Toronto, Canada
Across Canada teachers are embracing the methodology and professional support that Facing History provides and integrating our program into their classrooms. In partnership with the Toronto District School Board, Facing History developed a Grade 11 course called Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. The course was approved by the Ontario Ministry of Education and now more than 500 students in 22 schools are taking the course. Additional school boards will implement the course over the next two years, includ¬ing Hastings Prince Edward County, Waterloo Region and Hamilton-Wentworth District School Boards.
Since the inception of Facing History’s work in Ontario in 1981, we’ve offered workshops for the former Toronto Board of Education, Thames Valley District School Board, Kitchener-Waterloo (both Catholic and public school boards), Kawartha Pine Ridge School Board, and Hastings Prince Edward District School Board. In addition, we’ve done extensive work with faculties of education at York University, Ontario Institute of Studies in Education-University of Toronto, and Althouse College-University of Western Ontario.
Changing School Culture
“Facing History engages us in a unique way with some of the most difficult and controversial issues of our time... This is an outstanding resource for teachers and teacher educators who look for appropriate approaches for teaching about current injustices in the world.”
Associate Professor Goli Rezai-Rashti
Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario
Canada Stories
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Six Facing History and Ourselves classrooms from four different schools in Toronto are taking part in a pilot project that connects professional artists with students. The topic: using art to understand and memorialize history. The project kicked...
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In November 2009, 30 teachers studied colorful tapestries (pictured above) sewn by Chilean women during the Pinochet dictatorship to learn about the power of art as a tool of protest. The group learned about the history of Chile from Patricio...
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Location
| Current Location | New Location Starting March 1, 2011 |
Canada Office |
Canada Office, Facing History and Ourselves @ Centre for Social Innovation |
19 Madison Avenue |
215 Spadina Avenue, Suite #170 |
| Toronto, Ontario M5R 2S2 | Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C7 |
Canada |
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Office Phone: 416-901-3831 |
Office Phone: 416-901-3831 |
Fax: 416-929-1440 |
Fax: 416-979-3936 |
Email Contact: Leora Schaefer
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