Higher Learning | Unspoken Tears
In Hélène Magny’s documentary Unspoken Tears, Garine Papazian-Zohrabian helps teachers better support these students and promote their mental health.
Author : NFB Educator Network
Mini-Lesson for Star Wars Kid: The Rise of Digital Shadows
This mini-lesson on Star Wars Kid provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on cyberbullying for students aged 12-14.
Higher Learning | TRACES
TRACES is the National Film Board’s immersive, multimedia production for Expo 2020 Dubai. Created by an interdisciplinary team of architects, artists and designers, TRACES is an expansive installation that invites viewers to contemplate the precarity of the environment in the face of human-driven climate change.
Mini-Lesson for In Full Voice
This mini-lesson on In Full Voice provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on Islamophobia for students aged 12-14.
Mini-Lesson for The Silence: The Victims of Silence
This mini-lesson on The Silence provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on criminal justice for students aged 18+.
Mini-lesson for The Silence: Healing the Community
This mini-lesson on The Silence provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on victimization for students aged 18+.
Mini-Lesson for The Silence: Abusers in Organizational Settings
This mini-lesson on The Silence provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on institutional silence for students aged 18+.
Higher Learning | Reel Injun
Reel Injun provides the perfect accent to screening problematic Westerns. The film points to the damage done by the sheer number of distorted images, while also highlighting how messed up the philosophy of manifest destiny was (and is).
Study Guide | Exploring Black Communities in Canada Through Film
Racism is a barrier to a just and equitable society. This blog post will invite you to unpack this idea using a study guide by Natasha Henry that explores Black Communities in Canada through film.
Mini-Lesson for The Magnitude of All Things
This mini-lesson on The Magnitude of All Things provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on ecological grief for students aged 15-17.
Mini-Lesson for Brainstream
This mini-lesson on Brainstream provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on coping strategies for students aged 15-17.
Higher Learning | New Canadian Documentary
Check out the first installment in a series for post-secondary classrooms, curated by post-secondary educators, about Canadian Documentary.