What’s the Story? Supporting Inquiry through Heritage Fairs

Canada’s History, in partnership with Thinking Historically for Canada’s Future, is pleased to present a professional development series for teachers participating in the Heritage Fair program.

The Heritage Fair program was created in 1993 and provides a unique opportunity for students to engage deeply with history through inquiry-based research and share their learning at community-based events.

This series is designed to provide teachers with tools and strategies for helping students select meaningful topics, design strong inquiry questions, locate and analyze relevant evidence, draw reasonable conclusions, and share their findings in interesting ways. Teachers will also learn how to assess Heritage Fair projects effectively.

The series will feature four, 90-minute sessions from October–December. The series will be hosted online, via Zoom, and is also available in French.

Participants will have access to the session recordings and any resources shared.

Schedule:

The English sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 8:00 pm ET (3:30 pm to 5:00 pm PT). 

• Session 1: October 28, 2025 — Introduction to Heritage Fairs and Inquiry
• Session 2: November 4, 2025 — Exploring and Assessing Evidence
• Session 3: November 25, 2025
— Synthesizing Research and Drawing Conclusions
• Session 4: December 9, 2025
— Assessment Strategies

What’s the Story? is also available in French.  

Cost:

Registration:

There are two steps to complete your registration.

Please complete the information form with your contact information. After you have submitted your information, you will receive an email confirmation with a link to complete your payment online. If you have any questions please contact Brooke Campbell.

Please note, if you are a teacher from Winnipeg School Division, we will follow up with you directly about your participation fee. You do not need to complete the online payment form at this time.