Interview with Sarah Dewey

08/21/19 • 13 min

This interview is part of a special series of the Teaching Canada's History podcast where we spoke with the finalists for the 2019 Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Teaching. Sarah Dewey’s students exercised their creativity to create responses to the impacts of the transcontinental railway on various aspects of Canadian history. Through artwork, songs, and poetry students explored the ways that the railroad both united and divided Canada. To learn more about the Governor General's History Awards for Excellence in Teaching visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.

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Entrevue avec Judette Dumel

Le projet se veut une exploration du rôle des Noirs dans l'édification du Canada et de leurs rôles comme membres de la tapisserie culturelle que représente notre pays. Les élèves ont fait une enquête sur l'immigration des Noirs au temps des explorateurs et de la colonisation jusqu'à nos jours. Ils ont fait des recherches sur des personnages ayant foulé le sol canadien tel que Mathieu Da Costa, Olivier le Jeune, Harriet Tubman et Jean Augustine. Ils ont traduit l'information sous forme de saynètes, de poésies, de danses et de tableaux d'arts qu'ils ont par la suite, présentés à la communauté scolaire.

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This interview is part of a special series of the Teaching Canada's History podcast where we spoke with the finalists for the 2019 Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Teaching. Michael Pitblado and Agnieszka Chalas’ “Banksy Project” invited students to use artwork and the format of Banksy’s art pieces to raise awareness about some of the issues that affect Indigenous peoples. The pieces were displayed in public areas around the community, as well as in exhibitions at multiple art galleries. To learn more about the Governor General's History Awards for Excellence in Teaching visit CanadasHistory.ca/Awards.