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.

New blog entry: What is Good Citizenship? Perspectives from Former Air Cadets of Diverse Identities Congratulations to Queen’s University PhD candidate Rebecca Evans, on the publication of their contribution to the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series, published in collaboration with our partner, Active History!

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Alberta revises its Social Studies curriculum… again Dr. Carla Peck comments on the provincial government’s renewed attempt to revise the K-12 Social Studies curriculum in this CBC article.

New blog entry: Thinking Historically About Disability at the Ontario School for the Blind, 1803-1917”  Congratulations to Queen’s University PhD student Harrison Dressler, on the publication of their contribution to the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series, published in collaboration with our partner, Active History!

New Graduate Student blog entry: Entering The Jagged Landscape of History: Can We Teach Our Students to Apply Historical Thinking Skills? Congratulations to University of Ottawa PhD student Paul McGuire on the publication of his contribution to the Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future Graduate Student blog series, published in collaboration with our partner, Active History!

Critical Conversations with Usha James The Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future (THFCF) Graduate Student Committee would like to invite all graduate students associated with the THFCF project to join us on November 17th at 1 pm EST for Critical Conversations with Usha James. Usha will join us for a conversation about equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization and help us consider how … Read more “Critical Conversations with Usha James”

Dr. Carla Peck receives the Alberta Teachers’ Association Public Education Award Congratulations to Dr. Carla Peck on being awarded the Alberta Teachers’ Association 2022 Public Education Award! Read more here.

New blog series: Who Cares about Thinking Historically? Congratulations to Thinking Historically Graduate Student Committee Co-Chairs Becca Evans and Ian Alexander on the publication of the first entry in a new blog series published by our partner, Active History! In this post, Becca and Ian introduce the series. Stay tuned for more from other graduate … Read more “New blog series: Who Cares about Thinking Historically?”