Commemorations are events or actions that honour and memorialize significant events, people, and groups from the past. In recent years there have been numerous contentious debates about commemorations of historical events and people in countries around the world, including Canada. In this article I argue that commemoration controversies should be an essential part of teaching and learning history in K–12 schools because they have the potential to be meaningful and relevant for students, they address civic education competencies central to history and social studies curricula in Canada, and they provide rich opportunities for advancing students’ historical consciousness and historical thinking. In the final section of the article I describe ...
Some years ago Canada began a process of reconciliation with First Peoples, undertaking the d...
The rise, fall, and revival of History in Ontario high schools is full of twists and turns. History ...
In September 2020, the Canadian federal government designated the residential school system as an ev...
As Canada prepares to turn 150, this article discusses what curricular shifts are necessary to recon...
In September, 2014, the University of Ottawa Education Research Unit, Making History / Faire l’histo...
This article sets Canadian historical and current debates about national history and history educati...
Recently, Canadian governments and public institutions have initiated a wide range of symbolic gestu...
Presented at the The annual meeting of the American Historical Association(January 3-6, 2020), New Y...
This paper looks at the historical consciousness of prospective history teachers in Canada. Using a ...
Cet article s’intéresse à la conscience historique des futurs professeurs d’histoire au Canada. Réal...
This article presents ndings from a recent case study involving seventh-grade students (n = 25) and ...
Historians have argued that Canada’s Diamond Jubilee of Confederation in 1927 represents one of the ...
Engaging with historical events, people and places encourages students to envision history as a dyna...
This paper argues that history educators and teachers are uniquely implicated in the Truth and Recon...
La discussion sur la conscience historique en enseignement de l’histoire au Canada s’inscrit dans un...
Some years ago Canada began a process of reconciliation with First Peoples, undertaking the d...
The rise, fall, and revival of History in Ontario high schools is full of twists and turns. History ...
In September 2020, the Canadian federal government designated the residential school system as an ev...
As Canada prepares to turn 150, this article discusses what curricular shifts are necessary to recon...
In September, 2014, the University of Ottawa Education Research Unit, Making History / Faire l’histo...
This article sets Canadian historical and current debates about national history and history educati...
Recently, Canadian governments and public institutions have initiated a wide range of symbolic gestu...
Presented at the The annual meeting of the American Historical Association(January 3-6, 2020), New Y...
This paper looks at the historical consciousness of prospective history teachers in Canada. Using a ...
Cet article s’intéresse à la conscience historique des futurs professeurs d’histoire au Canada. Réal...
This article presents ndings from a recent case study involving seventh-grade students (n = 25) and ...
Historians have argued that Canada’s Diamond Jubilee of Confederation in 1927 represents one of the ...
Engaging with historical events, people and places encourages students to envision history as a dyna...
This paper argues that history educators and teachers are uniquely implicated in the Truth and Recon...
La discussion sur la conscience historique en enseignement de l’histoire au Canada s’inscrit dans un...
Some years ago Canada began a process of reconciliation with First Peoples, undertaking the d...
The rise, fall, and revival of History in Ontario high schools is full of twists and turns. History ...
In September 2020, the Canadian federal government designated the residential school system as an ev...