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Hidden Histories of 20th Century in Canada | #StudentVoice

Posted June 22, 2026

This year, Grade 10 students at Laurel Heights Secondary School explored how history is constructed through a metahistory project focused[…]

Posted May 25, 2026

Since its doors opened in 1960, Waterloo Collegiate Institute (WCI) has been home to countless Waterloo Region District School Board[…]

Posted May 1, 2026

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. For nearly 250 years, people of Asian heritage have contributed to Canadian history,[…]

Posted April 7, 2026

April is Sikh Heritage Month in Canada. More than 500,000 Sikh people live in Canada, the second-largest Sikh population in[…]

Posted November 18, 2025

We are excited to share that Suddaby Public School has won the Mike & Pat Wagner Heritage Award for Preservation[…]

Posted June 23, 2025

Written by Brook Doersam Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) staff, along with 120 educators, local Indigenous community members, and[…]

Posted June 20, 2025

By Maggie, a Grade 12 student at Elmira District Secondary School (EDSS) While working on their Passion Project for the[…]

Posted June 19, 2025

Written by Brook Doersam Indigenous students in Grades 7 and 8 gathered centrally at the Education Centre for a hand[…]

Posted March 19, 2025

Every day, we strive to recognize and celebrate Black Brilliance in our schools and classrooms. February was Black History Month[…]

Posted April 3, 2017

What was it like back in the day? This is what a group of Grade 5 and 6 students from[…]