Events & Webinars
Upcoming Events

Public Talk: Righting Historic Injustice: Egerton Ryerson and his Enduring Legacy
Sunday June 1, 2025, Old York Tower, 85 The Esplanade, Toronto, ON, 3-5 pm.

Basic Foundations – The Contested Legacy of Two School System Founders
Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CAFE 2025), Presentation
Monday June 2, 2025, George Brown College, Waterfront Campus, Toronto, ON

Schools on Silent Mode: Curbing Social Media Addiction, Banning Cellphones & Reclaiming Children’s Minds
Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE/CASEA), Presentation
Tuesday June 3, 2025, George Brown College, Waterfront Campus, Toronto, ON

National Conference: What Works in Teaching and Learning, researchED Canada Toronto 2025
Friday June 6 and Saturday June 7, 2025. Keynote Speakers: Jamie Metsala and Dylan Wiliam.
Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, 230 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON M4V 1R5

Weapons of Mass Distraction: Will Cellphone Bans Stick?
Saturday June 7, 2025. researchED Canada Toronto, Presentation
Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, 230 St Clair Ave W, Toronto, ON M4V 1R5
Recent Events

Tarnished Legacies and Fallen Icons: Re-examining Two School System Founders – Horace Mann and Egerton Ryerson
CHEA/ACHE 2024 Presenter: Paul W Bennett, Saint Mary’s University

The Shriveling of History Education: The Skirmish over Core Knowledge in the Alberta Social Studies Curriculum, 2021-2024
Paul W. Bennett, Ed.D. Director, Schoolhouse Institute and Adjunct Professor of Education, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS. October 19, 2024

Culture Wars in Canada and the United States, Presentation, Association of Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) Washington, DC
November 16-18, 2024, and Panel, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Montreal, June 13, 2024.

Re-Engineering the System: Powerful Lessons of the Pandemic, Featured Presentation, Paradigm Shifter, World Education Summit
TES, London, UK, and Live Online, March 18, 2024.

Reinventing Education: Powerful Lessons of the Pandemic
LCEEQ 2023 – Leadership Council for English Education in Quebec
Featured Speaker, Webinar Presentation