Bruce MacLellan and Karen Girling are big believers in the power of history to help us understand where Canada has been and where it’s going. They are especially keen to support students and educators in understanding all aspects of the past to build understanding and combat misinformation.
Europeans were obsessed with hats made from beaver. Fur traders went to extraordinary lengths to provide the pelts. The resulting stories are sometimes exciting, sometimes sad, sometimes scary, sometimes funny.
Connie Wyatt Andersonis a long-time educator from The Pas, Manitoba. She has been involved in the creation of student learning materials and curricula and has contributed to a number of textbooks, teacher support guides, and school publications.
In this presentation, Heather Jefkins shares how her class embarked on a fibre arts adventure to learn about the importance of traditional crafts in both the past and the present.
