Header Image… Header Image Dec. 2021 1 Dec 202112 Jan 2022 Source: https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities International Day of Persons with Disabilities Disability inclusion is an essential condition to upholding human rights, sustainable development, and peace and security. It is also central to the…
Uncategorized Header Image Nov 22-28, 2021 22 Nov 20211 Dec 2021 Image source:https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/history-week.html Canada History Week 2021 takes place from November 22 to 28. This year’s theme is Indigenous History: Learning about Indigenous leaders, language revitalization, and cultures. The week encourages Canadians…
Uncategorized Remembrance Day Lesson Ideas- Part 4 8 Nov 202121 Nov 2021 Teachers’ Guide for Secret Liberators: Canada’s SOE Agents in Occupied France. John Myers OISE (retired) Section 4 Sample Lessons The above strategies serve as lessons or parts of lessons to…
Indigenous history… Indigenous Veterans Day 5 Nov 202122 Nov 2021 Monday, November 8 is Indigenous Veterans Day. On that day, Indigenous artist Jay Soule Chippewar will be honouring First Nations, Inuit and Métis veterans at Fort York National Historic Site…
Header Image… Header Image-September 2021 1 Sep 202129 Sep 2021 Canadian Labour Congress Working class History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkYJKL5yd0U&feature=emb_logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lg4gGk53iY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly5ZKjjxMNM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5uYCWVfuPQ International Workers Day header image source: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sleeping-car-porters-in-canada
Uncategorized… September Webinar 31 Aug 202131 Aug 2021 Interactive Law resources and Indigenous Law content September 1st, 2021 - Join Ohassta Executives Members Meghan Cameron and Vanessa Caddel in this upcoming webinar which emphasizes curriculum connections – it…
Uncategorized Stories of Hope Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience 15 Mar 202115 Mar 2021 https://youtu.be/sazISKfEgbE In this time of social strife and pandemic, Canadians need to unite more than ever to overcome our challenges and differences. Panelists will share how they prevailed over their…
Header Image… Header Image- Feb 2021 31 Jan 20215 Mar 2021 Image source CBC Radio 1 “To build a better future for the Black community in Ontario and Canada, it is critical to first acknowledge and understand all that has happened…
Header Image… October 5: World Teacher’s Day 5 Oct 20201 Nov 2020 In 2020, World Teachers’ Day will celebrate teachers with the theme “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”. The day provides the occasion to celebrate the teaching profession worldwide, take…
Pedagogy… Anti-Oppression work in the Ontario Classroom 7 Jun 20208 Jun 2020 I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no person should witness: gas chambers built by learned engineers. Children poisoned by educated physicians. Infants killed by…
Resources… Meaningful Civic Action: Pandemic teaching & Learning 6 May 202020 May 2020 Are you struggling to find ways to engage your students in inquiry based remote learning? I think most of us have had to rethink how we engage our students online…
Hindsight 2020… It only takes a spark… 3 May 202025 Sep 2021 A story about my failures and my learning in teaching students in CHC2P for the blog series: Hindsight 2020. By Rachel Collishaw, originally published as part of Write-On, the 2016…