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Higher Learning | KOROMOUSSO: Big Sister

Higher Learning | KOROMOUSSO: Big Sister

A group of women discuss and try to break cultural taboos about female sexuality. They support each other to overcome the trauma of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and reclaim ownership of their own bodies.

Mini-Lesson for The Colour of Ink

Mini-Lesson for The Colour of Ink

This mini lesson invites students to analyze where art materials come from by looking at the impact of drawing on the natural world to make ink. They will also explore concepts of permanence and ephemerality and can engage in geographically tracking the movement of Logan’s inks from place to place.

Revealing Hidden Stories on Remembrance Day

Revealing Hidden Stories on Remembrance Day

While our approach to teaching history highlights well-known contributions, it may occasionally leave other soldiers in the shadows.

Higher Learning | To Kill a Tiger

Higher Learning | To Kill a Tiger

We often think of standing up against injustice as a matter of public protest, social media posting, or criticizing opponents. But what happens when pursuing justice includes personal sacrifice, social ostracism and potentially cutting yourself off from your community?

Treaty Education through NFB Films

Treaty Education through NFB Films

Treaty education is integral to understanding Indigenous culture. Enlighten your students with a post that details the history behind Treaties and Treaty-making in Canada.

Mini-Lesson for The Girl With The Red Beret

Mini-Lesson for The Girl With The Red Beret

This mini-lesson on The Girl With The Red Beret provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on French as a second language for students aged 12-14.

Higher Learning | Waiting for Raif

Higher Learning | Waiting for Raif

Chronicling Ensaf Haidar’s tenacious struggle to have her husband, Raif Badawi, released from a Saudi prison, Waiting for Raif raises important questions about engagement, power and government responsibility.

Higher Learning | Ever Deadly

Higher Learning | Ever Deadly

Ever Deadly is much more than a glimpse into the personal, artistic and sound world of Inuk musician Tanya Tagaq. Ever Deadly provides insight into government-enforced colonial policies and how they impacted, and continue to impact, Inuit through multiple generations.

Mini-Lesson for Bill Reid Remembers

Mini-Lesson for Bill Reid Remembers

This mini-lesson on Bill Reid Remembers provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on Indigenous studies for students aged 12-14.

Mini-Lesson for A Passage Beyond Fortune

Mini-Lesson for A Passage Beyond Fortune

This mini-lesson on A Passage Beyond Fortune provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on systemic discrimination for students aged 15-17.

Higher Learning | What Is Democracy?

Higher Learning | What Is Democracy?

Perhaps nothing could be more democratic than asking the question “What is democracy?”

Higher Learning | The Secret Order

Higher Learning | The Secret Order

Phil Comeau’s The Secret Order plunges us into the world of the Ordre de Jacques-Cartier (“la Patente”), a francophone Catholic secret society. Rigorously researched, the documentary brilliantly explores a little-known aspect of Acadian history.