Executive Board Member Activities
Penney Clark
Presentations
“What is the Role of the British Columbia Historical Federation with Respect to the History Curriculum?” British Columbia Historical Federation Conference, Vancouver, May 6-8, 2010.
Margaret Conrad
Presentations
“A New History for New Brunswick.” Presentation for the launch of New Brunswick Studies Journal, Saint Thomas University, 5 November 2010.
Moderator, “A Conversation: Lord Beaverbrook’s Legacy,” with David Adams Richards, Michael Bliss, Naomi Griffiths, and Jacques Poitras. The Playhouse, Fredericton, 4 November 2010.
“A Tale of Two New Brunswicks: History and Empowerment.” Panel presentation, An Afternoon with Eminent New Brunswick Thinkers, Fredericton, 12 September 2009; an expanded version presented at the Association for Canadian Studies Conference, Knowing Ourselves: The Challenge of Teaching History in Official Language Minority Communities, Moncton, 5 November 2009.
“Landscapes of Purpose.” Response to Rosemary Ommer, “Globalization and Coastal Communities: An Economic History Perspective.” St Andrews Symposium, Small Communities in a Globalizing Society, 16 August 2009.
Viviane Gosselin
“Historical Consciousness: Emerging Definitions and Their Implications for Museum Practice,” McFaddin-Ward House Conference, Beaumont, Texas, November 11-13, 2010.
“Research-Inspired Practice and Practice-Inspired Research: Productive Encounters,” Viviane Gosslin, Jill Baird and Lisa McInctosh, Annual Conference of the British Columbia Museum Association, Nanaimo, BC, October 28, 2010.
“Interpreting More Complex Regional Identities at the Museum: An Examination of the Production and Reception of Two Exhibitions,” Taking Stock: Museums and Museum Practices in Canada, University of Toronto, April 24-26, 2010.
“Historical Meaning-Making in the Museum,” Taking Stock: Museums and Museum Practices in Canada, University of Toronto, April 24-26, 2010.
Kevin Kee
Presentations
“Serious Games and Simulations for History and Heritage.” Canada-EU Future Internet Workshop, National Research Council of Canada, Waterloo, Ontario, March 2011.
“Fiddling While Rome Burns: Why Digital Humanists Should be More Like Nero,” Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies Symposium on the Digital Humanities, University of Alabama, March 2011.
“Best Practices for the Use of Digital Technologies for Heritage Learning,” International Conference on Preservation and Promotion of Heritage, Penang, Malaysia, November 2010.
Grants
Principal Investigator – “Ontario Augmented Reality Network”, Ontario Media Development Corporation (January 2011), $360,000 (total budget; OMDC component = $230,000)
Principal Investigator – “Simulating History Research Assistant”, Brock University, Experience Works Program (April 2011), $8,000
Co-applicant, with Peter F. Biehl et al – “Serious Play and the Cravens Collection: Designing an Educational Video Game for the Outreach Program of the Cravens Collection of the College of Arts and Sciences”, Digital Humanities Institute, University of Buffalo (February 2010), $3,200USD
Ontario Early Researcher Award, Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario (November 2006), $150,000
Co-applicant, with Peter F. Biehl et al, Serious Play and the Cravens Collection: Designing an Educational Video Game for the Outreach Program of the Cravens Collection of the College of Arts and Sciences, Digital Humanities Institute, University of Buffalo (February 2010), $3,200USD
Co-applicant--History at Play: Augmented Reality Gaming and the Ubiquitous Past--Image, Text, Sound and Technology Research Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (January 2009), $49, 560
Principal Investigator--Simulating History Research Assistant--
Brock University, Experience Works Program (April 2008), $8363.04
Producer and Principal Investigator--Outbreak--Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund, Development Program Grant (November 2007), $50,000
Principal Investigator--The Simulating History Research Lab--
Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund, (November 2007), $46,400
Principal Investigator--The Simulating History Research Lab--
Ontario Distinguished Researcher Award, Ontario Innovation Trust (November 2007), $46,400
Principal Investigator--Simulating History Research Assistant--
Brock University, Experience Works Program (April 2007), $3,360.15
Conference Chair--Interacting with Immersive Worlds Conference--
Brock University Advancement Fund Special Purpose Grant, Subvention for Scholarly Conferences and Workshops (April 2007), $2,500
Principal Investigator--Simulating History Programmer--Brock University, Experience Works Program (January 2007), $7,134.12
Conference Chair--Interacting with Immersive Worlds Conference--
Brock University, Humanities Research Institute, Conference Grant (January 2007), $2,500
Principal Investigator--Simulating History: The Poetics of History Simulations--Image, Text, Sound and Technology Research Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (January 2007), $49, 891
Principal Investigator--Simulating History Research Assistant--
Brock University, Experience Works Program (August 2006), ~$3,600
Principal Investigator--Simulating History: The Best Practices for History Simulations Project--Image, Text, Sound and Technology Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (January 2006), $49, 996
Principal Investigator--Best Practices for Serious Games and Simulations--Brock University (2005), $32, 095
Principal Investigator--Digital Humanities: Infrastructure for Advanced Pedagogy and Serious Gaming--Ontario Distinguished Researcher Award, Ontario Innovation Trust (2005), $32, 095
Principal Investigator--Digital Humanities: Infrastructure for Advanced Pedagogy and Serious Gaming--Canada Foundation for Innovation (2005), $32, 095
Principal Investigator--Kevin Kee, Jamshid Baheshti, Andrew Large (P.I.s), Intelligent Virtual Environments: Paintings as Virtual Gateways to Canadian Social and Cultural History--Canadian Culture Online Programs, Partnerships Fund (2005), $403,000
Other Activities
Development of an i-Phone app which is a GPS-guided interactive tour of War of 1812 sites in Canada. Read more about it in a Globe and Mail article.
Stéphane Lévesque
Research Projects
Using the Virtual Historian to Engage in Authentic Historical Tasks
Historical Literacy In 21st Century Ontario: Research Using The Virtual Historian©
Presentations
Developing Historical Literacy: How Do We Make Progress in Learning to Think Historically? Annual Conference of the Amercian Educational Research Association, New Orleans LA, April 2011.
"Thinking History. Development of Didactics of History Education in Canada." International Conference: Social Science Didactics. University of Karlstad, Center for Social Science Didactics, Sweden, November 2010.
"Thinking Historically: What Does it Mean in the 21st Century?" Digital Youth and Participatory Learning Workshop, Queen’s University, ON, October 2010.
"La enseñanza de la historia en Canadá: los problemas de la multiculturalidad." International conference: La pensée historique à l’ère de la globalisation. Université Santiango de Compostella, Spain, July 2010.
Ontario History and Social Sciences Teachers' Association (OHASSTA) Conference November 6, 2009, Toronto. "Why Can't You Just Tell Me?": Learning History with the Virtual Historian, with Clare Leaper, Saunders Secondary School, Thames Valley District School Board.
College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference November 13, 2009, Atlanta.
Using the Virtual Historian to Engage in Authentic Historical Tasks, with Adam Friedman, Wake Forest University
Podcasts
Entretien radiophonique sur le Laboratoire d’histoire virtuelle au Monde selon Mathieu. Société Radio-Canada (Ottawa-Gatineau). 15 Avril 2011.
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Ruth Sandwell
Presentations
“On Historians and Their Audiences: An Argument for Teaching (and not just writing) History,” Ruth Sandwell, keynote at Where the Archive Ends: A Graduate Conference on History and Its Uses, McGill-Queen’s University Graduate Conference, Kingston, March 11, 2011.
“To the History Undergraduates,” in panel So What IS the Story? Exploring Fragmentation and Synthesis in Current Canadian Historiography, Canadian Historical Association, Montreal, June 2010.
Alan Sears
Presentations
“New Opportunities for Encouraging Historical Thinking in Canadian Classrooms,” panel moderated by Jill Colyer, with Alan Sears, Lindsay Gibson, Janet Thompson, and Allan Hux, ACS/OHASSTA Conference, Toronto, November 5-6, 2010.
“The Canadian History ‘Crisis’ of the 1990s: The Public Debate and Its Legacy,” panel presentation at the Canadian History of Education Association Biennial Conference, Toronto, October 21-24, 2010.
Grants
Co-investigator, SSHRC Standard Research Grant, “Teachers’ and Students’ Understanding of Ethnic Diversity: Implications for Multicultural Education in Canada,” 2010-2013.
Principal Investigator, SSHRC Standard Research Grant, “Youth and Democratic Participation in Canada and Australia,” 2008-2011.
Workshops
Teaching the Contested and Controversial Nature of Democratic Ideas. Workshop for New Brunswick School District 14, Woodstock, November 2010.
Fostering Historical Thinking in Elementary Social Studies. Workshop for the NBTA Elementary Council, Fredericton, 7 May, 2010.
Teaching Historical Thinking. Workshop for middle and high school social studies teachers, NB School District 17, 4 January, 2010.
Engaging as Citizens. Invited presentation to students and staff at Fredericton High School on the launch of a new citizenship education initiative by the NB Department of Education, 23 October, 2009.
Making Room for Revolution in Social Studies Classrooms. Invited workshop for NB School District 18 Social Studies teachers, Fredericton High School, 9 October, 2009.
Gone AWOL: The Federal Government and Public Education in Canada, the Case of Citizenship Education. Invited presentation to the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training, University of British Columbia, 11 February, 2009.
Children’s Thinking About Ethnic Diversity in Canada and Russia. Invited presentation to the Department of Education, The University of York, UK, 14 May, 2008.
Nurturing the Spirit of Democracy in Russia and Canada. Invited presentation at The Centre for Citizenship Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education, 7 April, 2008.
Peter Seixas
Presentations
“Indigenous Historical Consciousness: an Oxymoron or a Dialogue?” Understanding History and the Construction of Identities in a Global World: De-Nationalizing History Teaching? Autónoma University, Madrid Spain, 28-30 October 2010.
“Thoughts on a Centre for the Study of Indigenous Historical Consciousness,” University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 24 September 2010.
“A Surprising Receptivity: Teachers, Politicians and Curriculum Officials Embrace Historical Thinking,” International Congress of Historical Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 25 August 2010.
Keynote, “Progress, Presence and Historical Consciousness: Confronting Past, Present and Future in Postmodern Time.” Longing for the Present: Conference on the History of History Education and the Temptations of Modernity, Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Leuven Belgium, 18-20 August 2010.
With Kadriye Ercikan, “Historical Thinking in Schools in Canada: A Validation Study,” American Educational Research Association, Denver, Colorado, 3 May 2010.
Keynote, “Benchmarks of Historical Thinking: An Introduction,” York Regional District of Education, 18 February 2010.
“Benchmarks of Historical Thinking and the Revised Ontario Curriculum,” Toronto History, Humanities, and Social Sciences Subject Council, Toronto, 17 February 2010.
“Historical Consciousness,” guest Lecture to Humanities 101, University of BC, Vancouver, 22 October 2009 (program for non-degree students from non-traditional backgrounds).
“Benchmarks of Historical Thinking: A Dialogue Between School Classroom and Research,” CREATE Seminar, Faculty of Education, University of BC, Vancouver, 21 October 2009.
Keynote, “Questions, Problems and Methods in Empirical Research on History Didactics: The Case of Canada,” Basel University, Switzerland, 3 September 2009.
Special guest, Symposium on History Education, Center for Democracy, Arrau, Switzerland 2 September 2009.
Keynote, “Conversations with the Past,” Vancouver Historica Fair, Museum of Vancouver, BC, 1 May 2009.
Keynote, “Can You Trust Your History Teacher?” National Forum on Canadian History, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, 13 February 2009.
“Can You Trust Your History Teacher?” Michael Cromer Memorial Lecture, University of BC, Vancouver, 9 February 2009.
“Canadians Confront the History Wars,” Association for Canadian Studies, Quebec City QC, 25 October 2008.
“Historical Thinking in High School,” Association for Canadian Studies, Quebec City QC, 24 October 2008.
With Penney Clark. “Obsolete Icons and the Teaching of History,” Canadian Historical Association, Vancouver BC, 2 June 2008.
With Kadriye Ercikan and David Northrup, “History and the Past: Do Canadians Think of Them Differently?” Canadian Historical Association, Vancouver BC, 2 June 2008.
With Kadriye Ercikan and David Northrup, “History and the Past: Towards a Measure of ‘Everyman’s’ Epistemology,” American Educational Research Association, New York City, 27 March 2008.
Keynote, “Conversations with the Past,” Vancouver Historica Fair, Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver BC, 2 May 2008.
“Using Benchmarks of Historical Thinking” (full-day workshop), Okanagan Zone Regional Teachers’ Conference, Kelowna BC, 22 February 2008.
“Using Benchmarks of Historical Thinking,” Surrey School District (Social Studies Department Heads and other invitees), Surrey BC, 24 January 2008.
