Race and Nation in Canadian History Education

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium will address the questions: What are the best approaches to history education in a nation with multiple stories, multiple perspectives, and even multiple nations? How should history education research inform practice in such a nation? The session will consider these questions from anglophone, francophone, and indigenous perspectives. Two current pan-Canadian initiatives with the aim of addressing these questions are described: The History Education Network and the Historical Thinking Project. The session offers a critique of the latter from perspectives of race and power in the production of history.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Teaching History

Cosponsor

• Division C - Learning and Instruction / Section 2: Humanities, Social Sciences, Fine Arts

Chair

• Penney I. Clark, The University of British Columbia

Papers

• Identity, Nation, and Citizenship in Quebec History Programs - Marc-Andre Ethier, Université de Montréal; David Lefrancois, University of Quebec - Outaouais

• Decolonizing History: Indigenous Perspectives on History Education - Michael Marker, The University of British Columbia

• Dialogue Across Chasms - Penney I. Clark, The University of British Columbia

• Canada’s Historical Thinking Project Meets Critics on the Field of Race and Power - Peter C. Seixas, The University of British Columbia