Welcome to the HKVCA Teachers' Resource Centre

Our Goal

To provide educators, students and the Canadian public in general the opportunity to become more aware of the role our Canadian soldiers played in the Battle of Hong Kong in World War II. (Read more...)

(last update: 24-Sep-11)

News and Events

25 July ’11: The Third Edition of our Cross Canada Writing Contest is now available in the Teachers' Zone in English et en français. Students and teachers are urged to learn more about the role of our forgotten heroes/les héros oubliés in the Battle of Hong Kong.

19 July '11: Winners of the HKVCA Cross Canada Writing Contest for 2010/2011 announced in English et en français (PDF)

18 Feb '11: we've upgraded and redesigned our Teachers' Zone (TZ) web site. Hope you like it.

We are working to translate this complete site into French so it is useful to all Canadian students. This process is ongoing.


Events Calendar: we're placing special education-oriented events on our Web Calendar, along with general events.

Teachers' Zone Site Services

Resources

To assist teachers in their work, we've provided the following aids on this site:

Contributions

We've received valuable assistance from those involved in education, and their contributions will assist anyone who is educating the Canadian public, especially our young people. Details...

Contests

To make learning about the Battle of Hong Kong and its aftermath more interesting, we sponsor a yearly contest focused on high-school students. Each student will take up the challenge of responding to one of the veterans' stories by creating their own story based on what they have learned from the veteran. The student's work will be marked by an independent panel with prizes for the best in class being awarded. Learn more...

Contacts

Questions? Comments? Please fill in our contact form and we'll get back to you right away.