In this podcast series, Canada’s History spoke with the finalists for the 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Interviews with the 2024 Finalists of the GG History Award for Excellence in Teaching

The goal of Alma Bernier's project was for her Indigenous students to identify who they are, where they came from, and how their history continues to affect their lives.

This episode of the Teaching Canada’s History podcast is part of our series speaking with the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of Canadian history. To learn more, visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.

Interview with Alma Bernier

This inclusive initiative of Alysa Ferguson unites Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, Knowledge Keepers, Elders, community members, organizations, and School District of Mystery Lake representatives.

This episode of the Teaching Canada’s History podcast is part of our series speaking with the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of Canadian history. To learn more, visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.

Interview with Alysa Ferguson

In Jason Vander Meulen’s grade 10 history project, students developed an Investor Pitch for an early 20th century invention to communicate historical findings.

This episode of the Teaching Canada’s History podcast is part of our series speaking with the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of Canadian history. To learn more, visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.

Interview with Jason Vander Meulen

Dans le cadre de ce projet, le personnage historique de Louis Cyr a servi de fil conducteur et a su capter l’intérêt des élèves.

Dans cette série de balados, la Société Histoire Canada s'est entretenue avec les finalistes francophones de 2024 du Prix d'histoire du Gouverneur général pour l'excellence en enseignement.

Entrevue avec Julie Gaudreault

LouAnn Davis and fellow primary teachers used songs as a springboard for thinking about and discussing residential schools and students' Mi’kmaq culture and language.

This episode of the Teaching Canada’s History podcast is part of our series speaking with the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of Canadian history. To learn more, visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.

Interview with LouAnn Davis

Le projet « Les cartes de la mémoire : le Canada dans les guerres mondiales » cherche à faire comprendre aux élèves les contributions des unités militaires canadiennes et de leurs membres pendant les guerres mondiales.

Dans cette série de balados, la Société Histoire Canada s'est entretenue avec les finalistes francophones de 2024 du Prix d'histoire du Gouverneur général pour l'excellence en enseignement.

Entrevue avec Nicholas M. Théoret

Que diriez-vous de conscientiser les jeunes apprenants à l’importance de prendre soin de l’environnement, et ce, en devenant des prospecteurs écolos ? Par le biais du journal intime d’un chercheur d’or, les élèves découvrent cet événement historique.

Dans cette série de balados, la Société Histoire Canada s'est entretenue avec les finalistes francophones de 2024 du Prix d'histoire du Gouverneur général pour l'excellence en enseignement.

Entrevue avec Veronique Corbeil

Anchoring learning in food history, Ben Gross and Dan Kunanec's students studied Ashkenazi and Sephardic life in Europe and how that history travelled to Canada with survivors of the Holocaust.

This episode of the Teaching Canada’s History podcast is part of our series speaking with the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of Canadian history. To learn more, visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.

Interview with Ben Gross and Dan Kunanec

Led by grade 8 students in Jo Anne Broders’s class, this emotionally powerful project remembers the Mi’kmaq people and their valued contributions to local history in Gambo, Newfoundland and Labrador.

This episode of the Teaching Canada’s History podcast is part of our series speaking with the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of Canadian history. To learn more, visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.

Interview with Jo Anne Broders

“The Hidden Histories Project” was a student-led public history and art initiative showcasing significant historical figures and events from marginalized and diverse communities in New Brunswick and Wabanaki Territory.

This episode of the Teaching Canada’s History podcast is part of our series speaking with the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of Canadian history. To learn more, visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.

Interview with Connie Shea

Jessica McIntyre implemented Project True North in order to engage students in primary document research, to challenge accepted versions of Canadian history, and to share these stories with the country.

This episode of the Teaching Canada’s History podcast is part of our series speaking with the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of Canadian history. To learn more, visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.

Interview with Jessica McIntyre

Through this project, students learn about the importance of the horticultural history in Burlington while doing hands-on gardening work on the grounds of the Ireland House Museum.

This episode of the Teaching Canada’s History podcast is part of our series speaking with the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of Canadian history. To learn more, visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.

Interview with Heather Howell

Des élèves écrivent des articles sur l'histoire de leur cour d'école en grand réaménagement en interrogeant le personnel, en explorant des archives visuelles et en analysant les plans de la nouvelle cour.

Dans cette série de balados, la Société Histoire Canada s'est entretenue avec les finalistes francophones de 2024 du Prix d'histoire du Gouverneur général pour l'excellence en enseignement.

Entrevue avec Pierre-Rock Archambault

À la façon d’enquêteurs, les élèves ont fait des collectes d’informations sur des sujets directement reliés aux enjeux de leur quartier pour ensuite être en mesure de présenter le fruit de leurs découvertes à l’écrit comme à l’oral.

Dans cette série de balados, la Société Histoire Canada s'est entretenue avec les finalistes francophones de 2024 du Prix d'histoire du Gouverneur général pour l'excellence en enseignement.

Entrevue avec Adèle Robitaille et Julien Baby-Cormier

Le projet multidisciplinaire « Tissés serrés » est un survol du cours d’histoire de troisième secondaire, en parcourant les événements, les personnages et les us et coutumes, de Jacques Cartier en 1534, à Lord Durham en 1839.

Dans cette série de balados, la Société Histoire Canada s'est entretenue avec les finalistes francophones de 2024 du Prix d'histoire du Gouverneur général pour l'excellence en enseignement.

Interview with Jason Vander Meulen

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