Introducing the Beyond the Lecture ebook

The super secret and exciting project that Andrea Eidinger and I have been working is finally out there in the world! Today we launched Beyond the Lecture: Innovations in Teaching Canadian History, an open educational resource focused on innovative pedagogy in Canadian history. This is the first ebook in the new ActiveHistory.ca ebook series, with … Continue reading Introducing the Beyond the Lecture ebook

Active History Museum Theme

Active History Museum Theme week

This week Carly Ciufo and I launched the ActiveHistory.ca museum theme week.  This week was designed to encourage conversation between museum professionals and historians, while highlighting the labour of museum professionals. It was a pleasure to work with Carly as a co-editor and we are both very please with how the week turned out. A … Continue reading Active History Museum Theme

How and When to Invite Indigenous Speakers to the Classroom

Group sitting in a circle of chairs outside

My latest post, "How and When to Invite Indigenous Speakers to the Classroom" written with Skylee-Storm Hogan and Andrea Eidinger can be seen over at Activehistory.ca This post is part of a new  Beyond the Lecture mini-series, specifically dedicated to the issue of teaching Indigenous history and the inclusion of Indigenous content in the classroom.  … Continue reading How and When to Invite Indigenous Speakers to the Classroom

Unexpected Archival Finds: Shingwauk Student Register

Cover of a green clerks fee book

My latest post, "Unexpected Archival Finds: Shingwauk Student Register" can be found over at Activehistory.ca.   This piece explores the recent discoveru a "Clerk's Fee Book" that had been re-purposed as a Shingwauk Residential School student register from 1930-1941.  This find by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre staff provides new information about the students who attended … Continue reading Unexpected Archival Finds: Shingwauk Student Register

Active History Museums Theme Week

Active History Museum Theme Week poster

Carly Cuifo and I are organizing an Active History theme week about museums! I am super excited about this upcoming series of blog posts and thrilled with the responses we have received so far. Details about the theme week are below: Active History is organizing a 2019 theme week around museums and museums practice.  Modeled … Continue reading Active History Museums Theme Week

Historical Practice and Media Engagement

Newspaper boxes

My latest post on "Historical Practice and Media Engagement" can be seen over on the Activehistory.ca website.  This post was inspired by the numerous media interviews I've done since August in promotion of the Reclaiming Shingwauk Hall exhibition.   It provides a look at some of my strategies for preparing for media interviews and discusses the … Continue reading Historical Practice and Media Engagement

Colonialism, Maple Syrup, and Ways of Knowing

Four bottles of maple syrup

My most recent piece "Colonialism, Maple Syrup, and Ways of Knowing" can be seen over on Activehistory.ca.  The post looks at the intersection of maple syrup, national identity, appropriation, and Indigenous knowledge.  The post is definitely just a first look at maple syrup and colonialism, and I would really suggest folks check out the further … Continue reading Colonialism, Maple Syrup, and Ways of Knowing

Beyond the Lecture: Innovations in Teaching Canadian History

Today Active History announced "Beyond the Lecture" a new monthly series dedicated to renewed dialogue about best practices for teaching Canadian history at the post-secondary level.  This series is edited by Andrea Eidinger and I and is open to submissions. How do you approach Canadian history in the classroom? Do you use digital history, public … Continue reading Beyond the Lecture: Innovations in Teaching Canadian History