This spring, Facing History and Ourselves, in partnership with the Azrieli Foundation Holocaust Survivors Memoir Program, invited 175 students from 6 schools to layer onto their learning about the history and legacies of the Holocaust, or of Canada's Residential Schools by reading Survivor memoir. Students read Theodore Fontaine’s Memoir Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools, or excerpts of Nate Leipciger’s Memoir The Weight of Freedom, then created pieces that reflected their understanding and responses to these testimonies, which were gifted to each Survivor.
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Topics:
Toronto,
Holocaust,
Memoir,
Facing History and Ourselves,
Survivor Testimony,
Canada,
Residential Schools,
Canadian History,
Student Work,
project,
genocide,
Holocaust and Human Behaviour,
reflection,
Connected Learning,
Grade 10 History,
HSB,
CHC,
difficult conversations,
trc,
stolen lives,
facing history pedagogy,
Azrieli Foundation Memoirs,
Decolonizing Schools,
Holocaust History in Canada,
Facing Canada,
cross curricular teaching and learning,
collaborative inquiry
On March 31st, 2019, Facing History and Ourselves in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Ontario partnered with Durham District School Board, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, Peel District School Board, Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board and York Region District School Board to host a day long educator conference to discuss ways educators and institutional leaders have worked, and can work to decolonize and Indigenize education.
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Topics:
Indigenous,
Decolonizing Schools
A Response to: Leading Disruption & Decolonizing Our Institutions: Facing History & Ourselves
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Topics:
Truth and Reconciliation,
Indigenous History,
Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy,
Indigenous,
difficult conversations,
trc,
stolen lives,
settler eucators,
Treaty,
Sacred Circle Teachings,
Decolonizing Schools,
Facing Canada
Ever since attending my first Facing History and Ourselves workshop, I have looked for ways to incorporate Facing History pedagogy into my middle-years classroom. This year, I used the scope and sequence and pedagogical triangle to design the structure of my Grade 8 English Language Arts course.
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Topics:
Strategies,
Book,
English,
stolen lives,
Reading List,
Decolonizing Schools,
Facing Canada,
cross curricular teaching and learning
Why is studying history relevant?
Canada Day, Independence Day, Bastille Day. Theses are days of celebration. People gather, wave flags, watch fireworks, and enjoy a long weekend in celebration. But what exactly are these days in celebration of? Why do we mark particular days with significance? Are these days equally as important for all people? Why do we honour the people we do? Are these people significant for all groups and generations? Can we change the way we remember individuals or honour new ones in light of new information?
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Topics:
Student Voices,
Holocaust Education,
Memorial,
Student Work,
legacy,
Grade 10 History,
CHC,
Black History,
Decolonizing Schools,
culminating
Join us as we have a conversation with Lorrie Gallant, the Education Program Coordinator for the Woodland Cultural Centre (formerly the Mohawk Institute Residential School) about how survivors experience Orange Shirt Day, and what true engagement on this day can look like from education and beyond.
This
interactive online video conversation is intended for Facing History and Ourselves educators to listen, to learn, and to share ideas and questions.
Date: Monday, Sep 24th.
Time: 3:30 - 4:15 PM EST
To join from your computer, tablet or phone, go to
https://facinghistory.zoom.us/j/668270809 (you will need to download a Zoom app or program so give yourself 2 minutes to do so)
Or Dial in by phone: +1 647 558 0588
Meeting ID: 668 270 809
No RSVP is required.
We hope you can all join us!
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Topics:
Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy,
Community Event,
Grade 10 History,
CHC,
trc,
stolen lives,
settler educators,
Equity in Education,
Decolonizing Schools,
Orange Shirt Day
When I first found out I was teaching Families in Canada, a grade 12 Family Studies course, I immediately began to consider how I could embed Indigenous perspectives within my course. So often, as history teachers we tend to focus on significant events where Indigenous Peoples experience discrimination. What Facing History and Ourselves' pedagogy reminds me is to acknowledge the resiliency, distinctiveness and contemporary life of the many Indigenous peoples in Canada, their cultures and civilizations in my teaching. This seemed like a perfect opportunity to do both.
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Topics:
Equity in Education,
Decolonizing Schools,
Family Studies
In spring of 2017, five high schools from across the GTA participated in “Decolonizing Schools Together,” a project started by Facing History and Ourselves’ Canadian office in consultation with Traditional Ojibway Grandmother, Kim Wheatley, Shkoden Neegan Waawaaskonen,of Shawanaga First Nation. Recently, we spoke to Kim and to the teachers who supported students through the Decolonizing Schools Together Project to share their reflections and progress.
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Topics:
Grade 10 History,
HSB,
CHC,
trc,
stolen lives,
settler educators,
Equity in Education,
Decolonizing Schools
