(Re) making Confederation: (Re) Imagining Canada

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(Re) making Confederation: (Re) Imagining Canada Delta Prince Edward & PEI Convention Center Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island November 21-22, 2014 Preliminary Program (Updated January 26, 2013)

1 (Re) making Confederation: (Re) Imagining Canada Delta Prince Edward & PEI Convention Center Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island November 21-22, 2014 Preliminary Program (Updated January 26, 2013) Friday, November 21, :30 AM 9:00 AM Registration 8:00 AM 4:00 PM Exhibitors 9:00 AM 9:30 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks o Professor Jocelyn Letourneau, President, Association for Canadian studies o Professor Sharon Myers, University of Prince Edward Island, Conference Co-Chair o Professor Penney Clark, University of British Columbia, Conference Co-Chair o The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages (invited) 9:30 AM 10:30 AM (1) Plenary session o Dr. Peter Seixas, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of British Columbia, Founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness "History and Heritage: What's the Difference?"

2 10:30 AM 11:00 AM Health Break 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Breakout Sessions (1) The Legend of Charlottetown, the Legacy of Confederation Henry Room CHAIR: David McKenzie, President, PEI 2014, Deputy Minister, Department of Tourism and Culture, Government of Prince Edward Island Professor Ed MacDonald, University of Prince Edward Island Catherine Hennessey, Author & Heritage activist, PEI Professor Peter E. Rider, University of Ottawa (2) The Geography of Confederation: the land and how it factored Brown Room into the making of Canada CHAIR: Sylvain Decelles, Selwyn House School, Montreal, Quebec Professor Alan MacEachern, University of Western Ontario Professor Stéphane Castonguay, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (invited) Professor Michael Fox, Mount Allison University (3) Teaching (in) Diversity Grey Room CHAIR: Professor Tim Stanley, University of Ottawa Dr. Steven Schwinghamer, Canadian Museum of immigration at PIER 21 Lucie Jean-Mercier, Académie Lafontaine, St-Jérôme, Québec (invited) Yves Durocher, AEFO, Ontario(invited) (4) The Library of Parliament Teachers Institute& The Saskatchewan Social Science Teachers Institute: Experiences and Opportunities Chandler Room Christine Ivory, The Library of Parliament Brent Toles, Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Robert Jardine, President, Saskatchewan Council of Social Sciences (5) Guardians Project Johnson Room Featuring high school students from across Canada

3 12:30 AM 1:45 PM Lunch o Georges Arsenault, Prince Edward Island Historian and Folklorist 1:45 PM 3:15 PM Breakout Sessions (6) Atlantic Canada in the National Consciousness Henry Room CHAIR: Professor Sasha Mullaly, University of New Brunswick Professor Emeritis Margaret Conrad, University of New Brunswick Professor Peter Twohig, St. Marys University Chantal Richard, University of New Brunswick (7) Scholarly solitudes: how to bring Anglophone and francophone Brown Room History scholars and teachers to work together CHAIR: Professor Stéphane Lévesque, University of Ottawa Professor Dominique Clément, University of Alberta Professor Jean-Philippe Warren, Concordia University Professor Jocelyn Létourneau, Université Laval (8) Learning-based Projects - Creative ways to engage students Grey Room Chair: Bethany Dorion & Christine Thibaudier-Ness, PEI Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Mark Perry, Kennebecasis Valley High school, New Brunswick Ervin Theunissen, école secondaire Garde-rivière, Gatineau, Québec Robert Flosman, Waterdown District High School, Ontario, hosting the Dutch Resistance and Propaganda Museum from New York City (invited) Additional presenter to be confirmed (8B) session to be confirmed Chandler Room (9) Guardians Project Johnson Room

4 (10) Walking Tour of Historic Charlottetown Meet in hotel Lobby 3:15 PM 3:45 PM Health Break 3:45 PM 5:00 PM Breakout Sessions (11) History and Citizenship Henry Room CHAIR: Dr. Julie Peronne, Association for Canadian Studies Jack Jedwab, Association for Canadian Studies Professor Christian Laville, Université Laval Professor Marc-André Ethier, Université de Montréal (12) Teaching in/about Acadie Brown Room CHAIR : Professor Jeanne-Mance Cormier, Université de Moncton Professor Phyllis Leblanc, Université de Moncton Professor Carlo Lavoie, University of Prince Edward Island, Acadian studies program Maurice Basque, Université de Moncton (invited) (13) Session to be confirmed Grey Room (14) Evaluating Historical Thinking Chandler Room CHAIR: Professor Peter Seixas, University of British Columbia Rachel Collishaw, Glebe Collegiate, Ottawa, Ontario, Winner of the 2103 Governor General s History Award for Excellence in Teaching Professor Catherin Duquette, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) Raphale Gani, Universite laval (15) Guardians Project Johnson Room

5 5:00 PM 7:00 PM Reception location to be confirmed Saturday, November 22, :00 AM 4:00 PM Exhibitors 9:00 AM 10:30 AM Breakout Sessions (16) Sir John A.: Myths and Realities Henry Room CHAIR: Anthony Wilson-Smith, President, Historica Canada Professor Tim Stanley, University of Ottawa Alastair Sweeny, Publisher, Historian and Author (17) Engaging Technology, Engaging Students Brown Room CHAIR: Professor Penney Clark, University of British Columbia Professor Vivek Venkatesh, Concordia University Professor Stéphane Lévesque, University of Ottawa, measuring learning with technology Dave Cormier, University of Prince Edward Island (18) Learning and Teaching about Rights in Canada Grey Room CHAIR: Professor Dominique Clément, University of Alberta Professor Adele Perry, University of Manitoba Tom Hilton, PEI Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Education in the Classroom Additional panelist to be confirmed (19) Guardians Project Johnson Room 10:30 AM 11:00 AM Health Break

6 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Breakout Sessions (20) The History Education Network (THEN/HiER) Henry Room Professor Penney Clark, University of British Columbia, President, THEN/HiER Additional presenters to be confirmed (21) Life in 19 th century Canada Brown Room CHAIR: Dr. David Keenlyside, Executive Director, PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation Professor Nancy Christie, University of Western Ontario Professor Peter Gossage, Concordia University Professor Lisa Chilton, University of Prince Edward Island (22) Planning 2017 Canada s 150th: what should we mark, celebrate, acknowledge? Grey Room CHAIR: Dr. Julie Peronne, Association for Canadian Studies Anthony Wilson-Smith, President, Historica Canada David McKenzie, President, PEI 2014, Deputy Minister, Department of Tourism and Culture, Government of Prince Edward Island Deborah Morrison, President, Canada s history Mary-Rita Holland, the Sir John A Macdonald Bicentennial Commission (invited) (22B) Session to be confirmed Chandler Room (23) Guardians Project Johnson Room 12:30 AM 1:45 PM Lunch 1:45 PM 3:15 PM Breakout Sessions

7 (24) The Canadian Museum of History Henry Room presenters to be confirmed (25) Representing the Road to Confederation: Teaching and learning about Canada CHAIR: Professor Ed Macdonald, University of PEI Professor Alan Sears, University of New Brunswick Professor Nicole Neatby, Saint Mary s University Professor Stéphane Lévesque, University of Ottawa Brown Room (26) The PEI Social Studies Teachers Association Grey Room Rob McAdam, President, Pei Social Studies teachers Association (26B) Session to be confirmed Chandler Room (27) Guardians Project Johnson Room 3:15 PM 3:45 PM Health Break 3:45 PM 5:00 PM Breakout Sessions (28) Planning the 2105 edition of the national History conference (2015): What should be on the Agenda Henry Room CHAIR: Dr. Julie Peronne, Association for Canadian Studies Group discussion open to all delegates (29) Making Canada, Forgotten Canadians Brown Room CHAIR Professor Adele Perry, University of Manitoba Connie Wyatt Anderson, Oscar Lathlin Collegiate, Opaskayek Cree Nation, Manitoba Professor Sharon Myers, University of Prince Edward Island Professor Afua Cooper, James R. Johnson Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Dalhousie university

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AGENDA DAY ONE Wednesday, May 5, 2010

AGENDA DAY ONE Wednesday, May 5, 2010 08:00-9:00 Registration/Breakfast Northern Lights Foyer/Aurora Room Welcome: David Wolfe, Co-Director ISRN, University of Toronto Session I: Chair: Meric Gertler,