Spark meaningful conversations about elections and democracy
The Civic Education Program at Elections Canada provides free learning resources, student-friendly information and professional development opportunities to support educators in teaching about elections and democracy at any time, not only during an election.

The Samara Centre for Democracy has been providing insights into our political system for decades. And in the last few years they have been developing podcasts you can use in the classroom

Understanding our history and how it impacts our future has never been more important. One key event in Canadian history is the interment of enemy aliens during World War One. The Canadian First World War Internment Fund has worked with the Critical Thinking Consortium (TC2) to create free resources for teachers to help plan lessons which demonstrate how ultranationalism has been a part of Canada’s history

“Why do I need to follow this rule?” “Who makes the rules?” “Why don’t I get a say in the rules?”

While these may sometimes seem like rebellious questions from your students, they reveal curious minds that may not know yet that they have a passion for public policy!

As social studies educators, we know that guiding students to think like historians means more than having them memorize dates or recount facts. Real historical inquiry rests on a set of disciplinary practices—sourcing, contextualizing, close‐reading, and corroborating evidence—that require deliberate scaffolding and feedback.