BC teachers embrace Project of Heart
Through the Project of Heart, members of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation in over 500 schools invited residential school survivors into classrooms to share their stories.
Category: Educational resources
Truth and Reconciliation: What is it about?
A discussion booklet for the classroom
The CTF and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation are currently working together to produce an education tool to help students better understand the history of residential schools.
Vive la Francophonie!
Picking up on this issue’s theme of la Francophonie, President Heather Smith describes how the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) supports Francophone teachers in minority settings.
Feature: Francophone liaison officers, a mobilizing force
Discover how CTF Services to Francophones is all about people — not just a program area at CTF.
Speak Truth to Power Canada: Human rights, from education to action
Launched last July at the CTF Annual General Meeting, this new teacher resource is garnering much attention and kudos for its powerful ways of bringing human rights education to life in Canadian schools.
Guest article: John Young, Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The recently appointed President and CEO explains how human rights education is at the core of the museum’s work as a means to inspire a new generation of Canadians to become human rights defenders.
