For the first time ever, The Councilor: A Journal of the Social Studies will be publishing a special issue that will bring academic articles in conversation with reflections...

So many of our colleagues have discussed, advised, and reflected on the expectations, limits, and ongoing concerns of emergency remote teaching. Because of this, it hasn’t...

By Gerjan Altenburg              The late American historian of religions, Jonathan Z. Smith stressed the importance of setting up good comparisons in assigned...

In November 2018, the Washington Post published a story with the headline, “Historians: What Kids Should Be Learning in School Right Now.” In asking this important...

By Allyson Stevenson[1] A Structure, not an Event. Settler colonialism in Canada, like elsewhere, is a structure; it is not an event.[2] It lives on today in manifestations...

By Allyson Stevenson[1] When I began this blog on January 29th, I had just returned to my office at the University of Regina after speaking about my research on an inspiring...

By Danielle Kinsey and Laila Parsons In 2014, Professor Parsons, a specialist in the history of the twentieth-century Middle East at McGill University, was the recipient of...

By Danielle Kinsey In one of our recent blog entries,  Pamela Walker and Martha Attridge Bufton reflected on the successes and drawbacks of teaching history through...

By John Eigl, McMaster University I first met John Eigl as a student when I was teaching assistant for Dr Stacy Nation-Knapper in McMaster University’s History 2T03,...

by Carly Ciufo, McMaster University I’m sitting in my shared sessional instructor office about an hour before my first lecture. I was asked to take over this class while I...

By Jo McCutcheon For the first time, I was able to attend the Annual AHA Conference (its 134th ), co-located in two hotels very close to Times Square.  The conference began...

We’re taking this opportunity to reflect on some past “Teaching Corner” content from the Bulletin (now Intersections) and wondering if this issue about retention and...