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Students investigate nineteenth century life in Canada through three context-based activities that each involve research, artifact creation and presentation components.

8th Fire is an edgy, provocative look at Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations in Canada.

In this lesson, students will play a class game of “I Have... Who Has?” and create a timeline for Canada’s fur trade.

Book Review: Let us stipulate that Conrad Black is a polarizing figure. Many Canadians disliked his way of doing business and his seemingly haughty view regarding his own country. Now, let us put that aside and consider on its merits his rather immodest, thousand-plus-pages Rise to Greatness.

Book Review: Are Jewish students Catholics? Are they Protestants? Or what are they? For nearly 150 years, the “Jewish school question” troubled Quebec’s education system. How this was managed through social, legal, and political compromises, within a context of some intolerance and inequality, is the central theme of the fascinating book “Honorary Protestants.”

Stratford Festival marks Canada 150 with two challenging plays

They visited Canada’s capital, learned lots about the country’s diverse past, and along the way, forged friendships that will last a lifetime.

We should instead restore history by honouring achievements, recognizing flaws, and denouncing injustices. 

Book Review:  In Strangers in the House, Candace Savage writes of her search for her family history and the bigotry that her family experienced in Saskatoon in the early twentieth century. 

In this lesson students explore the Treaty of Niagara as a foundational relationship in the creation of Canada.