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

Welcome back to school! This issue of Salon is dedicated to giving you some foundational tools and resources to help you take inquiry to the next level in your social studies classroom.

Maybe you are looking for ways to strengthen your students’ historical thinking skills. BC educator Nathan Moes’ can get you started with Assessing Historical Thinking – a new resource to support your students with bite-sized tasks that highlight skills like corroboration, contextualization, close reading and sourcing.

“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.

The Social Studies Educators Network of Canada (SSENC) is excited to be present this Fall at our member provincial associations’ fantastic professional development opportunities across the country! Look for our booth on the 24th of October at the B.C., Manitoba and Nova Scotia Social Studies Teachers’ Association events. Additionally, SSENC will be engaging with P.E.I. teachers on November 6th and 7th.

We’re now less than a month away from SSENC’s Annual General Meeting—an essential event that shapes the future of our organization. This year, we’ll be electing our executive and table officers for the 2025–2027 term.