The Dominion Institute provides educators and interested Canadians with a variety of educational programs, events and resources that help engage youth and all Canadians in learning about our history, shared citizenship, and democratic institutions and values.
Institute programs fall under three broad themes: memory, identity and democracy. |
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Ontario Veteran Community Archive
The Ontario Veteran Community Archive is an online collection of stories, pictures, and documents which house the unique experiences of Ontario’s veterans. The archive will capture and preserve the stories of Ontario’s veterans and make them accessible for future generations. Upload or browse veteran stories at www.ontarioveteranarchive.ca
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Veteran Appreciation Days
The Memory Project will visit eight new Ontario communities this year as part of Veteran Appreciation Days 2009 more
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The Memory Project – Stories of the Second World War
This project will provide every living Canadian veteran of the Second World War who wants to share their story of service and sacrifice with the opportunity to do so. The Dominion Institute will record the oral history of these veterans and digitize their artifacts and memorabilia. The Institute will create the definitive record of Canada’s participation in the Second World War through thousands of first-person accounts of servicemen and women. Visit www.thememoryproject.com
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The Memory Project
Access a Speakers’ Bureau of more than 1,500 veteran volunteers from across Canada who visit with Canadian youth to share their stories of service and sacrifice and explore the online Digital Archive containing more than 1000 stories of Canada’s war veterans at www.thememoryproject.com. |
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Passages to Canada
Educators, Community Leaders or Business Professionals can host an event with one of over 650 prominent immigrants and refugees through the national Speakers’ Bureau. Interested Canadians can also explore an online database featuring the stories and artifacts of immigrants and refugees. www.passagestocanada.com. |
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Aboriginal Writing Challenge
Young Aboriginal Canadians (14–29) showcase their creative writing talent and compete for cash prizes in this national short story contest. www.our-story.ca. |
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The Canadian History Report Card
The Institute has assigned each province and territory a grade based on the quality of its Canadian history curriculum at the high school level (grades 9-12). More |
Public Policy Wiki
The Dominion Institute and The Globe and Mail are partnering on a new project that applies the wiki principle to public policy development in Canada. Tell us you think the government should do! more |
Passchendaele in the Classroom
An education outreach campaign, including a Great War Letters contest and Education Guide, related to the Canadian film Passchendaele,now on DVD.
www.dominion.ca/passchendaele |
Youth Text
During the 2008 federal election, we invited young people to use the speed of SMS technology to voice their opinions and connect with the political parties. more | French |
Great Questions of Canada
High school and university students can participate in this national essay contest with the chance to win a $2,000 cash prize. Find out more at www.greatquestions.com. |
The LaFontaine-Baldwin Lectures
Read past lectures, access video footage and find out about upcoming events related to one of Canada’s preeminent symposiums on the future of our democracy at
www.lafontaine-baldwin.com. |
Canada in 2020
To encourage a debate about the major challenges Canada
will face in the coming decades the Dominion Institute
invited twenty leading thinkers to write about an
issue or event that they think could transform the country
by 2020. Find out more at www.twenty-twenty.ca. |
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