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CBC Docs POV Never Too Old
"A sweet little old lady, I am not!" Olive, 81, is working hard to get a PhD and help change the world for older women in her rural community. Never Too Old follows Olive Bryanton as she navigates through the final year of her doctoral program at the University of Prince Edward Island. According to Bryanton, more than half of ...
- 2019
- 00:44:18
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/01/2020
Marketplace Fighting back against fast fashion
85% of clothing we donate to charity ends up in a landfill. Journalist Charlsie Agro visits two schools trying to break the "fast fashion" cycle after they watched the Marketplace investigation in 2018, Clothing Waste: Fashion’s dirty secret.
- 2019
- 00:06:25
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/18/2020
The Fifth Estate Unbuckled: School Bus Safety
Why are there are no seat belts on school buses? The Fifth Estate asked that question and discovered a flawed Transport Canada report which argued against seat belts — a policy which studies show has led to injuries and deaths that might have been prevented. Bob McKeown investigates.
- 2018
- 00:24:13
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/02/2020
Canadian Space Agency Canadian astronaut Jennifer Sidey's story
Discover how Canadian astronaut Jennifer Sidey reached her dream of becoming an astronaut thanks to inspiring role models, her passion for science and her mother’s support. She now tries to be a role model herself, encouraging the next generation of Canadians to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
- 2018
- 00:02:13
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/17/2020
CBC News Students Ask CBC News: Living in residence during COVID-19, testing students, spread through pools
In this video, host Carole MacNeil discusses questions from high school students on COVID-19 with Dr. Lisa Barrett from Dalhousie University's Division of Infectious Diseases. This is the fifth in a series of videos that CBC News will be producing to answer questions from students across Canada.Teachers, if you know a high school student with questions about the global pandemic, ...
- 2020
- 00:08:37
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/10/2020
CBC News Students Ask CBC News: COVID-19 vs. the flu, spread through food, back to school
In this video, host Carole MacNeil discusses questions from high school students on COVID-19 with Dr. Lisa Barrett from Dalhousie University's Division of Infectious Diseases. This is the fourth in a series of videos that CBC News will be producing to answer questions from students across Canada.Teachers, if you know a high school student with questions about the global pandemic, ...
- 2020
- 00:06:25
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/03/2020
The National How Apollo 11 inspires these PhD students to chase careers in aerospace
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing has inspired a new generation of Canadians to study space exploration and a possible return to the moon. Nick Purdon visits with female PhD students at the University of Western Ontario, where they are simulating a rover landing on the moon.
- 2018
- 00:10:27
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/15/2020
CBC Kids News Why are schools closed for the coronavirus?
Extended March Break? Sweet! Or not? Some schools in Canada are shutting down to keep the coronavirus from spreading quickly. Even though kids who get the coronavirus are experiencing really mild symptoms, they can spread it, and that puts a strain on the health care system. If your school closes, you might still have homework and there will be plenty ...
- 2020
- 00:01:11
- 9-12
- Added on: 03/30/2020
Canadian Museum of Nature Lynn Gillespie, botanist sharing knowledge of plants
Sharing knowledge with youth is an important part of a scientist’s job. Lynn Gillespie, Head of Botany at the Canadian Museum of Nature, joins the Students on Ice expedition and shares her interest in studying plants.
- 2011
- 00:04:30
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/10/2020
News in Review - December 2019 School Violence: How Safe Are Our Children? (Story A)
How safe are Canadian schools? How do schools track and report student violence? And just how prevalent is it? A months-long CBC News investigation found that peer-on-peer violence in schools is all too common, and starts as early as elementary school. An absence of reliable statistics and under-reporting prompted CBC News to ask young people directly about their experiences. The ...
- 2019
- 00:18:07
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/13/2020
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News in Review - December 2019 School Violence: How Safe Are Our Children? (Story B)
When your child goes to school, you expect them to be safe. As an exclusive CBC News investigation into school violence reveals, that isn’t always the case. That certainly didn’t happen in Devan Selvey’s case. The 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death outside his school in Hamilton, Ontario in October 2019. He later died in hospital. His mother witnessed the ...
- 2019
- 00:14:47
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/13/2020
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Growth Mindset How to develop a positive mindset
Meesha and Lucas are in a math lesson. Meesha is happy to take on the challenges set by the teacher, but Lucas is more reluctant. Meesha has a growth mindset. She believes intelligence, talent and ability are open to change. So she believes she can get better at math. This means she tries, puts in effort and works hard to ...
- 2018
- 00:04:00
- 9-12
- Added on: 09/03/2019
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The National UCP's gay-straight alliance plan sees Alberta students walk out in protest
The United Conservative Party’s plan to change a law prohibiting Alberta schools from telling parents their child is part of a gay-straight alliance drew angry protests from thousands of students.
- 2019
- 00:03:04
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/23/2019
The National As Nunavut struggles with food insecurity, students step up to help feed their peers
Food prices in Canada's north are so high that seven out of 10 young people there go hungry. A Nunavut high school is now trying to fight this food insecurity with a free hot lunch program run by the school's food studies class.
- 2019
- 00:04:32
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/13/2019
News in Review - April 2019 Sam's Story: Sex Assault Survivor Speaks Out
At 17, Sam Fazio was just a regular teenager at a school dance in Vancouver. Then she was violently sexually attacked in a bathroom stall. Sam reported the crime and went through the grueling process of physical and mental recovery while having to deal with police and a court case that left her and others shaking their heads. Since then, ...
- 2019
- 00:16:42
- 15-17
- Added on: 04/09/2019
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The National Cellphone ban coming to Ontario classrooms
Cellphones will be banned in Ontario classrooms starting at the beginning of next school year, but questions remain about how the ban will be enforced.
- 2019
- 00:02:20
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/26/2019
The National B.C. measles outbreak has some kids taking their health into their own hands
Some 33 students and staff at the centre of a measles outbreak in Vancouver have been ordered to stay home because they haven't provided proof of vaccination. This has some B.C. kids taking their health into their own hands.
- 2019
- 00:03:14
- 9-12
- Added on: 03/25/2019
The National Using artificial intelligence to help you learn a new language
If you've ever tried learning a new language, you know how hard it is just to get the basics down, never mind holding a real conversation. A group of Toronto researchers is trying to change that by using a smartphone application with artificial intelligence that can even understand bad accents.
- 2019
- 00:03:34
- 13-14
- Added on: 01/22/2019
The National Transport Canada study showed school buses 'failed' safety tests
A 2010 Transport Canada report that revealed that school buses "failed" safety tests and did not do enough to prevent "serious injuries" was kept hidden from the public.
- 2018
- 00:02:35
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/06/2018
The National Quebec considers ban on religious symbols for public servants
Quebec’s premier-designate François Legault says his new government wants to implement a ban on public servants wearing visible religious symbols.
- 2018
- 00:02:01
- 13-14
- Added on: 12/06/2018
News in Review - November 2018 Failing Grade?: Ontario’s Sex-Education Changes
In the summer of 2018 the newly elected Progressive Conservative party in Ontario announced it would end an updated sex-education curriculum in elementary schools and revert to an older version dating back to the 1990s. The controversial move brought protests from educators and liberals alike. Many felt that reverting to the older version failed to address the changes in society ...
- 2018
- 00:15:27
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/30/2018
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The National Nova Scotia high school creates all-hockey curriculum
A Nova Scotia high school has created a curriculum where every subject — from physics to design technology to dance — centres on hockey. Cole Harbour District High School, in Sidney Crosby's hometown, received special recognition from Hockey Canada this week for its special project, which encompasses all subjects in all grades. "In Canada, if you're going to pick a ...
- 2013
- 00:01:58
- 9-12
- Added on: 11/08/2018
CBC Docs POV 14 & Muslim
Meet young Muslim kids as they transition from private, Islamic elementary school to public high school, capturing what it means to be young, Muslim and growing up in the West at this unsettling time in modern history. Through their wide eyes, we begin to understand the dilemmas facing them. As they take us on their journey revealing fears, anxieties, hopes ...
- 2018
- 00:45:00
- 13-14
- Added on: 10/02/2018
The National Canada's first Arctic inshore rescue boat station
Next month marks the opening of Canada's first Arctic inshore rescue boat station in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. It's also the first station that will be run by Inuit students hired by the Canadian Coast Guard.
- 2018
- 00:06:07
- 9-12
- Added on: 07/27/2018
The National Siksika Nation teens reconnect with history in archeological dig
High school students from the Siksika Nation, near Calgary, are taking part in an archeological dig to reconnect with their history.
- 2018
- 00:03:22
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/11/2018
