The OISE Ontario Historical Education Collections (OHEC) consist of historical materials documenting the development and cultural history of the Ontario public education system. The collections contain over 7000 items including textbooks, curriculum materials, government education documents and reports, and yearbooks. The OHEC has expanded to include several collections of archival materials relating to the history of education in Ontario and in Canada more broadly.
This research guide provides:
a brief overview of the history of education in Ontario
information about accessing OHEC materials in the library and online
an overview of materials in the collections
suggestions for further historical education research
Photography credit: Marcos Armstrong 2015
This research guide was created by Jillian Harkness, OISE library graduate student library assistant, and originally published in June 2016. It was updated and maintained by Nailisa Tanner and Bethany Lepp. It is currently maintained by Nat Johnson-Tyghter.
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