by Mike Simpson | Feb 5, 2020 | Ancestry Project, Canada, Canadians, Culture, Heritage, History, Identity, Immigration, Uncategorized
Above: Michaëlle Jean and Donovan Bailey, tow of the immigrants featured in Mike’s Famous Caribbean Canadians unit. February is Black History Month Black History Month is an important education opportunity that comes every February. What does Black...
by Mike Simpson | Oct 17, 2017 | Digital Storytelling, Heritage, History, Holocaust, Interview, Listening, Media, Resources, Stories, Uncategorized, Video
“To escape Auschwitz, she left her father to die. Decades later she got a message from him” This incredibly moving documentary is by Matan Rochlitz, a filmmaker and a musician based in Rome, Italy. The subject, Kara, is the 92-year-old neighbour of his...
by Mike Simpson | Sep 17, 2017 | Canada, Canadians, Culture, Heritage, History, Listening, Media, Readings, Resources, Stories, Uncategorized, Video, Writers
Reading and Listening Resources: Preview Available Now There may be no finer Canadian to profile for the “Famous Canadians” units than John McCrae, the soldier poet who penned the infamous “In Flanders Fields,” a poem of international renown....
by Mike Simpson | Jul 13, 2017 | Ancestry, Ancestry Project, Canada, History, Immigration, Refugees, Travel, Uncategorized
Running from May 20 – July 30, 2017. Destination Canada is an exhibit at the Toronto Reference Library’s TD Gallery. This gem is almost hidden away at the side inside the entrance of the massive central library. Fortunately I was alerted to its presence by a...
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