International Resources

Are you travelling internationally? Do you live outside of Canada?

You can help us honour those who never made it home.

Canadian Veterans are buried across every inhabited continent, in dozens of countries. Some of these sites are large war cemeteries - the resting places of thousands of Canadians together. Other sites hold just a handful of veterans or even a single veteran.

Using our Find a Cemetery Map, we encourage you to see if there may be Canadian veterans in cemeteries near your destination. We would be happy to work with you to create a personal ceremony and have those veterans honoured with poppies placed by fellow Canadians.

This guide includes all the essential information you need to hold an NSLA event outside of Canada. It includes organizer checklists, event music and readings, as well as the following: (You can click on the text below to download these items individually.)

• Poppy placement protocol

• Templates for submitting student reflections

• Poppy and wreath making art activities

• Event photography guide

• Student release form