Congratulations to Dr. Penney Clark in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy for being awarded a VPRI Knowledge Mobilization Grant!
Applicant: Penney Clark, EDCP
Finding Franklin: New Approaches to Teaching Canadian History Symposium
$2,000 | 1 year
Focusing on recent developments in telling the history of Sir John Franklin’s last expedition, the proposed 2 day symposium will bring Canada’s leading experts in history education together with historians, Inuit cultural advisors, underwater archaeologists, curriculum specialists from Nunavut and the Northwest Territories (NWT), and teachers from northern and southern Canada to inform the creation of free, digitally-supported, and research-informed history curriculum for Canadian schools.