Sessions at a Glance
Presenters
Anthony Badame is a museum professional with over a decade of educational programming experience. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Archaeology and a Master of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto. Anthony is passionate about making history accessible to everyone and enjoys creating programs that integrate experiential learning in the process of meaning-making. He currently works as the Ontario Coordinator for Honouring Bravery, a program dedicated to sharing the diverse stories of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Andrea McArthur has worked with the Canadian Red Cross for many years as a public speaker, workshop facilitator, and program coordinator. She has developed and facilitated several workshops about youth engagement and leadership, social justice and diversity, humanitarian issues, and International Humanitarian Law. Andrea holds an Honours BA in Psychology from Brock University and an MSW from Wilfrid Laurier University. In her current line of work training teachers in Humanitarian Education, Andrea values success stories from students and teachers discussing the impact of International Humanitarian Law education in the classroom.
Melissa Chan is an Ontario Certified Teacher based in Markham and a Regional Education Coordinator at Elections Canada. Melissa is pursuing her MEd in Social Justice Education at OISE and serves as a director at OHASSTA, supporting inclusive history education across Ontario. She is passionate about empowering youth to become engaged, informed change-makers in their communities.
Elliot Carter is Outreach Officer and Sessional Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He runs the Ontario Ethics Bowl and leads other projects involving extending ethics education beyond the philosophy classroom. He has a PhD in philosophy and has published on issues at the intersection of philosophy and cognitive science.
Mira Goldberg-Poch is the manager of programs and education at Historica Canada. A historian by training, she specializes in making Canadian history accessible to the public. Her favourite part about public history is seeing how individual stories and experiences fit into the bigger picture, and how those stories bring history to life.
Walter Cassidy has been an Educator in Windsor for the past 25 years. He just finished a two-year educational residence with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and currently works for the GECDSB. He also teaches an AQ course for University of Windsor: How to Teach LGBTQ Students for the last six years. He is a local Windsor Queer historian, and activist. He is the Chair of WERA (Windsor/Essex Rainbow Alliance) which preserves 2SLGBTQAI history in the Windsor/Essex County area as well as partnering with the city on creating permanent spaces and monuments for future generations to enjoy. He has recently been published on various local 2SLGBTQAI historical moments. Last year, he had an exhibit at the Chimczuk Museum and one at the Amherstburg Freedom. He also contributed to the Love in a Dangerous Time Exhibit, currently at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, which is the largest queer exhibit in Canadian history.  As part of his contribution, he created a national educational resource to be taught in schools around the country.
Elaine Law is an educator specializing in history, peace education, and interdisciplinary learning. With over a decade of experience teaching in both New York City and Toronto, she has developed project-based, inquiry-driven curricula that engage students in critical thinking and historical literacy. Elaine holds a Master of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Toronto and a Master of Arts in Teaching Social Studies from Columbia University. She has worked extensively in secondary and post-secondary education, including as a professor at George Brown College. Her work emphasizes the role of museums as dynamic learning spaces that foster active engagement with history. Through research, mentorship, and community-building initiatives, Elaine is committed to integrating experiential learning into social sciences and humanities education.
Hafiz Printer is the Sr. Coordinator for Educational Programming at the Archives of Ontario. He received his B.Sc and B.Ed from the University of Toronto before completing a double
Masters at the Institute of Education at University College London. Hafiz has been an educator for over 16 years with experience teaching in Canada and Internationally. He is a recipient of the
Prime Minster’s Award for Teaching Excellence and a former Jackman Humanities Teaching Fellow. Prior to joining the Archives, he was the Education Specialist at the Aga Khan Museum. Hafiz has a great interest in experiential and game-based learning.