The Alberta government has appointed eight new advisers to shape a revamped curriculum for K-12 schools. The piece criticizes an Australian history curriculum for being "light on facts and heavy with guilt about aboriginals and immigrants." Advisers will provide guidance, not write curriculumAitchison said the advisers will not provide prescriptive feedback, but recommendations to curriculum writers. The members include 19 government employees, 41 seconded teachers, 10 Northwest Territories representatives, three Nunavut representatives, 11 Indigenous teachers, 16 francophone teachers, 25 academics, 145 public school teachers, 61 Catholic school teachers, seven charter school teachers and two private school teachers. The Northwest Territories and Nunavut use Alberta curriculum and exams.

Source: CBC News August 13, 2020 12:00 UTC