Teaching Canada's History: The Role of Student Voice

This special podcast series features some of the finalists for the 2025 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes teachers from across the country for their exceptional work in teaching Canadian history. It is also an opportunity to promote and facilitate the sharing of best practices and innovative teaching ideas within Canada’s history education community.

Listen in alongside host Brooke Campbell to learn more about how teachers and students are working together to interpret the past, connect it to the present, and share stories that matter.

Click here for a podcast featuring some of the francophone finalists.

This episode features Cherlyn Forth, Jon McPhail, and Kathryn Laframbroise, whose students are exploring histories in their own communities and regions and using creative ways to share their learning.

They talk about the role of student voice in determining historical significance, the value of place-based learning, and how they continue to find ideas for their classrooms.

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