Tag Archives: Contemporary

Repost: It Starts Here: Black Histories Research Guide at the Archives of Ontario

Active History is on its annual August hiatus. In honour of syllabus-writing season, we are reposting a selection of teaching-related articles from the past year. Today’s repost features Melissa J. Nelson and Natasha Henry-Dixon’s article of 22 February 2024. While you’re here, we also invite you complete our survey. This is the final instalment in a three-part series on the… Read more »

How do we teach history after this? Thoughts from the “Pandemic Pedagogy” series

By Samantha Cutrara I went into self-isolation about a week before many others. Because I had come into contact with family traveling abroad, I worked from home while the university and college I work for continued to prepare for what felt like an inevitability after the WHO’s declaration. Being by myself that first week exacerbated the sense of shock that… Read more »