The “Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History” project is focused on providing high-quality materials to high schools and universities for the teaching of historical methods and Canadian History. The project has started a series of instructional websites based on the premise that students can be drawn into Canadian history and archival research through the enticement of solving historical cold crimes. All the material is provided free as a public service.
Educational resources:
The mystery websites have been designed as teaching tools and behind the sites lie a carefully considered approach to teaching how to think historically. They draw on recent best practices in history teaching including learning-centred and document-based inquiry. See 'The Big Idea' and 'Educational Philosophy' for more details.
