Online school workshops
Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site
Presented by Parks Canada
Parks Canada is presenting a series of free online workshops that can be shared in the classroom throughout the school year.
Program description
These online workshops cover the concepts of social sciences like geography, history and citizenship education as well as Parks Canada themes such as history, outdoors and nature & heritage conservation.
Each online workshop includes:
- A dynamic, interactive 30-minute presentation by a Parks Canada guide
- A 15-minute Q&A session
Target groups: elementary school students in grades 3 to 6 and high school students, according to the workshop
Languages: English and French
Total length: 45 minutes
Fees: provided for free by Parks Canada
Good to know: some online workshops include pre-workshop and/or post-workshop exercises for students to complete in class.
Mandatory registration: to register for one or more English-language online workshops, please send an email to diffusionexterne-outreach@pc.gc.ca. Please note that registration closes 24 hours prior to the event.
Live or recorded viewing
Check your email inbox for a link to connect to the online workshop once you have been registered.
Please note that all workshops are recorded, so you can watch them at a later time. To do so, you must register for the workshop. Once the workshop has been broadcast, you will receive an email with a link to the recording.
2024-2025 Schedule of FREE online
Elementary school: grades 1 and 2
| Workshop title | Topic | Date and time | Presented by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter readiness | Outdoors | Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 1:15 pm | Parks Canada's Learn-to Camp team |
| Animals adaptations | Nature conservation | Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 9:00 am | The Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve team |
Elementary school: grades 3 and 4
| Workshop title | Topic | Date and time | Presented by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fossils: the Mingan islands in tropical times | Nature conservation | Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 9:00 am | The Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve team |
| The underwater life of the St. Lawrence | Nature conservation | Thursday, October 10, 2024, 9:00 am | The Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park team |
| Nunavut, nature and culture | Nature conservation | Thursday, November 28, 2024, 10:00 am | The Ukkusiksalik National Park |
| Winter readiness | Outdoors | December 18, 2024, 1:15 pm | Parks Canada's Learn-to Camp team |
| Learn-to-Bird | Outdoors | Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 1:15 pm | Parks Canada's Learn-to Camp team |
| On board, voyageurs! The fur trade | History | Thursday, April 24, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site team |
| Recovering inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon | Nature conservation | Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Fundy National Park |
Elementary school: grades 5 and 6
| Workshop title | Topic | Date and time | Presented by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diplomacy in New France | History | Thursday, November 7, 2024, 1:15 pm | The Saint-Louis Forts and Châteaux National Historic Site team |
| Telephone and photophone | History | Thursday, November 14, 2024, 11:00 am | The Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site team |
| Victorian Christmas | History | Thursday, December 12, 2024, 1:15 pm | The Sir George-Étienne-Cartier National Historic Site team |
| Nunavut, nature and culture | Nature conservation | Thursday, November 28, 2024, 10:00 am | The Ukkusiksalik National Park |
| Tracking wildlife | Outdoors | Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 1:15 pm | Parks Canada's Learn-to Camp team |
| The beluga of the St. Lawrence | Nature conservation | Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park team |
| Building a nation: Canada past and present | History | Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Sir George-Étienne-Cartier National Historic Site team |
| Quarantine on Grosse Île, 105 years of science | History | Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 9:00 am | The Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site team |
| A really well-connected National Park? | Nature conservation | Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Forillon National Park team |
| Lachine Canal, cradle of industrialization | History | Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Lachine Canal National Historic Site team |
| The battle that saved Montreal during the 1812 War | History | Thursday, May 22, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site team |
| Recovering inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon | Nature conservation | Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Fundy National Park |
| The Acadians in Restigouche | History | Wednesday, June 3, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site team |
Elementary school: grades 7 to 9 & High school
| Workshop title | Topic | Date and time | Presented by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collared pika | Nature conservation | Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 1:15 pm | The Nahanni National Park Reserve team |
| Parks and Reserves of the Northwest Territories | Nature conservation | Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Southwest Northwest Territories Field Unit team |
| Being safe on the land | Outdoors and nature conservation | Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve team |
| The battle that saved Montreal during the 1812 War | History | Thursday, May 22, 2025, 1:15 pm | The Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site team |
Please contact the Parks Canada team if you have any questions about the workshop's content: diffusionexterne-outreach@pc.gc.ca.
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