Presenting:
Women, Gender, and History Education: Perspectives from Ontario and Quebec
By Marie-Hélène Brunet, Kristina Llewellyn, and Rose Fine-Meyer
About the launch
Date: Friday, October 25, 2024
Time: 7-8pm (Click here to see full program schedule for conference)
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 105 King Street East, Kitchener, Ontario (same as rest of conference)
The authors will be attending and will be sharing information about the book and opening up a discussion about the material. There will be complimentary light snacks provided. There will also be a beer and wine cash bar. In order to attend, please click here to register for the conference.
About the Book
In the last two decades, public attention has focused on several gender related issues that have suggested that decades of women’s activism for equity have gone ‘too far’ and that inclusive policies supporting gender diversity have created a crisis. This negates the ongoing challenges women and gender diverse individuals face related to job access, pay equity, violence, and restrictions over their rights to their own bodies. These examples are just a small part of the anti-gender and anti-feminist movement that has emerged in recent years. This book is the beginning of a long overdue conversation about women and gender with respect to teaching and learning about the past. This panel will introduce some of the contributions to the book from senior and emerging academics, education practitioners, and museum educators and curators, as they assess the state and potential of feminist and intersectional approaches to studying women and gender for history education.
About the Authors
Kristina R. Llewellyn is a Professor of History at McMaster University and previously taught Social Development Studies at the University of Waterloo. She is a leading Canadian scholar in history and education, focusing on gender, teaching, and justice. Llewellyn is an award-winning author and frequently comments on education issues in the media, advocating for equitable practices in history education.
Marie-Hélène Brunet is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Education. Her research interests include history education, the history of education, and women’s and gender history. She is currently studying how teachers and students understand historical agency through various educational tools like narratives, textbooks, films, video games, and children’s literature.
Rose Fine-Meyer is a Senior Lecturer in the Master of Teaching program at the University of Toronto. Her research examines the connections between curricula, textbook narratives, public history, place-based learning, and women’s history. She has received several awards, including the Governor General’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Fine-Meyer is also the President of the Ontario Heritage Fairs Association.