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The history of female doctors in Canada offers a compelling case study to explore the interplay between science and society. These five sets of guided inquiry prompts are designed to help students critically engage with historical and scientific topics by exploring how cultural biases and power structures have shaped medical practice and the experiences of female pioneers in the field.
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History Culminating Activity
How did we get here?
This series of lessons builds knowledge around curatorial and historical thinking concepts to discover the power of timelines and the long history of women’s rights in Canada.
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Unit Plan: Legislation
This unit plan explores the relationship between women and the law, including representation of women in legislative positions.
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Unit Plan: Historic Women’s Rights Organizations
This unit plan focuses on historic women’s rights organizations in Canada (e.g. Canadian Women’s Suffrage Association, National Council of Women of Canada, Women’s Institute) and draws connections to the work and impacts of Jenny (Jennie) Trout and Grace Annie Lockhart.
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Unit Plan: Case Studies
These Case Studies present the histories of pioneering women from Western Canada, and encourage students to see how their perseverance and resilience in STEM can be tools to inspire our own lives today.
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Unit Plan: Black Women and Education
This unit plan showcases the histories and impacts of Black women’s education in Canada from the 19th century to the present, consisting of six lessons (each featuring one activity) and one final project.
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Unit Plan: War Correspondents
This unit plan explores the roles of Canadian women who have taken risks in the male dominated field of journalism, specifically war reporting during WWI andWWII.
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Unit Plan: Canadian Women in the AAGPBL
A learning series about Canadian women in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).
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Teaching Resource: Canadian Women in STEM
StoryMap Supplement
This resource has been created to support teachers in bringing the Canadian Women in STEM StoryMap into their classrooms.
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Lesson Plan: Black Canadian Women Past and Present
The Contributions and Legacies of Black Canadian Women
This lesson plan is an accompanying learning guide to the Black Canadian Women in the Field of Medicine storymap.
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