Below are the links to videos from five panels recorded at the 2015 New Directions in Active History Conference. Click on the title of each panel in order to watch the full video of each panel. You can also access shorter videos of individual speakers by clicking on the title of their talk. Enjoy!
New Directions in Active History: Opening Plenary Roundtable (Chair: Jim Clifford, University of Saskatchewan)
- Keith Carlson (University of Saskatchewan)
- Christopher Moore (Independent Historian)
- Wendy Rowney (Black Creek Pioneer Village)
The Future of Public History Programs in Canada (Chair: Dean Oliver, Canadian Museum of History)
Innovative Teaching in the High School Classroom (Chair: Jessica Knapp, Canada’s History Society)
- Lindsay Hall, Clarke Road Secondary School, “Developing Historical Detectives”
- Neil Orford, Upper Grand District School Board, “The Digital Historian Project (DHP) – an Innovative Pathway Program for Senior History & Math in Ontario Schools”
- Brent Pavey, Waterloo Collegiate Institute, “Simulating History: The Use of Historical and Political Simulations in the History Classroom – Rewards and Some Cautions”
Storytelling through Film, Graphic Art & Performance (Chair: Michelle Hamilton, Western)
- Ronald Rudin, Concordia University, “Public Art and Film: The Lost Stories Project”
- Sean Carleton and Julia Smith, Trent University, “Comics as Active History: The Graphic History Collective”
- Matthew Hayes, Trent University, “Lies, Damned Lies and Peterborough”
Counter Narratives of Place and Commemoration Roundtable (Chair: Kaitlin Wainwright, Heritage Toronto)
- David Dean, Carleton Centre for Public History, Workers History Museum and Emily Keyes, Know History, “Alternative Histories of Work and Labour in the National Capital Region”
- Tonya Davidson, Ryerson University, “On Wreaths & Graffiti: Reading Defacement and Nostalgia at Ottawa Monuments”
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