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News in Review | Current Edition

Whether it’s Joyce Echaquan, systemic racism, defunding the police, or the Perseverance rover landing on Mars, give your students the opportunity to explore multiple perspectives on many of today's most important issues. Throughout the school year, News in Review dives into four news stories per month and gives students deeper context.

Each story comes with a teacher guide that provides before-viewing preparation, discussion prompts, a Digging Deeper section and followup activities.

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Farah Alibay: Breaking Ground on the Red Planet

News in Review - March 2021 Farah Alibay: Breaking Ground on the Red Planet New

Farah Alibay is a Canadian aerospace engineer working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her current mission is to help drive the Perseverance rover on the red planet while it goes in search of past life. Alibay, who grew up in Quebec, is not only a top scientist in a male-dominated industry, she’s also a mentor and advocate for all women ...
  • 2021
  • 00:12:59
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 03/12/2021

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  • NIR-21-03 - PPT - Farah Alibay: Breaking Ground on the Red Planet

  • NIR-21-03 - PDF - Farah Alibay: Breaking Ground on the Red Planet

Women of Influence: Kamala Harris and Amanda Gorman

News in Review - March 2021 Women of Influence: Kamala Harris and Amanda Gorman New

In January 2021, Kamala Harris became the highest-ranking woman in U.S. history when she was sworn in as the first female vice-president — and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to hold the position. Born in California, Harris has ties to Canada having attended high school in Montreal. Another exciting voice heard at the U.S. presidential ...
  • 2021
  • 00:14:56
  • 13-14
  • Added on: 03/12/2021

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  • NIR-21-03 - PPT - Women of Influence: Kamala Harris and Amanda Gorman

  • NIR-21-03 - PDF - Women of Influence: Kamala Harris and Amanda Gorman

Pandemic Leaders: Dr. Theresa Tam and Dr. Bonnie Henry

News in Review - March 2021 Pandemic Leaders: Dr. Theresa Tam and Dr. Bonnie Henry New

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Canadians have relied on the advice and knowledge of health officers at the provincial and federal level. Of the 14 provincial and national health officers across the country, seven are women. Steering the federal response through this unprecedented time has been Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer. She provides advice to the federal minister ...
  • 2021
  • 00:20:21
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  • Added on: 03/12/2021

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  • NIR-21-03 - PPT - Pandemic Leaders: Dr. Theresa Tam and Dr. Bonnie Henry

  • NIR-21-03 - PDF - Pandemic Leaders: Dr. Theresa Tam and Dr. Bonnie Henry

Gender Inequality: The Pandemic's Impact on Women

News in Review - March 2021 Gender Inequality: The Pandemic's Impact on Women New

During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the groups that has been disproportionately affected is women. Women tend to be the majority of workers in front-facing service jobs. When COVID-19 hit, many of those jobs disappeared. Also, women still bear more of the responsibility for childcare and household management, resulting in many leaving the workforce as schools and daycares shuttered. Statistics ...
  • 2021
  • 00:16:40
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  • Added on: 03/12/2021

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  • NIR-21-03 - PPT - Gender Inequality: The Pandemic’s Impact on Women

  • NIR-21-03 - PDF - Gender Inequality: The Pandemic’s Impact on Women

Climate and Science: From Ocean Data to Geothermal Power

News in Review - February 2021 Climate and Science: From Ocean Data to Geothermal Power New

From the oceans to the Prairies, scientific research is underway to help Canada reach its climate goals. But even here COVID-19 has had an impact. The pandemic has left some oceanographers dry docked and that means important data that can only be researched on the waters is being missed. Meanwhile, over in the Prairies, one firm is going deep to ...
  • 2021
  • 00:16:00
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  • Added on: 03/12/2021

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  • NIR-21-02 - PPT - Climate and Science: From Ocean Data to Geothermal Power

  • NIR-21-02 - PDF - Climate and Science: From Ocean Data to Geothermal Power

COVID-19: Testing and Containment

News in Review - February 2021 COVID-19: Testing and Containment New

Many infectious disease experts believe Canada should be testing everyone for COVID-19 to find out who is contagious, and not just the people who have symptoms. They say rapid testing may be one of the tools that could help. They’re cheaper, faster and can be used at home. Many countries around the world use rapid tests. But Health Canada has ...
  • 2021
  • 00:18:40
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  • Added on: 03/12/2021

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  • NIR-21-02 - PPT - COVID-19: Testing and Containment

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Republic in Peril: The Storming of the U.S. Capitol

News in Review - February 2021 Republic in Peril: The Storming of the U.S. Capitol New

On January 6, 2021, an angry mob of rioters, incited by the President of the United States, stormed the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. and smashed their way in. Hundreds of these insurgents looted the building, threatened politicians and took selfies. Five people died as a result, including one rioter and a police officer. President Donald Trump would stand accused ...
  • 2021
  • 00:20:17
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  • Added on: 03/12/2021

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  • NIR-21-02 - PPT - Republic in Peril: The Storming of the U.S. Capitol

  • NIR-21-02 - PDF - Republic in Peril: The Storming of the U.S. Capitol

Rewind: The Stories that Made 2020

News in Review - February 2021 Rewind: The Stories that Made 2020 New

COVID-19 is the story that everyone will remember from 2020. But there were many other important headline stories that happened in 2020, starting in January when Ukraine Flight 752 was shot down during takeoff from Tehran by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. The year also saw Canada’s largest mass shooting when 22 people were killed by a gunman in Nova Scotia. ...
  • 2021
  • 00:15:57
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  • NIR-21-02 - PPT - REWIND: The Stories that Made 2020

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COVID-19: A Global Perspective

News in Review - January 2021 COVID-19: A Global Perspective New

This report looks at the impact of COVID-19 around the globe. A year after it was first detected in Wuhan, China, the world struggles to get the disease under control and cases continue to increase. Europe has been hard hit in the second wave, with many countries imposing further restrictions on their citizens. Due to its sheer population, India is ...
  • 2020
  • 00:16:06
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  • Added on: 02/19/2021

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  • NIR-21-01D - PDF - COVID-19: A Global Perspective

  • NIR-21-01D - PPT - COVID-19: A Global Perspective

Vaccine Hesitancy: Appealing to the Moveable Middle

News in Review - January 2021 Vaccine Hesitancy: Appealing to the Moveable Middle New

A year after COVID-19 was first identified, it had spread across the globe, resulting in more than 73 million cases and over 1.6 million deaths. Health experts agreed the only way through the pandemic was with a vaccine. Scientists and pharmaceutical companies worldwide began the research. Now, as those groundbreaking vaccines are being distributed, many people are ready and eager ...
  • 2020
  • 00:14:20
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  • Added on: 02/09/2021

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  • NIR-21-01 - PPT - Vaccine Hesitancy: Appealing to the Moveable Middle

  • NIR-21-01 - PDF - Vaccine Hesitancy: Appealing to the Moveable Middle

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