Join us and explore how to leverage digital interactive maps to bring global issues to life in your classroom! Centered on A Sustainable World, an engaging online platform developed by Aga Khan Foundation Canada in partnership with Canadian Geographic, this session introduces an interactive map designed for students aged 12–18.
You will explore how the platform supports inquiry-based learning while deepening students’ understanding of world geography and key global challenges. Through themes such as climate change, health, education, and gender equality—aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—the resource encourages students to think critically and act as informed global citizens.
The session will also highlight the platform’s multimedia and classroom resources, offering practical strategies for integrating global citizenship education into diverse classroom contexts. You will leave with ready-to-use ideas and tools to foster meaningful discussions, enhance student engagement, and connect curriculum to real-world issues.
Can't wait to share this exciting resource with you! (Div 3, 4)
Sport can bring students together, but it can also surface difficult moments around race, culture, identity, and belonging. This interactive session creates space for coaches, teachers, and administrators to openly discuss sensitive issues that often go unaddressed. Through real-world case studies, participants will explore challenges such as the use of the n-word, microaggressions, and religious clothing or accessories. Together, we’ll practice strategies for responding effectively, building inclusive team cultures, and turning moments of tension into opportunities for growth. (Div 3, 4)
Join us in showcasing Indigenous Voices; a dynamic new media-based learning resource from the NFB. Designed by Indigenous educators, this innovative platform offers students across Canada an authentic and meaningful opportunity to engage with themes of history, community, justice, and Reconciliation as they relate to the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island. Grounded in the powerful lived experiences of young Indigenous mentors, Indigenous Voices is an interactive learning journey in which activities are anchored by the NFB’s rich catalogue of Indigenous-made cinema - bringing storytelling, perspective, and critical reflection into the classroom in a compelling and accessible way. More than a resource, Indigenous Voices is a framework for transformative learning. It has been developed in the spirit of “nothing about us, without us,” through meaningful collaboration with Indigenous leaders and communities, guided by the five R’s of ethical engagement—Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, Responsibility, and Relationship.
This session explores how sports—from ancient games to modern athletes—can serve as a powerful lens for teaching complex social ideas in upper elementary. Participants will see how literature, historical artifacts, and archaeological evidence can help students investigate culture, identity, fairness, ethics, and social change. By examining the rules, practices, and stories behind sports, students can grapple with questions about power, inclusion, citizenship, and community values, while connecting past traditions to contemporary issues. Attendees will leave with practical strategies, lesson ideas, discussion prompts, and texts that integrate critical literacy, inquiry, and Alberta’s new Social Studies curriculum, helping students think deeply about the ways sport reflects and shapes society.
