Budget cuts at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels of government across the country have targeted cultural and heritage institutions, threatening the integrity of the capacity of Canada to maintain an adequate understanding of its collective past. Just as Margaret Atwood helped mobilize opposition to proposed cuts to Toronto libraries, the challenge for active historians who oppose such measures is to make their opposition public.
Posts Tagged ‘History education’
“Local Effort Brings Our Past to Life”: Halifax Chronicle-Herald
This post discusses a recent effort to bring the local history of an area into the history classroom and asks broader questions about the role of local history generally.
