Visiting Doctoral Student Program Report: Ian Alexander, PhD Candidate Thinking Historically For Canada’s Future – Visiting Doctoral Student Program Report   Doctoral Student: Ian Alexander, PhD Candidate in the Department of Curriculum and  Pedagogy at The University of British Columbia. Supervised by Dr. Penney Clark with Dr.  Lindsay Gibson as committee member.   Faculty Host: Dr. Heather McGregor, … Read more “Visiting Doctoral Student Program Report: Ian Alexander, PhD Candidate”

Thinking Historically in the news – Remembrance Day coverage CBC news web article: Students become ‘junior historians’ for a hands-on approach to Remembrance Day learning – Click here to read the article. CBC The National: Personal stories from WWI and WWII helping engage students – Watch the video below

New Post: Thinking Outside of the Classroom – A Student Investigation into History Education written by former co-op student, Heeva Torabi: Over the course of my time in high school, I have become passionate about helping others to be civically engaged in their communities. I was accepted into the IB (International Baccalaureate) program in high … Read more “New Post: Thinking Outside of the Classroom – A Student Investigation into History Education”

New Think History! newsletter now available! Hot off the press! Read the latest news from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future team here.

Faits saillants de l’AGA « Penser historiquement pour l’avenir du Canada 2024 »!

Highlights from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future 2024 AGM!

Visiting Doctoral Student Award – Ian Alexander, PhD Candidate I am thrilled to be offered the Visiting Doctoral Student Award and am planning to visit Queen’sUniversity this October to study under the supervision of Dr. Heather McGregor. My doctoralresearch examines the perspectives and experiences of social studies teachers who have taughtthe British Columbia curriculum in … Read more “Visiting Doctoral Student Award – Ian Alexander, PhD Candidate”

New blog entry: Reproductive Justice, Teen Mothers, and Integration into Education See the new contribution from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series written by Mallory Davies.

New Think History! newsletter now available! Hot off the press! Read the latest news from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future team here.

Thinking Historically in the media! Dr. Lindsay Gibson, was recently interviewed by CBC about the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation’s campaign to include education on Palestinian history. Click here to watch the interview.

New blog entry: A Signature Pedagogy for History Instruction? See the new contribution from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series written by Paul McGuire.

New blog entry: “Where are all the (non-white, non-elite) women?” Examining issues of diversity and intersectionality in the creation of women’s history lesson plans for Ontario educators See the new contribution from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series written by Tifanie Valade.

Thinking Historically in the media! Project Director, Dr. Carla Peck, recently completed a series of nation-wide interviews focused on some of the results of Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future National Youth Survey: “Is history teaching stuck in the past?” (available in English only). Entries marked with an * indicate that the interview is published as a podcast. … Read more “Thinking Historically in the media!”

New blog entry: Thinking Historically About a Generation of Canadian Offshore Schools See the new contribution from the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series written by Ian Alexander, PhD student at the University of British Columbia.

Is history teaching stuck in the past? New survey shows Canadian students believe history class is important but suggests teaching the past could use an update. Read all about it here.