By Paulette Thompson What’s problematic about calling Viola Desmond “the Rosa Parks of Canada”? And why don’t more Americans know more about civil rights struggles in Canada? On Friday, March 1, 2019, during the three-day spring social studies leadership K–16 conference held in Chelan, Washington, put on by the Washington State Council for the Social

Not every teacher training program requires that students “must have valid passport,” but travel and experiential learning is what makes the K-12 STUDY CANADA Summer Institute so unique. At the end of June, fifteen teachers from Washington State, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Mexico met at the Center for Canadian-American Studies, at Western Washington University (our

Each day for the past six weeks, my classroom has come to life during my early morning literacy block, my 4th graders buzzing with excitement over our study of Inuit people of the Canadian Arctic. This winter my students were tasked with researching topics and teaching each other about how early Inuit people met their

Kyla Sweet is the new Education and Curriculum K–12 Specialist for the Pacific Northwest National Resource Center on Canada (joining the Canadian Studies centers at UW and Western Washington University). Kyla, who is bilingual, grew up in Alberta and spent a number of years in Vancouver. After marrying an American, at a wedding complete with

Picture this: Sixty panel – size paintings depicting the ongoing journey of people leaving not only oppression at home, but famine, other economic difficulties as well. The caption on the last panel simply states “And the migrants kept coming.” Would this be a series reflecting the experience of Syrian and other refugees today? Yes and

On March 4, 2017, Edmonds School District elementary teacher Mary Cingcade presented at the Washington State Council for the Social Studies (WSCSS)  annual conference in Lake Chelan, Washington. Her session, titled “A Sea of Change for Inuit People and the Canadian Arctic,” introduced elementary teachers, museum educators and curriculum specialists to an upper elementary unit

Originally posted: June 2016 This summer 19 educators, representing 12 states, participated in the 38th Annual STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 Educators – an Institute dedicated to developing expertise on the Canada-U.S. relationship. TitledAcross the Salish Sea: Canada-U.S. Connections in the Pacific Northwest, educators spent time in both Seattle and Victoria developing a greater

Originally posted: January 2016 The National Resource Centers on Canada have been involved with the annual NCSS conference in a variety of roles for more than fifteen years. As the largest association in the U.S. devoted to social studies education, it is also the single largest K-12 target audience for Canadian Studies outreach in the

Originally posted: October 2015 The annual STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 Educators was offered in the Pacific Northwest this year. According to one educator, “STUDY CANADA is the premiere and really only source for learning about our international relationship with Canada. A wonderfully designed program that turns into a whirlwind adventure!” Participants were treated

Originally posted: March 2015 The Pacific Northwest NRC on Canada hosted a resource exhibit at the 2015 WSCSS Leadership Retreat in Lake Chelan, WA (March 6-8) which used “The Power of Stories: From Native Washington to Global Movements” as its theme. The NRC also sponsored two sessions relating to Canada at the conference:  “Beat Nation: