Connie Wyatt Anderson, a teacher at Oscar Lathlin Collegiate in Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Man., has been awarded a 2014 Governor General’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History. (Canadian History Society)
Connie Wyatt Anderson, a teacher at Oscar Lathlin Collegiate in Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Man., has been awarded a 2014 Governor General’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History.
Anderson will be formally presented with the award at Rideau Hall on Nov. 3.
The awards are made possible through Canada’s History Society, which recognizes Canadian teachers who are helping to ‘bring history to life’ for Canadian students.
Canada’s History Society, a national charity which promotes Canadian history, describes Anderson as a “dynamic teacher on a First Nations reserve 600 kilometres north of Winnipeg [who] is engaging her students in a real-life cultural quest.”
The society said Anderson’s interactive curriculum allows her students to learn about the First World War through the eyes of First Nations soldiers.
There are five other recipients of the award, one each in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario and two in Quebec.
