Time Zones in Canada
From west to east, Canada’s six different time zones are: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland. Up to the 1880s, cities and towns…
Residential Schools – Talking Points
Talking to kids about residential schools can be challenging but important. This guide offers supportive talking points to help parents start natural and meaningful…
Lesson 8: History Through Art
Using an etching of Sitting Bull kicking out Uncle Sam, Jim explores what it means to be Indigenous. He questions why those “first” nations,…
Lesson 6: History Through Art
A lot of people think Canadian history isn’t very interesting. The painting in today’s lesson was painted by an eye-witness, so we can consider…
Lesson 5: History Through Art
As part of the fur trade, there was always the danger of having fractious relations with the people that you’re trading with. So both…
Being a Responsible Citizen in Today’s World
Governments come and go—sometimes serving as protectors, other times as oppressors. They may uphold justice or fall into corruption. Yet, amid their impermanence and…