Higher Learning | What Is Democracy?
Perhaps nothing could be more democratic than asking the question “What is democracy?”
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 films can be used in the classroom and beyond.
love, amma | A Mother’s Journey to Healing
love, amma is a mother’s beautiful and revealing truth in the form of a letter written to her young daughter.
New on NFB Education – May 2023
Did you know that NFB Education updates its films, playlists, and educational offers every week? Here's everything new on NFB Education this May!
Ocean School in Action: “Micro-mystery”
Kira Janisse, a biology, environmental science, and health science teacher, has incorporated the Ocean School's resource, Micro-mystery, into her classroom lessons. In this article, she explains how she used this resource to get her students thinking about waste management. Kira's classroom activity is available in this article.
Social and Emotional Learning and Literacy through Poetry
Poetry is often seen as a very specific thing. People tend to think of when they had to analyze poems that are not easy to connect with.
Media School | Get ‘Meta’ With Your Classroom
A school within a school, to quote my students, is “so meta.” But that was the best part of the NFB’s Media School resource.
PD Session | Earth Day
A PD session is a learning opportunity open to all Canadian teachers! The series will be presented on YouTube with a live Q&A discussion.
New on NFB Education – April 2023
Did you know that NFB Education updates its films, playlists, and educational offers every week? Here's everything new on NFB Education this April!
Media School | How to Teach Your Students to Produce Films without Really Trying
Since teens prefer watching over reading, shouldn’t we be teaching them how to make sense of the stories they see, and helping them to create their own, just as we teach them how to read and write?
French Enough | What Francophonie Means to My Family
Weaving together old home movies with current conversations, French Enough illuminates the struggle and triumph of reclaiming francophone Canadian identity.
PD Session | International Women’s Day
A PD session is a learning opportunity open to all Canadian teachers! The series will be presented on YouTube with a live Q&A discussion.
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.