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Announcing version 2.0 of the Yellowhead Institute Treaty Map! New features added to the map include a re-imagined Indigenous Treaty-Making Layer and an Education Guide.
Visit the treaty map and download the education guide today: treatymap.yellowheadinstitute.org

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Truth telling in history classrooms: pedagogical responses to denialism and pseudohistory In 2015 Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools issued its final report and 94 Calls to Action. Since then, a polarised culture war has developed over competing t...

Happy to share a new article @lsgibson.bsky.social and I wrote about residential school denialism and truth telling in the history classroom. We think through 5 pedagogical approaches teachers might use to confront colonial denialism and pseudo-history.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/W98RU...

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We're looking for historians and history teachers in Canada to share their beliefs about history and presentism. If you're interested in participating in this study, please click the following link: ualbertauw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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We're looking for historians and history teachers in Canada to share their beliefs about history and presentism.

If you're interested in participating in this study, please click the following link:
ualbertauw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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We're looking for historians and history teachers in Canada to share their beliefs about history and presentism. If you're interested in participating in this study, please click the following link: ualbertauw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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We are excited to announce the launch of our Portraits of Professional Practice (PPP) webpage!

The PPP project focuses on understanding how the context where history is taught shapes educators’ practices. Learn more at thinking-historically.ca/ppp/

@carlapeck.bsky.social

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How much has history education research changed in the last 100 years?

Read this fascinating article by @jmiles.bsky.social on researching history education in Canada: journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/article...

Part of the 'History education in historical perspective' series.

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How much has history education research changed in the last 100 years? In my article I investigate how history education research in Canada has changed over time. In particular I examine three prominent nation-wide studies published in 1923, 1953 and 1968, respectively. ...

And on the HERJ blog this week, @jmiles.bsky.social discusses his research paper and his aims for publishing in this series.

A must-read on your daily commute:
journals.uclpress.co.uk/herj/news/66/

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Authenticity, absence, and pedagogy on a historical injustice bus tour - James Miles, 2024 This article explores how memory practices at sites of historical injustice are shaped by authenticity and absence. It explores a case study of a weeklong bus t...

Happy to share a new article I wrote that explores memory practices on a historical injustice bus tour of Japanese Canadian internment sites
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Virtual Historical Thinking Institute - Canada's Historysearch-iconclosesearch-iconclose The Virtual Historical Thinking Institute will offer an introduction to historical thinking and enhance your expertise in designing history programs, courses, units, lessons, projects, or educational ...

Register for the 2025 Virtual Historical Thinking Institute (VHTI).

Seven 1.5 hour online (zoom) sessions available in English & French.

First session is January 21, 2025 (French) & January 22, 2025 (English). 7:00-8:30 pm ET.

@canadashistory.bsky.social

www.canadashistory.ca/education/pr...

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Let a new era of reluctant self promotion begin

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Authenticity, absence, and pedagogy on a historical injustice bus tour - James Miles, 2024 This article explores how memory practices at sites of historical injustice are shaped by authenticity and absence. It explores a case study of a weeklong bus t...

Happy to share a new article I wrote that explores memory practices on a historical injustice bus tour of Japanese Canadian internment sites
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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