Quebec Education Department and History Teacher

curriculum: The province new two-year history course focuses heavily on conflict, one history teacher says, according to CBC. The curriculum had initially been scheduled to be rolled out in the new school year, but that timeline will now likely be pushed back. New Quebec high school history course called out for lack of diversity Why teach history The battle over Quebec high school history curriculum A spokesperson for Proulx told CBC News that Quebec Education Department will delay the implementation of the new curriculum, pending the results of a pilot project. "Many consultations have taken place, and improvements are constantly being made," Marie-Ève Dion said in an email. "The goal of the new program is to be as representative and inclusive as possible." Government troops scatter the insurgents and torch the church at the Battle of Saint-Eustache in 1837. An early draft of the proposed curriculum proved controversial to many observers, who pointed out it made little room for the experiences of Aboriginal people, anglophones and immigrants. It was a deeply conservative, nationalist take on Quebec past.'- EMSB history teacher John Commins "It good news for all students in Quebec," said John Commins, a longtime history teacher in the English Montreal School Board who had reviewed the proposed new curriculum. "This course didn't speak to every component of Quebec society." When drafts of the new history curriculum were circulated by the CBC earlier this year, Aboriginal activists pointed out there was little mention of residential schools. Critics of that early draft hope the delay is a sign the government is taking the time to address their concerns. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.