• New Post: Thinking Outside of the Classroom – A Student Investigation into History Education

    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…

  • Paige Mason

    Paige Mason, Social Studies, Indigenous Studies and History Teacher Paige Mason teaches Social Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Canadian History for grades 7 through 12 and has been teaching for 11 years. She has taught at Lashburn High School (LHS), a public 7-12 school in Lashburn, Saskatchewan for the past seven years.  Lashburn is a rural…

  • Lindsey Bingley

    Lindsey Bingley, Learning Strategist; Elementary School Teacher Lindsey Bingley taught grades 4-6 for over ten years and is now a Learning Strategist. As an elementary school teacher, Lindsey taught social studies as well as all other core subjects for her students. She has taught at Foothills Academy, a private school in Calgary, Alberta for the…

  • Jolene Fiarchuk

    Jolene Fiarchuk, History Teacher Jolene Fiarchuk teaches history for grades 11 and 12 and has been teaching for 13 years. She has taught at a large, public high school in southeastern Manitoba for the past 10 years. As Jolene explained, teaching in a large high school gives her the opportunity to teach multiple sections of…

  •  Joanna Alphonso

    Joanna Alphonso, High School Teacher Joanna Alphonso teaches Canadian History, African Canadian Studies, Mi’kmaq Studies and Law for grades 10-12 and has been teaching for 4 years. She teaches at a public high school in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Joanna described her school as “a very small community.” As she explained, the student demographic is largely…

  • Gregory Wilson

    Gregory Wilson, Teacher Gregory Wilson is an English and history teacher who has taught STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Kindergarten to Grade 3, Grades 4-6, and Grades 7-9. He has been teaching for eighteen years in different contexts including First Nations communities in the Northwest Territories, and Northern and Southern Ontario. Gregory currently teaches at…

  • Diane Vautour

    Diane Vautour, History Teacher Diane Vautour is a history teacher with 20 years of teaching experience. She currently teaches at an all-female public secondary school under the Toronto Catholic District School Board.  The student body at her school is predominantly white, but it has become more diverse in recent years, with an increasing number of…

  • Carly Wenner

    Carly Wenner, Secondary Social Studies Teacher Carly teaches at St. George’s School, a large, independent, non-denominational all-boys school in Vancouver, British Columbia. The school includes Grades 8 -12 and has approximately 850 students, predominantly from affluent backgrounds. The students are admitted based on academic performance, assessed through the SSAT, which evaluates writing, comprehension, and reasoning…

  • Ben Riche

    Ben Riche, History, English, and Entrepreneurship Teacher Ben Riche is currently teaching English and Entrepreneurship at Mount Pearl Senior High. At the time he spoke about his teaching practice with us, he taught at Beaconsfield Junior High, a public school in St. John’s, Newfoundland. This marks his 10th year teaching. Ben spoke of the educational…

  • Anna Pearson

    Anna Pearson, Elementary Social Studies Teacher Anna Pearson is an elementary social studies teacher with 15 years of teaching experience. She currently teaches Grade 5 and 6 students at a public dual track school that offers both French immersion and an English program in North Bay, Ontario. The school’s student population is predominantly white and…