December Spotlights -- all staff

CBC CURIO HIGHLIGHTS

A Celebration of the Holiday Season

This audiovisual collection brings together programs, archives and stories to address and discuss the country's seasonal traditions. This curated list includes a few resources suited to secondary students.

https://curio.ca/en/catalog/themes/6d66d410-acff-4624-94a3-a81b5ac91e76    

Days of December

December 11th The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women | Watch The Fifth Estate documentary about the Polytechnique tragedy December 20th Human Rights Day | Learn more with this audio episode form The Secret Life of Canada podcast December 21st International Mountain Day | Watch this documentary from The Nature of Things   New Additions Video Wild Canadian Weather: Cold Science | Secondary | 45 min Learn more about the Canadian winter which records temperatures as low as those on the surface of Mars. Video World's Biggest Family Science | Secondary | 45 min Having 600 half-siblings is possible and it has hidden costs.

Staff Picks

    Video
    Surviving: The Teenage Brain
    Science | Secondary | 45 min
    A documentary that delves deep into the science of this fascinating stage of life.