Projects
For more information about custom developed teaching and learning resources, contact Warren Woytuck.
Read more about some of our projects below.
Working with The Red Rock Indian Band (RRIB) in two initiatives, the Attendance Project and the Reconnecting Roots: Land-Based Learning Project, to strengthen student belonging, engagement, and success through relational, culturally grounded approaches to education. By strengthening belonging, identity, and relevance through Land-based education, RRIB and TC² aim to address root causes of absenteeism.
Collaboration with the Walpole Island First Nation Board of Education, Elders, educators, language champions, youth, and other community members to lead a comprehensive, evidence-informed analysis of all educational services outlined in the RFP. Our goal is to support a process that strengthens educational sovereignty, enhances coherence across systems, and equips Walpole Island First Nation to act on its educational vision with insight and confidence.
OPSOA sponsored our podcast series, Creating Thinking Systems. In these engaging podcast episodes, Usha James, TC² Executive Director, talks to senior leaders about their journeys and how taking a critical inquiry approach has guided system change and improvement.
TC² collaborated with the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium (HREC), a project of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta and supported financially by the Temerty Foundation, to create a digital collection of historical documents related to the Holodomor. We also created detailed lesson plans that examine human rights atrocities through use of the Holodomor as a historical example, provided professional learning to support educator understanding and ability, and provided marketing and communications actions to increase educators’ and learners’ awareness of the Holodomor.
TC² developed learning kits and in-class programs to engage students and deepen their understanding of the causes, impacts, and stories related to the internment of Japanese Canadians. The Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre (NIMC) is located on the site of “The Orchard” internment camp in New Denver, British Columbia.
TC² is collaborating with MECC to develop new educational materials and professional learning opportunities. Our deliverables include:
- Enriching the MECC website with robust teaching resources
- Crafting 25 innovative lessons
- Designing 44 slide sets for classroom or online use
- Presenting our collaborative work at conferences
- Creating enduring resources for MECC team training
- Conducting engaging face-to-face professional learning sessions
We are grateful for the opportunity to help empower educators and transform learning environments with practical, confident, and dynamic solutions for the educators at MECC, and we look forward to continued collaboration with MECC administration, staff, students, and other key community stakeholders to develop additional education materials and professional learning opportunities.
TC² is collaborating with the New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to develop professional learning using the Learning to Inquire resource. (View the Elementary resource and the Secondary resource.)
We developed teaching and learning materials for the New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development & Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, including learning materials to support the implementation of the Grade 10 Civics course.
TC² collaborated with the MECC to develop learning materials that showcase and share the MECC teaching and learning materials. Resources on the website include:
- More than 100 lessons for students
- Lesson presentation materials designed to support classroom or online implementation of existing MECC teaching and learning materials
TC² collaborated with Indigo’s Love of Reading Foundation to create monthly prompts to guide educators in learning and leading in reconciliation and development of K-3 teaching and learning materials for social-emotional wellness.
TC² collaborated with Moose Factory Island to analyze data and develop strategic plans.
TC² is collaborating with the PEI Department of Education and Early Years to develop grade-level multi-unit instructional guides and create sample lesson sequences designed to develop teacher understanding of instructional patterns that support inquiry-focused and competency-based learning. We are also running a sustained Professional Learning program to support their efforts.
TC² is collaborating with Paideia to develop the first 20 of 40 lessons (classroom teaching and learning materials) and facilitation of in-person professional learning in Canada.
TC² led the implementation of the revised language curriculum.
TC² collaborated with CCGSD on a two-year project that developed four digital modules that will serve to educate youth about 2SLGBTQ+ history in Canada.
TC² collaborated with James Bay Lowlands Secondary School Board & Moosonee District School Area Board to develop a multi-year strategic plan based on data analysis.
TC² collaborated with FireSmart BC to design and implement FireSmart BC teaching and learning resources aimed at BC teachers and students in grades K-12.
TC² collaborated with Limestone District School Board to develop a multi-year strategic plan based on data analysis.
TC² collaborated with Thinking Historically for Canada's Future to develop practical teaching and learning materials to support teaching and learning for Reconciliation. This resource draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.