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Mission
The mission
of the Canada ALPHA Educational Fund is to provide scientific and
organized educational resources of WWII history in Asia to Canadian educators
in the goal of fostering a critical and analytical understanding of this
significant modern Asian history among students and learners of all academic
levels.
Vision
Through the
analytical learning of WWII history in Asia, the Canada ALPHA Educational
Fund envisions learners of all levels will learn the lessons from war and
restructure values of peace, humanity, righteousness, and justice in the
pursuit of global citizenship among mankind.
Our
Completed Work
- 2006
Asian WWII Study Tour. Around 15 Ontario
teachers were sponsored to this study tour visiting four major PRC
cities. The tour aimed at better equipped educators with history
of WWII in Asia. All participants were encouraged to contribute
their knowledge and experience in their teachings to their students
following the tour.
- 2007
Asian WWII Study Tour. Around 25
Ontario teachers and some BC teachers were sponsored to visit four major
cities in China. The aim is to educate the educators on WWII
history by revisiting war sites and victims.
- 2008
Asian WWII Study Tour. Around 15
Ontario teachers, 12 BC teachers, 2 Edmonton teachers and 1 Australia
teacher were sponsored to visit four major cities in China and
Korea. The aim is to educate the educators on WWII history by
revisiting war sites and victims.
· Study Tour Educators’ Initiatives. Many Study Tour educators have been committed personally and
professionally to foster the learning of WWII history. Apart from
teaching in class, they initiated and produced visual and audio materials to
be shared with other teachers, wrote papers and published articles, and made
public presentations at conferences, school-board curriculum meetings/workshops,
professional groups, universities, and schools.
- Incorporation
of Asian WWII history into the Ontario Grade 10 history curriculum
documents. In January 2005, the
Ontario Ministry of Education became the second jurisdiction in the
Western world to have officially incorporated the Asian WWII history
into its secondary school curriculum. The history and events, such
as the Nanking Massacre, have been formally included as suggested topics
in the 2005 revision of the Grade 10 history course - a compulsory
secondary-school course in Ontario.
- Publishing
the first Ontario teachers’ resource guide on Asian WWII history.
The Search for Global Citizenship: The Violation of Human Rights in
Asia, 1931-1945 (A Resource Guide for Ontario Teachers of Canadian and
World Studies, Grades 10-12) is also available online at
www.canadaalphaeducationalfund.org. This resource guide provides
secondary school teachers with rich information and easy-to-use tools
for classroom teaching.
- Promotion
and dissemination of teachers’ resource packages to all Ontario
secondary schools. In 2006, a variety of
resource materials were promoted at professional conferences and
school-board workshops. At the same time, over 800 sets of
comprehensive resource packages were shipped and donated to secondary
schools across the province for their school libraries and social
science departments.
Projects
Under Way
- 2009
Asian WWII Study Tour. Around 23 Ontario
teachers, 4 Edmonton teachers and 2 Australia teachers will be sponsored
to visit four major cities in China and Korea. The aim is to
educate the educators on WWII history by revisiting war sites and
victims.
- Teacher-led educational tours for secondary school
students. This on-going event will be
funded by the educational fund for participating schools.
- Facilitating traveling workshops
for teachers across Ontario to promote awareness and teaching.
- Development of additional curriculum materials
on history and war related subject matter for younger grade students.
- Expansion of the educational website,
and educational research and collection of resource materials
- Supporting other educational activities
- including writing contests, school history clubs, school visits,
scholarships, etc.
Fundraising
Events in Plan
The Annual
Gala Dinner will be held on November 8, 2009. This fundraising event
aims at raising funds for the above-mentioned educational projects in 2009.
Contact
Us
Canada
ALPHA Educational Fund
60
Scottfield Drive
Scarborough, Ontario,
M1S 5T7,
Canada
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