2019 Beaverbrook Vimy Prize Itinerary*
(*Subject to change.)
August 7 Wednesday
- Canadian students and Chaperones depart from Canada
August 8 Thursday
- Arrival day – travel from Brussels to Ypres (Canadian and European students meet)
- Orientation
- Introduction to 2019 BVP program
August 9 Friday
- Menin Gate
- Essex Farm (John McCrae’s Dressing Station)
- Passchendaele Memorial
- In Flanders Fields Museum
August 10 Saturday
- Ypres Salient Tour (Langemark, Tyne Cot, Christmas Soccer Truce Memorial, Messines Church, Tyne Cot, Hill 60 and the Caterpillar, St. Julien Memorial, Hooge Crater Cemetery, etc.)
- Last Post ceremony
August 11 Sunday
- Mons Museum and St. Symphorien Military Cemetery
- Cambrai, Canal du Nord and Bourlon Wood
August 12 Monday
- Historial de la Grande Guerre Museum
- Beaumont Hamel
- Thiepval
August 13 Tuesday
- Courcelette Canadian Memorial
- Quebec Cemetery Chérisy
- Hill 70
August 14 Wednesday
- Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
- Cabaret Rouge
- Ring of Remembrance Memorial
August 15 Thursday
- Canadian National Vimy Memorial + Vimy Tunnels & Trenches + Education Centre
- Neuville St. Vaast German Cemetery
- Maison Blanche Souterrain
August 16 Friday
- Amiens Cathedral
- Caen and Abbaye d’Ardenne
- Juno Beach
August 17 Saturday
- Juno Centre
- Arromanches
- Longues sur Mer German Battery
- Omaha Beach Centre and American Cemetery
- Point-du-Hoc
August 18 Sunday
- Beny-Sur-Mer Cemetery
- Dieppe Visits
- Dieppe Candle-light ceremony
August 19 Monday
- Dieppe Raids Official ceremonies
- Versailles
- BVP review and conclusion
August 20 Tuesday
- All participants and chaperones depart Paris for home.
Please note: The Beaverbrook Vimy Prize (BVP) is first and foremost an intensive educational program which requires full engagement and may pose potential challenges. Applicants should take into consideration that the BVP program itinerary not only includes full days of educational content, but also a great deal of walking in and around cemeteries, historical sites, and museums, including climbing steep, long staircases. The nature of the program’s content can also be a very intense emotional experience for some as the focus is on the First and Second World Wars. Please consider all of the above when applying.