by Beatrix Shackleton | Sep 1, 2026 | Salon, Articles
Book Review: Rescuing Reason: How History Education Can Help Save Democracy, Alan Sears and Carla L. Peck Craig Findlay As a Social Studies teacher in Alberta for the past 33 years, I have never felt the weight of our profession quite as acutely as I do today....
by Beatrix Shackleton | May 19, 2026 | Salon, Articles
Social studies as ‘neutral?’ That’s a myth, and pressures teachers to avoid contentious issues Kevin Lopuck With a world literally and figuratively burning around them, high school social studies teachers are charged with engaging students in sensitive topics. Social...
by Beatrix Shackleton | May 19, 2026 | Salon, Articles
Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice Asian Heritage, Education, and the Work of Change Every Heritage Month arrives with familiar gestures: classroom displays, cultural performances, and celebrations of food, language, migration, and achievement. But...
by Beatrix Shackleton | Mar 2, 2026 | Salon, Articles
Dialogue & Democracy:Rationale, Guidelines & Strategies for Encouraging Dialogic Classrooms Shannon D.M. Moore, Kevin Lopuck & Kathleen Elgar “democracy begins in conversation”– John Dewey Note: this is an edited version of the one that appears in MB...
by Beatrix Shackleton | Mar 2, 2026 | Salon, Articles
Meet an Economic Expert Building a school program at the Bank of Canada Museum Adam Young, Education & Evaluation Specialist, à Bank of Canada Museum Do you really know what economists do? Or even wondered how the global economy works? In an effort to clarify the...
by Beatrix Shackleton | Nov 28, 2025 | Salon, Articles
Guardians of Democracy: The Impact of Book Bans on Social Studies Education While Alberta teachers rightly focus on their ongoing labour action, the province’s recent (albeit rescinded) attempt to remove books from school libraries points to a larger pattern that...
