Sharon Anne Cook’s article stresses the potential for the use of archival resources in education systems across Canada as being beneficial for archivists, educators and students, as well as problematizes the fact that Canadian archival institutions have been slow to engage with educational communities. She identifies the current debates between archival professionals who on the one hand believe that archivists’ main responsibility is to preserve records and documents for research use, and on the other hand, she explains the emerging opinion that archivists need to become more visible and relevant in the public policy arena. Cook also identifies the factors that contribute to the low level of formal public programming existing in Canadian archives. She includes excerpts of an educational kit, Canada’s Prime Ministers, to show how teachers and students can interact with primary sources that not only build on historical consciousness, but on contemporary problem solving skills.