Alberta’s curriculum is in the process of a
complete overhaul initiated by the previous NDP government before being
handed off to the United Conservative Party when it won the spring
election.
complete overhaul initiated by the previous NDP government before being
handed off to the United Conservative Party when it won the spring
election.
Given the past comments of Alberta’s Premier Jason Kenney it seems unlikely that a new curriculum will have an increased focus on climate change.
In 2017, Kenney attacked the proposed curriculum review
that was going to add focus on climate change and Indigenous history.
At the time, he said the NDP was engaging in “social engineering” in
order to impose “political correctness” on students.