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Tyendinaga Central Day School (No. 3)

While there were no Day Schools or Residential Schools in Frontenac County, there were several Day Schools at the nearby Tyendinaga Mohawk Reserve. This blog post will discuss the history of Tyendinaga Central Day School using its own institutional records. Please...

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What were Indigenous Day Schools?

In 2009, a class action lawsuit led by lead plaintiff Garry McClean was filed against the Government of Canada.[1] The McClean v. Canada Lawsuit, also known as the Federal Indian Day Schools Class Action Settlement, aimed to compensate those who experienced harm or...

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Taverns in Barriefield

The Frontenac County Schools Museum is situated in Barriefield Village. Presently the Village is a secluded, serene place but it wasn’t always this way. Barriefield was once a bustling place. Highway 15 ran straight through the Village on what is now Main Street....

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Geography and Globes in the Classroom

World geography is often seen as a static discipline: a subject that can be mastered by familiarizing yourself with maps and memorizing the names of capital cities. However, our earth is in a perpetual state of flux, not just physically but politically. Politics and...

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