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02.12.2025 19:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s Giving Tuesday — our biggest fundraising event of the year! Thanks to generous donors, all donations will be matched up to $45,000!
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Canada needs you!
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30.11.2025 20:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nothing is exclusive here! We need your help to produce more content!

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28.11.2025 18:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Canada's History - Giving Tuesday Donate to Canada's History - Giving Tuesday by Canada's History, and make a difference today. Support the causes you care about at CanadaHelps. Donating is easy and secure.

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25.11.2025 19:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hi Bee, sorry that link had the description but not the registration form. Here you go: www.canadashistory.ca/education/ka...

21.11.2025 17:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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20.11.2025 18:55 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Thanks to a generous sponsor, we are pleased to offer a fourth reprint of Black History in Canada!
Sign up below to receive your FREE class sets of our very popular Kayak issue devoted to Black history. PLUS you’ll have access to free lesson plans and resources. Registration link in comments.

20.11.2025 18:54 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Virtual Historical Thinking Institute - Canada's History 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 ...

The institute will be led by Dr. Lindsay Gibson (@lsgibson.bsky.social) and Dr. James Miles, professors and specialists in historical thinking.

Learn more: CanadasHistory.ca/VHTI

20.11.2025 17:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Do you want to engage with experts in the field of history education? Sign up now for the 2026 Virtual Historical Thinking Institute.

Early bird rate until December 1st!

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The institute will be led by Dr. Lindsay Gibson and Dr. James Miles, professors and specialists in historical thinking.

20.11.2025 17:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Remembrance Day Project - Canada's History Keeping memories alive.

www.canadashistory.ca/explore/mili...

06.11.2025 22:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rememberance Day memorials have changed fuelled by creation of online databases that document the lives and deaths of Canada’s soldiers. Christopher Moore writes in depth about how that affects who we remember and how.

Read through the link in the comments.

06.11.2025 22:39 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Play Ball, Eh? - Canada's History Nine innings of stories you’ve probably never heard about baseball in Canada.

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31.10.2025 19:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Did you know that Canada had a role in inventing baseball? Or that the Toronto Blue Jays weren't the first Canadians to win an international championship? Read about nine such facts from Canada's baseball history through the link in the comments.

31.10.2025 19:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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Canada’s History Society mourns Tim Cook - Canada's History Historian was a passionate Canadian who helped us understand ourselves.

Today we mourn the loss of Dr. Tim Cook, Canada’s most celebrated military historian. Learn more about his incredible work as a writer and community leader: www.canadashistory.ca/cmsctx/pv/78...

27.10.2025 21:29 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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What’s the Story? Supporting Inquiry through Heritage Fairs - Canada's History This series is designed to provide teachers with tools and strategies for helping students select meaningful topics, design strong inquiry questions, and locate and analyze relevant evidence. Teachers...

EN link: www.canadashistory.ca/education/pr...

16.10.2025 17:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Quelle histoire! Développer ses compétences pour la recherche en histoire grâce aux Fêtes du patrimoine - Histoire Canada Cette série d’ateliers a été imaginée spécialement pour les enseignants. Les quatre séances de 90 minutes de la formation se dérouleront d'octobre à décembre 2025. Elle sera aussi offerte en anglais.

FR link : www.histoirecanada.ca/education/pe...

16.10.2025 17:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What’s the Story? Supporting Inquiry through Heritage Fairs - Canada's History This series is designed to provide teachers with tools and strategies for helping students select meaningful topics, design strong inquiry questions, and locate and analyze relevant evidence. Teachers...

EN link: : www.canadashistory.ca/education/pr...

16.10.2025 17:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Are you a teacher participating in the Heritage Fair program?
Over four online sessions (Oct–Dec), gain practical tools to help students explore history, craft strong inquiry questions, and share their discoveries with confidence. Sessions are also presented in French.
Find the link in the comments.

16.10.2025 17:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Quelle histoire! Développer ses compétences pour la recherche en histoire grâce aux Fêtes du patrimoine - Histoire Canada Cette série d’ateliers a été imaginée spécialement pour les enseignants. Les quatre séances de 90 minutes de la formation se dérouleront d'octobre à décembre 2025. Elle sera aussi offerte en anglais.

For French sessions: www.histoirecanada.ca/education/pe...

16.10.2025 17:15 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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What’s the Story? Supporting Inquiry through Heritage Fairs - Canada's History This series is designed to provide teachers with tools and strategies for helping students select meaningful topics, design strong inquiry questions, and locate and analyze relevant evidence. Teachers...

Register here: www.canadashistory.ca/education/pr...

16.10.2025 17:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Canada's History - Giving Tuesday Donate to Canada's History - Giving Tuesday by Canada's History, and make a difference today. Support the causes you care about at CanadaHelps. Donating is easy and secure.

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10.10.2025 17:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This Thanksgiving, consider celebrating the educators and researchers who keep our history alive.
Help us reach our goal through the campaign link in the comments.

10.10.2025 17:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Role of Student Voice

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05.10.2025 20:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It's World Teachers' Day! Listen to our latest podcast series where we speak to the finalists of the 2025 Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Teaching about their work inside and outside the classroom. Find the podcast link in the comments.🎓

05.10.2025 20:08 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Illuminating Liberation - Canada's History Q & A: Winnipeg-born filmmaker and artist Noam Gonick recently spoke with independent visual arts curator Wayne Baerwaldt about Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance, Gonick’s documentary that opene...

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02.10.2025 16:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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