lay positions at Canadian Jewish Congress where she chaired the National and Quebec Region Holocaust Remembrance Committees, including the Montreal community?s Holocaust Commemoration Service. Myra is affiliated with the McGill University School of Social Work as an adjunct professor, sessional and guest lecturer, external field placement supervisor and field liaison. She is the author of _Recovering from Genocidal Trauma: An Information and Practice Guide for Working with Holocaust Survivors_ (University of Toronto Press, 2014) and has published articles and is an invited speaker at national and international conferences. She also gives presentations and conducts workshops for healthcare professionals, survivor families, laypersons, and students. She has sensitized thousands of people to the needs of survivors and offers practical responses that focus on resilience, challenges of ageing, and vulnerabilities related to traumatic experiences. (Primarily excerpted from http://myragiberovitch.com/biography/)
- Custodial History
- The collection was donated on June 28, 2017 by Myra Giberovitch
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P17-08.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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Lou Zablow - founding President of Association of Nazi Oppression, tape 1, transcript in box 2 file 1
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC01-3
- Date
- 1987
Lou Zablow - founding President of Association of Nazi Oppression, tape 2, transcript in box 2 file 1
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC02-3
- Date
- 1987
Aba Beer - tape 1, transcript in box 1 file 10
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC03-3
- Date
- 1987
Aba Beer - tape 2, transcript in box 1 file 10
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC04-3
- Date
- 1987
Members of Pabianitzer Relief Society, transcript in box 2 file 8
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC05-3
- Date
- 1988
Association of Zaglembie Jews of Montreal - tape 1, transcript in box 1 file 9
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC06-3
- Date
- 1988
Association of Zaglembie Jews of Montreal - tape 2, transcript in box 1 file 9
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC07-3
- Date
- 1988
Zamosc Landsmanshaft in Montreal - tape 1, transcript in box 2 file 5
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC08-3
- Date
- 1988
Zamosc Landsmanshaft in Montreal - tape 1, transcript in box 2 file 5
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC09-3
- Date
- 1988
Tarnover - Landsmanshaft of Montreal, transcript in box 2 file 9
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC10-3
- Date
- 1988
Chelemer Society - tape 1, transcript in box 1 file 7
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC11-3
- Date
- 1988
Chelemer Society - tape 1, transcript in box 1 file 7
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC12-3
- Date
- 1988
Canadian Federation of Lithuanian Jews - research material in box 2 file 11
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC13-3
- Date
- 1988
Mezritcher Landsmanshaft - transcript in Yiddish and other material in box 2 file 6
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC14-3
- Date
- 1988
Farband of Warsaw Jews - research material in box 2 file 10
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC15-3
- Date
- 1988
Board members of German Jewish Heritage Association - tape 1, transcript in box 1 file 5
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC16-3
- Date
- 1988
Board members of German Jewish Heritage Association - tape 2, transcript in box 1 file 5
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC17-3
- Date
- 1988
Members Kieltzer - Chmielniker Landsmanshaft of Montreal - transcript in box 1 file 4
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC18-3
- Date
- 1988
Goldbergs - Wloclawker, Kutner, Landsmanshaft and environ - transcript in box 2 file 2
- Collection
- GIBEROVITCH, Myra : Contributions of Montreal Holocaust Survivor Organizations to Jewish Communal Life
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0261; P17/08 SC19-3
- Date
- 1988