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Defining Moments Canada’s new project takes a microhistorical approach to commemorate the end of the Korean War


Toronto nonprofit, Defining Moments Canada (DMC) is launching a new project that can resonate with the variety of Canada’s inhabitants.

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, July 27, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — Digital heritage group, DMC, has introduced the launch of their newest project, In Defence of Hopes Profound: Canada & The Korean War, which goals to deliver lesser identified tales of Korean War veterans into lecture rooms for younger learners in kindergarten by means of to grade 12.

July 2023 marks the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Korean War. This yr, DMC has set out to commemorate this second in historical past by that includes tales of people which are usually underrepresented, silenced, or in any other case untold as half of bigger historic narratives. Hopes Profound explores the lived experiences of Ladies, Indigenous, Racialized, and 2SLGBTQIA+ Veterans, who demonstrated braveness and energy all through Canada’s participation in the Korean War, simply as they’ve throughout all of Canada’s army efforts. These tales embody that of Flying Officer Joan Fitzgerald, Gunner Clifford George of the Canadian Military 4th Regiment (Canadian Horse Artillery), Clarence “Gus” Este of the Canadian Postal Corps, and Herbert Sutcliffe of the Canadian Intelligence Corps. Their experiences come collectively to inform a bigger story of the battle for social justice and equality in Canada towards forces of prejudice, discrimination, and marginalization.

Via In Defence of Hopes Profound, DMC goals to encourage and have interaction with a numerous group of Canadian college students, academics, researchers, and heritage professionals. With this objective in thoughts, they are going to be growing a selection of content material and instructing supplies that might be free to use for anybody all in favour of studying extra. Included in the scope of this project might be the following:

– Curation of current and unique scholarly content material;

– Particular person tales to commemorate the Canadian expertise throughout the Korean War;

– Creation of pedagogical assets to facilitate teacher-led actions of their lecture rooms;

– Creation of multimedia content material to encourage differentiated studying approaches.

Defining Moments Canada (DMC) is a Canadian heritage group devoted to exploring

moments all through our shared histories by partaking with the lesser-known, often-excluded, and dynamic tales that impart significance and affect. Defining Moments Canada will lead the nationwide digital commemoration of Canada’s participation in the Korean War in partnership with Veterans Affairs Canada.

For extra info go to Defining Moments Canada at: www.definingmomentscanada.ca.

For inquiries, please contact:

Anna England

Initiatives Supervisor & Digital Curator

anna@canhist.ca

Jen Terry
Defining Moments Canada
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