home
SIGN UP     DONATE     FRENCH

National Dream is the Dominion Institute's Blog.

See what is being said about the big issues facing Canada and add your voice to the debate by posting a comment. We are also interested in hearing from people who would like to become a regular contributor to this blog. blog@dominion.ca.

Please note that the comments expressed by blog contributors are their own and do not reflect the policies or views of the Dominion Institute.

Author Archive

June 17th, 2009 - From the editorial team at the Calgary Herald

by Dominion Institute
Views for this post: 1,036

Canada’s history should be basic learning
Calgary Herald June 17, 2009

Reasonable people might disagree how history should be taught, but they should be able to agree on this:If half the younger generation doesn’t know Sir John A. Macdonald was Canada’s first prime minister, it isn’t taught well under any paradigm.

Yet that, unfortunately, was what the Dominion Institute found two years ago in a study of what Canadians between 18 and 24 knew about their country’s history. This week, the Institute released a further study, grading the effectiveness of provincial teaching. It was just as disappointing in its conclusions.

Read the rest of this entry »

March 13th, 2009 - Petition for MORE History in Ontario High Schools

by Dominion Institute
Views for this post: 1,402


183 Bathurst St. Suite 401, Toronto, ON, M5T 2R7, Tel: 416-368-9627, Fax: 416-368-2111, Email: staff@dominion.ca