Podcast Project Seeks to Keep Endangered Indigenous Languages Alive
Podcast Project Seeks to Keep Endangered Indigenous Languages Alive Podcasts about ‘living in the language, laughing in the language and even loving in the language’: supervisor A new series of podcasts from a project by the First Nations University of Canada and community members aims to revitalize languages that are at risk of extinction. Learn […]
Peter Vietgen Canada Games Research Spotlight
Canada Games Research Spotlight Peter Vietgen With his Canada Games Grant, Associate Professor of Visual Arts Education Peter Vietgen will engage eight Brock Faculty of Education students in hands-on art teaching and leadership experiences in schools and education sites across the Niagara region. Read more.
Educational Resources for Earth Day
Educational Resources for Earth Day April 22 is Earth Day, a yearly event meant to raising awareness about the environment and how to protect it. But the truth is, every day must be Earth Day if we plan on a brighter future. Curated by the National Film Board of Canada, here are a selection of films […]
STEAM-3D Maker Lab!
The STEAM-3D Maker Lab is where Dr. Janette Hughes, Canada Research Chair in Technology and Pedagogy, and her research team: Develop and evaluate constructionist “production pedagogies” that work to build students’ ‘performative’ competencies in digital literacies, and investigate whether and how they promote civic engagement, service learning, and social justice particularly among marginalized students; Observe […]
#ForYou: A Game About Algorithms
#ForYou: A Game About Algorithms #ForYou is a card-based pattern-matching game that helps youth aged 13 to 18 understand the role that algorithms play in their online and offline lives, and the value of their personal information to companies that use those algorithms. Learn more.
Improving Mental Health With Music
Improving Mental Health With Music According to the study authors, the mental health boost from music is “within the range, albeit on the low end” of the same sort of impact seen in people who commit to physical exercise or weight loss programs. Learn more.
Learning For The Digital World
Learning for the Digital World A Pan-Canadian K-12 Computer Science Education Framework A first of its kind in Canada, the Framework will provide valuable guideposts for teaching computer science from Kindergarten to Grade 12 from coast to coast to coast. K-12 Computer Science Education Framework PDF.
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination The 2022 edition of the International Day focuses on the theme “VOICES FOR ACTION AGAINST RACISM”. This edition aims, in particular, at: highlighting the importance of strengthening meaningful and safe public participation and representation in all areas of decision-making to prevent and combat racial discrimination; reaffirming the […]
International Women’s Day
Celebrate International Women’s Day Every year we celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8 to commemorate the strength and courage of previous generations of feminists and their allies. While the fight for equality and justice for women has certainly come a long way, we also remind ourselves and society that the struggle is far from […]
The People’s Choice
At the stroke of noon on February 15, 1965, Canada’s red and white maple leaf flag was raised for the very first time on Parliament Hill. On the same day in 1996, National Flag of Canada Day was declared. Our national flag is a symbol that unites Canadians and reflects the common values we take […]