Social Studies

• Alberta to pilot new social studies curriculum after facing blowback

  Alberta's government says a new draft social studies curriculum for elementary schools is ready to be tested in classrooms this fall.

  Education

  Apr 26, 2024
  
• Alberta government redrafts social studies curriculum, asks for public feedback

  Jason Schilling, president of the Alberta Teachers Association, said this approach puts the social studies curriculum development 'back on track.'

  Education

  Sep 18, 2023
  
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• Northwest Territories to stop using Alberta curriculum, will adopt B.C.’s

  The Northwest Territories confirmed it will be using British Columbia's JK-12 school curriculum. The Alberta Opposition says that should be 'a wake-up call' for the UCP.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2021
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• Métis Nation of Alberta has ‘monumental concerns’ with proposed curriculum

  "The tone of the curriculum carries a Eurocentric-American point of view that effectively eliminates the voice and history of the Métis Peoples in Alberta," Audrey Poitras said.

  Education

  Mar 31, 2021
• Premier Notley says Kenney sowing fear about plan to revamp Alberta school curriculum

  Premier Rachel Notley says conservative leadership candidate Jason Kenney is deliberately sowing fear and confusion over Alberta's school curriculum overhaul - but Kenney says it's Notley who has a lot of explaining to do.

  Education

  Sep 5, 2017
• Alberta announces sweeping 6-year overhaul of school curricula at cost of $64M

  Alberta is overhauling its education curricula, and Education Minister David Eggen says the new plan will include topics such as climate change, gender diversity and sexual orientation.

  Education

  Jun 15, 2016
• Inspiring food security solutions among Saskatchewan youth

  SASKATOON- One interactive session after another, 250 grade seven students from five different school divisions learned about local and global food issues on Thursday. The event is designed to launch a new resource recommended by the Ministry of Education for social studies on global food security and exploring Saskatchewan’s role in achieving that. “It’s absolutely...

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2014