History teacher, Ian Duncan, joined TVO’s Jeyan Jeganathan to discuss how students are helping uncover, document, and share Canada’s queer history. In his interview, Ian talks about the digital exhibit The HISTORYtellers and how he worked with material from The ArQuives to engage with students at Garth Webb Secondary School in Oakville.
From TVO: For generations, many 2SLGBTQ+ stories were left out of history books, archives, and classrooms, raising questions about whose experiences are preserved and whose are forgotten. Now, some educators are working to recover that history before more of it is lost. Ian Duncan, a history teacher at Garth Webb Secondary School in Oakville, joins Jeyan to discuss how students are helping uncover, document, and share Canada’s queer history. Then, Windsor teacher Walter Cassidy explains how a local walking tour is preserving 2SLGBTQ+ stories from the community, one story at a time, and why documenting these experiences matters for future generations.