Costs
The cost of the program includes the following:
- 23-nights accommodation in a centrally located, tourist class hotel or hostel based on multi-bedded rooms with private or shared facilities
- Continental breakfast daily
- Intra-European flights, train, and intra-European coach travel
- Program Director, who also serves as instructor and advisor
- Field school travel facilitator and assistant
- Local guides at the sites of former concentration camps
- Final farewell dinner
Additional costs:
- Tuition
- Round-trip, transatlantic airfare
- Travel and health insurance
- All meals except breakfast
Total program costs (on top of tuition, round-trip travel, insurance, and food costs) = $3,000 (CAD)
We have greatly reduced actual program costs for students through donations, and we are continuing to gather donations in order to dramatically reduce costs even further.
$500 deposit is due 15 November, 2023
Half of the remaining program costs due 01 February, 2024
Remaining balance due 01 March, 2024
Please purchase travel insurance that allows you to cancel or postpone your flight in case of illness or other emergencies. This can be done on most platforms when purchasing your flight or through an insurance provider (for example BCAA or UVic student care).
Make sure you have health insurance that covers your entire trip. You might already have health insurance for travel, for example with UVSS extended health insurance or your parents extended health insurance. Please guarantee that it covers health costs in Europa (such as a hospital stay in case of emergency) and costs that might occur if you might get COVID (for example a change of flight dates or a stay in a hotel to isolate).
Many students want to participate in this opportunity and planning and making reservations starts many months in advance. If you have to cancel your participation in the field school, please get in touch as soon as possible so we can work on a solution.
The following cancellation fees apply:
Cancellation before February 8: 500 CAD deposit
Cancellation between February 8 and April 8: 500 CAD deposit + 1000 CAD fee
Cancellation between April 8 and May 8: full program costs