Session Information
Listed alphabetically by organization
Listed alphabetically by organization
Aga Khan Foundation
Inspiring Global Citizens: Why and How?
This workshop aims to equip teachers with tools and strategies to inspire and cultivate global citizenship among their students. Participants will explore the significance of global citizenship education, learn practical methods for implementation, and gain insights into incorporating trauma-informed practices, and map usage into their instruction.
Harnessing the Power of Maps for Global Citizenship Education (GCE)
This workshop aims to help educators better understand map usage as a pedagogical tool, particularly for the purposes of GCE. They will engage with a physical and digital map that explores Canadian contributions to health, education, climate, and gender equality around the world. Participants will explore map-embedded global stories related to school completion rates, women in leadership positions, climate risk and greenhouse gas emissions, water scarcity, as well as water pollution in Indigenous communities in Canada.
Inspiring Global Citizens: Why and How?
This workshop aims to equip teachers with tools and strategies to inspire and cultivate global citizenship among their students. Participants will explore the significance of global citizenship education, learn practical methods for implementation, and gain insights into incorporating trauma-informed practices, and map usage into their instruction.
Harnessing the Power of Maps for Global Citizenship Education (GCE)
This workshop aims to help educators better understand map usage as a pedagogical tool, particularly for the purposes of GCE. They will engage with a physical and digital map that explores Canadian contributions to health, education, climate, and gender equality around the world. Participants will explore map-embedded global stories related to school completion rates, women in leadership positions, climate risk and greenhouse gas emissions, water scarcity, as well as water pollution in Indigenous communities in Canada.
Anti-Racist Teachers Network - Sana Waseem
The Anti-Racist Teachers Network Presents: Creating Anti-Racist Lessons
An opportunity for teachers of all experience levels to receive actionable resources and ideas on how to diversify their curriculum area. Focusing on ensuring voices of colour are included in some way, shape or form, founding members of ATA Local 38's Anti-Racist Teachers Network will help provide a collaborative space for educators to connect and learn. Topics of diversity, equity and inclusion will be explored during this session to help build upon participants' understanding of these areas in refining their tasks. Registrants are encouraged to bring a lesson plan or task design (completed or in development) to participate in this unique learning experience.
The Anti-Racist Teachers Network Presents: Creating Anti-Racist Lessons
An opportunity for teachers of all experience levels to receive actionable resources and ideas on how to diversify their curriculum area. Focusing on ensuring voices of colour are included in some way, shape or form, founding members of ATA Local 38's Anti-Racist Teachers Network will help provide a collaborative space for educators to connect and learn. Topics of diversity, equity and inclusion will be explored during this session to help build upon participants' understanding of these areas in refining their tasks. Registrants are encouraged to bring a lesson plan or task design (completed or in development) to participate in this unique learning experience.
Becoming Albertan Project - Jared Wesley
Becoming Albertan: How Our Students Understand Identity & Community
When do youth learn what it means to “be Albertan”? According to ongoing research by our Common Ground team, adults in the province tend to view Alberta politics through a ‘wild west’ lens. In focus groups, they describe the average Albertan as a cowboy, roughneck, or farmer. Do youth understand the world in the same way? Our Becoming Albertan research suggests that, while high school students do, elementary and junior high students do not. This workshop leads participants through the activities we conduct with our young participants, helping teachers understand the influence of stereotypes on their own and their students’ understanding of what it means to “be Albertan.”
Becoming Albertan: How Our Students Understand Identity & Community
When do youth learn what it means to “be Albertan”? According to ongoing research by our Common Ground team, adults in the province tend to view Alberta politics through a ‘wild west’ lens. In focus groups, they describe the average Albertan as a cowboy, roughneck, or farmer. Do youth understand the world in the same way? Our Becoming Albertan research suggests that, while high school students do, elementary and junior high students do not. This workshop leads participants through the activities we conduct with our young participants, helping teachers understand the influence of stereotypes on their own and their students’ understanding of what it means to “be Albertan.”
Canada's History - Brooke Campbell
Exploring our Past to Build our Future - Using Kayak Magazine and Resources
Div I/II/III
The more we know about the story of Canada’s past, the better we can prepare for the chapters to come. Kayak magazine offers young readers entry points into our history, emphasizing not just the Big Important Facts but also the voices we haven’t always heard and the perspectives textbooks too often overlook. The education team at Canada’s History Society (CHS) works with award-winning educators to create accompanying classroom material. It’s fun, engaging and trustworthy…and free! In this practical session, Brooke Campbell, CHS’s youth and education program coordinator, will give participants everything they need to know to start using Kayak and its wealth of associated resources right away.
Exploring our Past to Build our Future - Using Kayak Magazine and Resources
Div I/II/III
The more we know about the story of Canada’s past, the better we can prepare for the chapters to come. Kayak magazine offers young readers entry points into our history, emphasizing not just the Big Important Facts but also the voices we haven’t always heard and the perspectives textbooks too often overlook. The education team at Canada’s History Society (CHS) works with award-winning educators to create accompanying classroom material. It’s fun, engaging and trustworthy…and free! In this practical session, Brooke Campbell, CHS’s youth and education program coordinator, will give participants everything they need to know to start using Kayak and its wealth of associated resources right away.
Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust - Nat Paul
Charter of Rights and Freedoms Case Studies: Freedom Convoy. Bill 21, Freedom of Expression/Religion Div III/IV - When learners are more directly engaging with questions of government, law, politics and social justice issues, real legal cases are excellent tools for thinking about how rights and freedoms are won and lost, claimed, contested, and developed through the courts, government and social advocacy. Key rights and liberties under the Charter are clarified and illustrated through both past and contemporary court cases in which judges weigh competing rights and societal needs. Using the Acorn Test, students address complex questions like:
The Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET) is the public education arm of Canada’s foremost civil rights organization, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA). Our in-class workshops support learning related to social studies, social justice, government, civics, politics, and law by introducing or enhancing students’ understanding of the rights and freedoms provided to people in Canada under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We use real, contemporary legal cases to engage with questions of how to balance complex competing rights and interests to help develop critical thinking skills in students at every level of public education. Our curriculum is designed to be age and developmentally appropriate and to foreground student voice and engagement.
Charter of Rights and Freedoms Case Studies: Freedom Convoy. Bill 21, Freedom of Expression/Religion Div III/IV - When learners are more directly engaging with questions of government, law, politics and social justice issues, real legal cases are excellent tools for thinking about how rights and freedoms are won and lost, claimed, contested, and developed through the courts, government and social advocacy. Key rights and liberties under the Charter are clarified and illustrated through both past and contemporary court cases in which judges weigh competing rights and societal needs. Using the Acorn Test, students address complex questions like:
- When does a political protest stop being “peaceful”, and how should governments respond?
- What are reasonable limits to freedom of religion?
- Do laws that criminalize panhandling violate freedom of expression?
- What rights do I have when police want to talk to me?
- Do doorbell cameras violate the right to privacy?
The Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust (CCLET) is the public education arm of Canada’s foremost civil rights organization, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA). Our in-class workshops support learning related to social studies, social justice, government, civics, politics, and law by introducing or enhancing students’ understanding of the rights and freedoms provided to people in Canada under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We use real, contemporary legal cases to engage with questions of how to balance complex competing rights and interests to help develop critical thinking skills in students at every level of public education. Our curriculum is designed to be age and developmentally appropriate and to foreground student voice and engagement.
Canadian Museum of Human Rights - Graham Lowes
Be An Upstander: Taking a stand against injustice from the classroom
Global crisis’s, rights and equity issues are entering, and sometimes disrupting, classrooms within increasing frequency, leaving both students and educators feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. In this session, participants will explore approaches that create environments where they can explore complex topics and equip students with tools to address injustice. Participants will also examine how classroom culture, courage to engage in complex conversations and project-based learning, can be used together to help students find hope and equip them with skills to take action.
Be An Upstander: Taking a stand against injustice from the classroom
Global crisis’s, rights and equity issues are entering, and sometimes disrupting, classrooms within increasing frequency, leaving both students and educators feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. In this session, participants will explore approaches that create environments where they can explore complex topics and equip students with tools to address injustice. Participants will also examine how classroom culture, courage to engage in complex conversations and project-based learning, can be used together to help students find hope and equip them with skills to take action.
The Critical Thinking Consortium - Warren Woytuck
Black History in Atlantic Canada - using historical thinking to explore Black history in Canada, featuring archival materials curated by The Critical Thinking Consortium, The Province of New Brunswick, and The New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
Queer History and Black Queer History of Canada - exploring Queer history in Canada, featuring resources developed and curated by TC2 with the CCGSD, the Province of New Brunswick, and The New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
Black History in Atlantic Canada - using historical thinking to explore Black history in Canada, featuring archival materials curated by The Critical Thinking Consortium, The Province of New Brunswick, and The New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
Queer History and Black Queer History of Canada - exploring Queer history in Canada, featuring resources developed and curated by TC2 with the CCGSD, the Province of New Brunswick, and The New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
Elections Canada - Rachel Collishaw
Mapping Electoral Districts - this is a simulation of the redistribution process. A federal election called after April 2024 will have a new electoral map and this resource is an excellent way for students to explore the process and think about issues of fairness and equity.
Civic Action: Then and Now - this activity includes two case studies: Women and the right to vote and Aboriginal rights in Canada's constitution - students learn how groups in the past took civic action that resulted in real changes. Then, they have a model for civic action that they can apply to an issue that they care about.
Mapping Electoral Districts - this is a simulation of the redistribution process. A federal election called after April 2024 will have a new electoral map and this resource is an excellent way for students to explore the process and think about issues of fairness and equity.
Civic Action: Then and Now - this activity includes two case studies: Women and the right to vote and Aboriginal rights in Canada's constitution - students learn how groups in the past took civic action that resulted in real changes. Then, they have a model for civic action that they can apply to an issue that they care about.
Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon
Black Migration in the Early to Mid- 19th Century
Participants will learn about the history of Black migration into British North America during the first half of the 19th century, with an emphasis on enslaved Black people forcibly brought to British North America during and after the American Revolutionary War, Black Loyalists, Black Refugees, and freedom seekers and free/d Black people during the Underground Railroad era. They will explore primary and secondary sources that can be used in classrooms to effectively teach the historical context and the diverse experiences of people of African descent during this time period.
The Making of a Second-Class Citizenry in Canada: The Case of Black Canadians
Participants will explore ways of bringing a critical lens to the exploration of Canadian citizenship and identity in their classrooms through the case study of Black Canadians. Educators will gain an understanding of the social, political, and economic structures that negatively impacted Black life and explore the activism of Black Canadians in their struggles for full citizenship and racial equality.
Black Migration in the Early to Mid- 19th Century
Participants will learn about the history of Black migration into British North America during the first half of the 19th century, with an emphasis on enslaved Black people forcibly brought to British North America during and after the American Revolutionary War, Black Loyalists, Black Refugees, and freedom seekers and free/d Black people during the Underground Railroad era. They will explore primary and secondary sources that can be used in classrooms to effectively teach the historical context and the diverse experiences of people of African descent during this time period.
The Making of a Second-Class Citizenry in Canada: The Case of Black Canadians
Participants will explore ways of bringing a critical lens to the exploration of Canadian citizenship and identity in their classrooms through the case study of Black Canadians. Educators will gain an understanding of the social, political, and economic structures that negatively impacted Black life and explore the activism of Black Canadians in their struggles for full citizenship and racial equality.
Prairie Institute of Indigenous Archeology - Kisha Supernant
Sessions for both Div I/II and Div III/IV
Uncovering Hidden Histories through Archaeology.
Archaeology is a powerful tool for uncovering hidden histories and telling stories of the past. This session will explore how archaeologists use materials and technology, such as ground-penetrating radar, to help expose the difficult truths about the harm caused by colonization that has impacted Indigenous people, Black Canadians, and other marginalized communities. Participants will learn how archaeology can be integrated into their teaching to explore hidden histories and solve mysteries of the past to advance reconciliation, diversity, and inclusion. Come and discover innovative ways to engage students in uncovering the past and fostering understanding and empathy.
Sessions for both Div I/II and Div III/IV
Uncovering Hidden Histories through Archaeology.
Archaeology is a powerful tool for uncovering hidden histories and telling stories of the past. This session will explore how archaeologists use materials and technology, such as ground-penetrating radar, to help expose the difficult truths about the harm caused by colonization that has impacted Indigenous people, Black Canadians, and other marginalized communities. Participants will learn how archaeology can be integrated into their teaching to explore hidden histories and solve mysteries of the past to advance reconciliation, diversity, and inclusion. Come and discover innovative ways to engage students in uncovering the past and fostering understanding and empathy.
The/La Collaborative - Sandra Lapointe
Dr. Kathy M. Robinson - Professor of Music Education, University of Alberta
Div I/II
Celebrate Canada's Black History through Music
This session seeks to explore the many contributions that people of African descent have made to Canadian society through a musical lens. Participants will have a hands on experience with songs, stories and pieces from the African diaspora that highlight cultural and musical traditions and promote cultural understanding for grades K-6. We begin in West Africa and travel to the Caribbean and through the US on the way to Canada. Detailed notes including lesson possibilities, curricular connections and resources will be distributed. No musical experience is necessary, just bring your willingness to participate!
Div III/IV
Exploring Social Justice Issues through Music of the African Diaspora
To know the music is to know the people and their stories. Participants will have a hands on experience with songs and pieces from the African diaspora that highlight social justice issues. We begin in South Africa following the trail of The Lion Sleeps Tonight and Shakira’s Fifa World Cup anthem to explore cultural appropriation. Next we examine the role of song in black South African culture and reveal its importance in the the anti-apartheid struggle and in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s hearings investigating atrocities committed against Blacks during apartheid. The session concludes with a look at Black excellence in a time of pervasive racism with world renowned musicians Oscar Peterson and Measha Brueggergosman Lee. No musical experience is necessary, just bring your willingness to participate!
Div I/II
Celebrate Canada's Black History through Music
This session seeks to explore the many contributions that people of African descent have made to Canadian society through a musical lens. Participants will have a hands on experience with songs, stories and pieces from the African diaspora that highlight cultural and musical traditions and promote cultural understanding for grades K-6. We begin in West Africa and travel to the Caribbean and through the US on the way to Canada. Detailed notes including lesson possibilities, curricular connections and resources will be distributed. No musical experience is necessary, just bring your willingness to participate!
Div III/IV
Exploring Social Justice Issues through Music of the African Diaspora
To know the music is to know the people and their stories. Participants will have a hands on experience with songs and pieces from the African diaspora that highlight social justice issues. We begin in South Africa following the trail of The Lion Sleeps Tonight and Shakira’s Fifa World Cup anthem to explore cultural appropriation. Next we examine the role of song in black South African culture and reveal its importance in the the anti-apartheid struggle and in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s hearings investigating atrocities committed against Blacks during apartheid. The session concludes with a look at Black excellence in a time of pervasive racism with world renowned musicians Oscar Peterson and Measha Brueggergosman Lee. No musical experience is necessary, just bring your willingness to participate!