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Education

Our educational offerings are in the spotlight here. These posts 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, including links to CAMPUS for subscribers.

Teaching about healthy relationships with A Better Man

Teaching about healthy relationships with A Better Man

Steph Guthrie is the Impact Producer for A Better Man. She co-directed the film’s interactive companion, It Was Me, which won the inaugural Golden Sheaf Award for Digital Media at the 2018 Yorkton Film Festival.

Teaching Global Connections with Highrise and Universe Within

Teaching Global Connections with Highrise and Universe Within

Teachers can use Highrise: Universe Within to enhance pedagogy for both group and independent study. I have found that this digital project provides an important critical context for social studies in the classroom.

Tour Parliament Hill From Your Living Room

Tour Parliament Hill From Your Living Room

With the centre block closing for 10 years for renovations, we've found 3 films that offer a tour of Parliament, along with the rest of Ottawa.

Canada Day Challenge 2017 | Watch the Winning Videos!

Canada Day Challenge 2017 | Watch the Winning Videos!

Creative young people across the country once again took up the Canada Day Challenge to explore Canadian history, culture and identity.

Taking Flight: In Conversation with a Young Female Pilot from As the Crow Flies

Taking Flight: In Conversation with a Young Female Pilot from As the Crow Flies

As the Crow Flies provides a rare insider’s glimpse into the Royal Canadian Air Cadets’ intensive seven-week flight training camp. Filmmaker Tess Girard sat down with one of the female subjects to discuss life before, during and after the film.

Here Are A Few Tips For Successful Conflict Resolution

Here Are A Few Tips For Successful Conflict Resolution

Conflict resolution is hard. It’s human nature for us to think we’re in the right, and that our opponent is the one who’s got it wrong. Watch 3 films that deal with conflict resolution for children and adults.

Media Literacy: The Critical Path to a Connected World

Media Literacy: The Critical Path to a Connected World

Educator Carol Arcus’s blog post draws on films from NFB Education’s collection to explore the theme of this year’s Media Literacy Week: “Inclusion in a Connected World.” The learning activities suggested here can help students think critically about media and teach them how to build compassionate global communities.

10 Study Guides Every High School Teacher Can Rely On

10 Study Guides Every High School Teacher Can Rely On

Discover a selection of study guides designed to get high school students talking and thinking critically about NFB films and the thought-provoking topics they explore.

6 Back-to-School Films Celebrating Balance and Freedom

6 Back-to-School Films Celebrating Balance and Freedom

It’s back-to-school time again! Explore 6 films on diversity, Indigenous heritage and sustainable development to help you fuel your ideas and plan your classes.

The Kyma Legend: A Voyage through the World of Waves

The Kyma Legend: A Voyage through the World of Waves

Inspired by the immersive experience Kyma, Power of Waves, presented at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium in Montreal, this blog post explores the phenomenon of waves in their many different forms through 360° video clips.

Rose’s Notebook and the Great War: Last Episode

Rose’s Notebook and the Great War: Last Episode

Discover Rose’s Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as First World War is unfolding.

Explore First World War with Rose’s Notebook (9/10)

Explore First World War with Rose’s Notebook (9/10)

Discover Rose’s Notebook. This historical series follows Rose Dubois, a young French Canadian archivist. She describes her daily life and her thoughts as First World War is unfolding.