Gillian Aitken

Gillian Aitken is Development Associate at Facing History and Ourselves Canada office. She is a reader, a traveler, and a learner.

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Federal Government Invests in Building a Better Future through Facing History

Posted by Gillian Aitken on March 5, 2018

 We are pleased to announce Facing History and Ourselves’ ambitious expansion plans to affect large-scale social change. Over the next three years, we plan to double the number of educators we engage with across Canada and strengthen our innovative work with middle and high school students to create a more informed and engaged citizenry.

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Topics: Facing History Resources, Facing History and Ourselves, facing history pedagogy, Department of Canadian Heritage, Inter-Action: Multiculturalism Funding Program, French Resources

An Award Winning Initiative for Engaging Students and Communities in Learning History

Posted by Gillian Aitken on January 2, 2018

 

We work with so many amazing educators who give their students exceptional learning experiences. For this blog, we sat down with history teacher and 2017 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching History Award winner Rob Flosman to find out what he has learned about engaging students and communities in learning history through building a classroom museum, the Waterdown Museum of History.

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Topics: Innovative Classrooms, Museum Studies, Holocaust Education, Margot Stern Strom Innovation Grants, Canadian History, Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy, classroom lesson, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanities Course, CHG

Facing History reads Canada Reads: 5 Books that Challenge Stereotypes and Change Perspectives

Posted by Gillian Aitken on March 12, 2015

CBC's battle of the books - Canada Reads 2015 - is taking place from March 16-19th. Canada Reads involves five prominent Canadians debating which book all of Canada should read.

Each year the theme for the event relates closely to our work at Facing History and this year’s theme, One Book to Break Barriers, is no exception. The panel must decide the one book out of the five chosen that best "challenges stereotypes and changes perspectives." The debate over which book to pick takes place over four days beginning March 16, and is live streamed on CBC.ca at 10am EST and broadcast on radio and television each day.

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Topics: Professional Development, Canada, English Classroom, Literature

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