In Ontario curriculum documents are reviewed every seven years
Civics (CHV2O) is being reviewed in 2012-2013
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Letters sent to Ontario's Ministers of Education
This campaign began with a letter sent in 2010 to the Honourable Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of Education (2010-2011), advocating changes to the Ontario Civics' curriculum document.
On November 28th 2011 another letter was sent to Ontario's then Minister of Education, the Honourable Laurel Broten MPP, again advocating changes to the CHV2O (Canadian Civics) curriculum. I included a copy of Canada's Constitutional Monarchy with the letter. You can view a copy of the letter below - it includes suggestions to correct the glaring problems that currently exist. Subsequent letters were sent on January 18th, February 16th, March 10th & 24th, and April 24th 2012.
The Minister responded to my letter written on November 28th, 2011, as well as the mail-out to all Ontario legislators in November 2012.
On January 16th, 2013, I received a letter from Julia Munro MPP, the first member of the Ontario Legislature to respond after a mail-out to all MPPs concerning this issue in November 2012 (her very supportive letter is uploaded below along with other letters received from MPPs).
A major development was when Caroline Alphonso, education reporter with the Globe and Mail, detailed the effort to fix the curriculum in her article "Incorrect textbooks being used to teach civics in Ontario," published April 15th, 2013. The article can be read below:
On November 28th 2011 another letter was sent to Ontario's then Minister of Education, the Honourable Laurel Broten MPP, again advocating changes to the CHV2O (Canadian Civics) curriculum. I included a copy of Canada's Constitutional Monarchy with the letter. You can view a copy of the letter below - it includes suggestions to correct the glaring problems that currently exist. Subsequent letters were sent on January 18th, February 16th, March 10th & 24th, and April 24th 2012.
The Minister responded to my letter written on November 28th, 2011, as well as the mail-out to all Ontario legislators in November 2012.
On January 16th, 2013, I received a letter from Julia Munro MPP, the first member of the Ontario Legislature to respond after a mail-out to all MPPs concerning this issue in November 2012 (her very supportive letter is uploaded below along with other letters received from MPPs).
A major development was when Caroline Alphonso, education reporter with the Globe and Mail, detailed the effort to fix the curriculum in her article "Incorrect textbooks being used to teach civics in Ontario," published April 15th, 2013. The article can be read below:
| Globe and Mail Article, April 15th, 2013.pdf |
If this is something that you believe in, please contact the current Minister of Education, the Honourable Liz Sandals MPP, using her website: www.lizsandals.onmpp.ca
Below I have included the Ministry of Education curriculum document that relates to Civics. Using the search tool, try and locate the following terms: constitutional monarchy, responsible government, Constitution Act 1867 (Constitution Act 1982 exists in the CHC2D curriculum in relation to French-English relations), Queen, Queen of Canada, monarch, governor general, lieutenant governor, prime minister, premier, Cabinet, minister, member of parliament, Statute of Westminster 1931 (exists in the CHC2D curriculum, but not Civics), legislature & Parliament (an incorrect definition exists in the glossary, with no mandate to teach it in the actual curriculum).
Below I have included the Ministry of Education curriculum document that relates to Civics. Using the search tool, try and locate the following terms: constitutional monarchy, responsible government, Constitution Act 1867 (Constitution Act 1982 exists in the CHC2D curriculum in relation to French-English relations), Queen, Queen of Canada, monarch, governor general, lieutenant governor, prime minister, premier, Cabinet, minister, member of parliament, Statute of Westminster 1931 (exists in the CHC2D curriculum, but not Civics), legislature & Parliament (an incorrect definition exists in the glossary, with no mandate to teach it in the actual curriculum).
Letter received from the Minister of Education, and my response, March 2012:
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Letter sent to Premier McGuinty and the Minister of Education after reading John Fraser's The Secret of the Crown - March 24th, 2012: |
Letter sent after the Government's Budget was passed April 24th, 2012:
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Report: Ontario Civics Textbooks and their errors concerning the Canadian Crown
This address and report were presented and distributed at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (University of Regina) conference The Crown in Canada: A Diamond Jubilee Assessment.
October 28th, 2012 Government House, Regina
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Letter sent to all Ontario MPPs challenging them to support the explicit inclusion of our parliamentary traditions in the Civics (CHV2O ) Curriculum (posted November 9th, 2012):
| MPP Curriculum Letter November 9th 2012.pdf |
Responses received from Ontario's Members of Provincial Parliament:
| Julia Munro MPP Response.pdf |
| Monte McNaughton MPP Response.pdf |
Response to mail-out by Hon. Laurel Broten, Minister of Education (January 30th, 2013)
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Letter to Minister Broten (February 7th, 2013)
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Political Scientist Peter Russell challenges the Ontario Ministry of Education using "Canada's Constitutional Monarchy" (Ontario News Watch Top Story of October 30th, 2012):
Peter Russell's "Teaching Tomorrow's Leaders Today" - Problems with the Ontario Curriculum
Ontario News Watch - April 22nd, 2013
| Teaching Tomorrow's Leaders Today, Ontario News Watch.pdf |
