Ancestry Project Blog: Canadian Culture & History Meets Education & E-Learning
Famous Canadians Featured in NY Times’ “Canada: Profiles in Culture”
I just discovered yet another amazing resource, “Canada: Profiles in Culture.” This one comes courtesy of the NY Times. Whether or not you’re a teacher, if you are looking for readings on interesting Canadians you should check this publication out....
Ancestry Project Wins TESL Canada Innovation Award for Digital Teaching Resource (Website)
Proud moment. I am pleased to announce that Ancestry Project is an award winner! In June 2017, at its annual conference, TESL Canada awarded Ancestry Project an Innovation Award, in the category of “Digital Teaching or Learning Resource (website, software).” Since...
Toronto Public Library and Passages Canada Present Destination Canada Exhibit
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...
Interview with Patrice Palmer
Interview with Patrice Palmer conducted by Mike Simpson, June 2017. Patrice Palmer is a teacher and entrepreneur from Hamilton, Ontario, who has launched a business as a “teacherpreneur.” She’s conducted over 50 interviews for her blog/newsletter and...
Canada Road Trip: A Four-Part Digital Story and Teacher Resource
I’m very excited to announce the arrival of Canada Road Trip, a digital story and teacher resource that traces a cross-country road trip in 1967. This is the first of a number of collaborations that will mark a new approach for Ancestry Project in the second...
Interview with Mohammad Hashemi
This interview is a part of a series that features creatives working in Canadian education. Mohammad Hashemi is a man of many talents: writer, teacher, translator, author of a number of books for language teachers and students. Read on for his thoughts on Canada at 150 years, the best in education technology and a special anecdote from his move from Iran to Ottawa.
Canadian Songs: Listen to Rocks and Trees by Wendell Ferguson (Free Download!)
https://tdot.com/ancestryproject/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2017/01/Wendell-Ferguson-Rocks-and-Trees.mp3 Rocks and Trees is an awesome track. It’s a fun tune, describing driving across the beautiful but monotonous landscape of northern Ontario. The...
Interview with Mike Simpson
Why did you create Ancestry Project? What is your role? I wrote about this in a recent blog post but I’m happy to summarize it here. As a teacher and designer interested in bridging the worlds of education and design-media, it was a curiosity to me to see how I might...
NY Times’ Nicholas Kristof’s Family Immigration Story Told Via Engaging Documentary
Nicholas Kristof is a Pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, who covers human rights, women’s rights, health, and global affairs. In the column and short documentary, “Mr. Trump, Meet My Family,” Kristof describes the journey his father took as an Eastern European refugee, as he escaped hardship and eventually made his way to America. He also puts his family’s history into present day context.