Charles Officer: Poet of the Screen
There are some artists whose untimely death we find particularly upsetting. We reflect on what’s been lost. How many other projects might they have completed? Charles Officer was one such artist.
Posts Tagged “Unarmed Verses”
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.
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.
Home-School Activities from NFB Education (Week 1)
Find a week's worth of great educational content for your school-aged kids, courtesy of the NFB Education team. Updated weekly.
Mini-Lesson for Unarmed Verses
This mini-lesson on Unarmed Verses provides teachers with activities and questions to lead discussions on housing for students aged 12-14.
New on NFB Education – February 2019
Did you know that NFB Education updates its films, playlists, and educational offers every week? Here's everything new on NFB Education this February!
Engagé! 21 NFB titles at Hot Docs 2018
While distinct from each other in style and subject, the five new features that the NFB is sending to Hot Docs this year share a common ethical approach to documentary...
Hot Docs 2017: Catch Our 4 Film Premieres
In Toronto? Don't miss our 4 film premieres at the 24th edition of Hot Docs!
New Voices, Necessary Stories: NFB at Hot Docs 2017
Documentary is Canada’s national art form because the history of our cinema — and, in important ways, the history of our country — has been written in documentary. If you...
NFB Shines at Canada’s Fall Festivals
Autumn is film festival season in Canada and the NFB English Program is embarking on the busy fall circuit with over a dozen new releases.
Unarmed Verses: Singing their Own Song
13 year-old Francine Valentine and the other kids from Villaways Park rarely get to come downtown, let alone record their own songs in a professional studio. Updated February 28, 2016....