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Portraits of Afghanistan to Engage High-School Students

Portraits of Afghanistan to Engage High-School Students

Afghanistan is one country that’s experienced its fair share of conflict and tragedy over the decades. I’ve found that each of these NFB films below offers a way to help students really see the people of this nation—to understand the depth and complexity of their stories as they live through a series of enormous challenges.

No Longer Forgotten: Making Space for Métis Stories in the Classroom

No Longer Forgotten: Making Space for Métis Stories in the Classroom

Discover the often-untold history of the Métis struggle for recognition and understand the continued impacts of colonization on Métis.

Anti-Asian Racism: What Can We Learn from Our Past?

Anti-Asian Racism: What Can We Learn from Our Past?

The theme for Asian Heritage Month 2021 is “Recognition, Resilience, and Resolve.” This is an occasion for people across Canada to recognize how the achievements and contributions of Asian Canadians have shaped what it means to live in a diverse and inclusive society.

Agence: Redefining the Film Experience

Agence: Redefining the Film Experience

Agence kick-starts an entirely new way of experiencing moving pictures by using artificial intelligence (AI) to tell the story.

Hubert Reeves: Star Teller, Creator of Scientists

Hubert Reeves: Star Teller, Creator of Scientists

As Hubert Reeves explains, seeing the stars and the beauty of the celestial firmament can heighten one’s desire to understand the universe.

The NFB, Autism and Disability in the Classroom

The NFB, Autism and Disability in the Classroom

For the past two years, I’ve been using some of the NFB’s interactive resources to enhance my students’ classroom activities. These autistic children, some of whom have intellectual disabilities, are between the ages of six and eight.

Discover Beyond the Ridge

Discover Beyond the Ridge

Beyond the Ridge is a new, 6-part series of podcasts created to commemorate Remembrance Day 2020. Covering a wide variety of topics, the series allows you to get inside history and explore it fully.

MMIWG: Breaking the Silence, Starting the Conversation in Classrooms

MMIWG: Breaking the Silence, Starting the Conversation in Classrooms

How can we put a face on an Indigenous woman who’s gone missing or been murdered, and how do we restore a sense of her identity? Who is she? Where did she come from? Why was she killed?

Art for Science’s Sake

Art for Science’s Sake

When used as a tool for teaching science, stop-motion animation can increase participation, engage different types of intelligence, and reveal students’ alternative conceptions.

The 2020 Ocean School Pin Art Challenge!

The 2020 Ocean School Pin Art Challenge!

Ocean School kicked off the new school year with a Pin Art Challenge! We wanted kids to submit pieces of ocean-themed art for our new buttons!

Mark Orange Shirt Day on September 30

Mark Orange Shirt Day on September 30

Orange Shirt Day was launched in 2013 to call attention to 165 years of residential school experiences (1831-1996).

Animating Media Literacy

Animating Media Literacy

Explore five NFB animated films through a media-literacy lens, including recently released films from the Hothouse apprenticeship program.