Education
Geared towards teachers, posts in this category will highlight the educational potential of our film collection, as well as specific ways in which our movies can be used in the classroom and beyond.
Top 5 New Releases on CAMPUS
Watching quality NFB films has never been easier, and our online selection has once again increased! We’ve added some of our newest feature films to our educational screening room, CAMPUS, so you can turn your classroom into a cinema. The site features documentaries, animated shorts and interactive productions...
NFB Educational Workshops: For the Love of Making Movies
Educators have the opportunity to take their students on a field trip to the NFB Educational Workshop Spaces. Here, they will meet our team of experienced media and education specialists, who facilitate animation and documentary workshops for students of all ages in both Montreal and Toronto. We offer...
NFB’s Resources for teachers: Tops in their Class
Resources for teachers
For many years, the NFB has offered a wide variety of teaching tools linked to curriculums from primary school through college level, so that both teachers and their students can enjoy an enriching, entertaining multimedia experience. We offer you today 4 main kinds of teaching resources.
Straight...
How to Build an ᐃᒡᓗ
The word “igloo” originates from iglu, meaning “house” in Inuktitut, the language of the Canadian Inuit. Written references to igloos date back to the 16th century. Inuit hunters used them as temporary houses during the cold and dark winter months.
During the winter of 2011–2012, the National Film Board of Canada built...
Announcing the 2013 Rise Against Homophobia Youth Short Video Contest
This is a guest post by Ross Johnstone, Director of Programs for Out in Schools & Out On Screen.
Out in Schools is a BC-based high school outreach initiative that brings LGBTQ films into the classroom to facilitate dialogue on homophobia and bullying.To date, Out in Schools has...
Come meet the NFB at Connect 2013
The National Film Board of Canada is a proud Association Partner of Connect 2013: Canada’s National Learning and Technology Conference, taking place May 6 and 7 at the Scotiabank Convention Centre, in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Drop by Exhibitor Booth 99 to meet the NFB Education team and learn...
9 Acclaimed New NFB Films for Children and Youth, for Your Classroom and Library Collection
The American Library Association has selected the NFB animated films Big Drive, 55 Socks and Kali the Little Vampire for its 2013 list of Notable Children’s Videos.
In addition, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre has included the NFB titles Big Mouth, A Sea Turtle Story, The Chocolate Farmer, Petra’s...
NFB Space School Takes Off April 22
Got kids who love science, space and all things astronaut?
Starting April 22, the NFB is inviting all kids aged 11-15 to grab front row seats to Chris Hadfield's historic mission as the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station (ISS) with NFB Space School, a brand-new interactive...
Reel Talk: Using NFB Films during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, May 2013
This post was written by Ashley Catania, an NFB Education Specialist based in Toronto. Ashley is an advocate for creating awareness around gender equality and violence against women and children, and for bringing about social change through media.
Warning: This post contains difficult subject matter and is intended...
Learning through Empathy: New Resources for Teachers
The “Learning through Empathy” Playlists for Educators
How do a family, a school and a community benefit from empathy?
Empathy allows us to see the world from divergent and even opposing perspectives, and to experience the feelings of another person or group. It’s an essential component in our ethnically...
NFB Interactive: Hyperlocal features 5 projects by 5 Canadian writers
This is a guest post from NFB Interactive producer Jennifer Moss. This post originally appeared on the CBC website.
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The Hyperlocal project is a terrific collaboration between the National Film Board of Canada and CBC Canada Writes. The NFB’s challenge was to create a collection of interactive stories...
Animation: A Useful Tool for Working with Students with Autism
This blog post is written by Hélène Massé, an adaptive learning specialist in the Grandes-Seigneuries school board on Montreal’s South Shore. In the post, she describes a project that allowed her high-functioning autistic students to direct animated films in class, with support from the NFB’s educational program team,...
