In honour of National Kindergarten Day, here is today's young fun fact!
Did you know that...
"For 40 years, Canada's trains brought schooling to children of railway workers, trappers, loggers and hunters. The program was an unprecedented collaboration between Ontario's then Ministry of Education and the railways: Canadian National and Canadian Pacific. It combined what we'd now call remote education, homeschooling and nation-building. ” (Siegel, 2021)
References:
Siegel, Alisa. (2023, Jan 9th) School Cars: how trains brought classrooms to children in remote communities. Found on CBC Radio: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/school-trains-cn-cp-railway-remote-education-1.6704732
Published on April 21, 2023