Citizenship Education Research in Canada
This website shares literature, research, resources and teaching materials on Citizenship Education in Canada, as well as information on the Citizenship Education Research Network (CERN) and the Citizenship Education Research Journal (CERJ). The website is open to all who are interested in exploring the concept of citizenship and teaching citizenship in Canada.
This site also shares the findings and recommendations of a SSHRC-funded study that researched Canadians’ conceptions and views of citizenship and citizenship education in Canada.
The data was collected through an online survey, with data collected between December 2022 and August 2024. Findings and Recommendations are currently being added to this site. The winners of the contest have been selected and were contacted directly through email. Thank you to each of you who took time to fill out the survey. We value your feedback.
For more information about the study, please read “About the Research.”
Ce site Internet partage la littérature, la recherche, les ressources et le matériel pédagogique sur l’éducation à la citoyenneté au Canada, ainsi que des informations sur le réseau de recherche sur l’éducation à la citoyenneté (CERN) et la revue de recherche sur l’éducation à la citoyenneté (CERJ). Le site est ouvert à tous ceux qui sont intéressés par l’exploration du concept de la citoyenneté et l’enseignement de la citoyenneté au Canada. Ce site fait partie d’une étude financée par le CRSH qui étudie les conceptions et les points de vue des Canadiens et Canadiennes sur la citoyenneté et l’éducation à la citoyenneté au Canada.
Cette recherche est fondée sur la reconnaissance de la complexité et des erreurs historiques passées et est ancrée dans l’espoir – ouvrant des possibilités pour une exploration nationale de ce que le « Canada » est et peut être. Pour plus de renseignements sur l’étude, veuillez lire « À propos de la recherche (About the Research) ».
Acknowledgement
We would like to thank all the undergraduate and graduate research assistants who have worked on this project, including:
- Michael Taylor, who worked on a literature review and writing a paper conceptualizing the nature of Social Citizenship
- Leslie Shayer, who participated in data analysis
- Josie Dyck, who collated resources for teachers based on the study’s findings
- Courtney Croteau, who worked on writing a paper conceptualizing a model that interweaves social and ecological citizenship and added teaching ideas for ecological citizenship education
- Imanthi Amarasinghe, who carried out a literature review and wrote a paper on ecological citizenship
- Navneet Roop Rai, who carried out a literature review and collated resources for teachers
- Julie G. Partridge, who carried out a literature review of themes in citizenship education scholarship
- Busola Akinbobola, who carried out a literature review on how individual authors conceptualize citizenship education and democratic education, situating each author in relation to the views of others across the field
- Julia Magacho, who collated information on community resources and associations
- Robbi Martens, who developed teaching resources (Pathways) based on the study’s findings
- Elizabeth Marie Saville, who participated in designing the survey
- Jason Andrews, who designed, developed, and managed the project website
We gratefully acknowledge the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for funding this study.