Righting Canada’s Wrongs Resource Guide

Lindsay Gibson is involved with the Canada-wide Historical Thinking Project and is a member of the Graduate Committee for The History Education Network. He has taught social studies methods courses to pre-service teachers in the bachelor of education program at the University of British Columbia and the University of British Columbia Okanagan. Lindsay taught secondary school history and social studies in Kelowna, BC, for ten years and returned to the classroom part-time in the spring of 2012.

Ilan Danjoux is a recent PhD graduate who examined the predictive power of Middle East political cartoons. He has fifteen years of teaching experience and curriculum design at every level of education, ranging from preschool to masters programs. Ilan helped develop York University’s first online courses, operated an online education website and designed online learning modules for the University of Leicester.

Roland Case is executive director and co-founder of The Critical Thinking Consortium. Roland has edited or authored over 100 published works. In addition to his teaching career as an elementary school teacher and as a university professor, Roland has worked with 17,000 classroom teachers across Canada and in the United States, England, Israel, Russia, India, Finland and Hong Kong to support the infusion of critical thinking. Roland is the 2006 recipient of CUFA's Distinguished Academics Career Achievement Award.

Pamela Hickman is the author of over forty non-fiction books for children, including winners of the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature, the Best Book Award from the Society of School Librarians International and the Canadian Authors Association Lilla Sterling Memorial Award. She co-authored the first book in this series Righting Canada's Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War. She lives in Canning, Nova Scotia.

Jana Girdausksas is an educator with the York Region District School Board with over 20 years of teaching experience. She is a First Nations band member of Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory and a proud mother of two.

Dr. Lindsay Brant is Associate Director of Indigenous Curriculum Development at Queen’s University, teaching in the Master of Health Professions Education program and working with the Weeneebayko Health Education Campus project. She is also a storyteller, writer and poet. Lindsay is a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.

Kyle Herbert is an educator with the York Region District School Board with over 10 years of teaching experience living in Simcoe County. He is an off-reserve band member of Rama First Nation and a proud father of two smart, strong, beautiful kwe.

Sherry Procunier, better known by her students as Kawennanó:ron, has been a Mohawk language and cultural instructor for the past 30 years at Quinte Mohawk School. She is a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and resides in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. “Nya:wen for the opportunity to collaborate with other Indigenous instructors on this teacher guide.”