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#ExploreCan

Virtually connecting students to Canadian history and explorers!

#ExploreCan is a program created by Canadian Geographic Education in partnership with Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants and Heritage Canada. There are monthly virtual events and learning resources available for K-12 Canadian educators. Monthly themes focus on treaties in Canada, science, and environmental stewardship, with a larger focus on truth and reconciliation woven throughout the entire program.

Scroll down to learn about the different themes and to access the StoryMaps, accompanying learning activities, and recordings from the virtual events.

Water connection and protection

StoryMap - Our Water Connection Learning Activity - Our water connection
Virtual Event: Jill Heinerth, RCGS Explorer-in-Residence

Women in STEM

StoryMap - Indigenous women in STEM Learning activity - Indigenous women in STEM
Virtual Event: Siobhan Darlington, Canadian wildlife researcher

Indigenous languages

StoryMap - Indigenous languages across Canada Learning activity - Indigenous languages across Canada
Virtual Event: Sandhya Narayanan, linguistic anthropologist

Knowing the land

Giuseppe Milo, British Columbia, Canada, https://flic.kr/p/2hfKcL9, (CC BY 2.0)
Learning activity - Learning from the land StoryMap - Learning from the land
Virtual Event: Taryn Tomlinson, Director of Sun-Earth Systems Sciences at the Canadian Space Angency

Canada’s North

Learning Activity - Original Place Names StoryMap - Original Place Names in Arctic Lands
Virtual Event: Ray Zahab, RCGS Explorer-in-Residence and ultra endurance athlete Virtual Event: Emily Choy, RCGS Explorer-in-Residence and Arctic biologist

Space, science and research

Learning Activity – Indigenous star knowledge StoryMap - Understanding the night sky
Virtual Event: Nathalie Ouellette, Outreach Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope

Truth and Reconciliation

Province of British Columbia, B.C., Nisga’a Nation celebrate treaty anniversary, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). https://bit.ly/3jGFILD.
Infographic - The Two Row Wampum StoryMap - Treaties and Agreements in Canada
Virtual Event: Shawn Corbiere, Parks Canada
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