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Probability


What are the odds? Hamza can’t figure out why Koolkatt always wins when they play Flip-the-coin. Can you really use probability to predict the future? Hamza will interview a real-life playing card, meet a flying pig, pop a LOT of popcorn, and find out what’s so ‘lucky’ about the number seven!
Date Published:2016

Acadian Deportation


The Acadians are descendants of early French settlers who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1604 and built a distinct culture and society over generations. Their peaceful existence was uprooted in 1755 when over 10,000 Acadians were ripped from their homeland to ensure British rule in North America. This Heritage Minute portrays the deportation through the eyes of an Acadian mother.
Date Published:2019

Who are the Acadians


From the Historica Canada video collection. Hosted on YouTube. Learn about the rich history of the Acadians.
Date Published:2019

The French in Canada

Hudak, Heather C., 1975-


Includes index.
Date Published:2005

The French

Mitchell, Sara, 1972-,


Includes index. Introducing the French -- The fur trade -- New France -- The royal takeover -- Daily life -- The fall of New France -- The development of Lower Canada -- Francophone culture -- French-Canadians today -- French quiz. Highlights the contributions of the French to the development of Canada.
Date Published:2014

Les déracinés

Noël, Michel, 1944-,


Après avoir terminé ses études au pensionnat, Nipishish retourne vers les siens. Il retrouve avec grand bonheur Manie, sa mère adoptive, la forêt, les rivières et ses amis. Mais le jeune orphelin qui a déjà vécu de dures épreuves doit se résoudre à une nouvelle réalité: Manie et lui habitent maintenant dans une réserve. Même parmi les siens, Nipishish n'arrive plus à se sentir chez lui.
Date Published:2023

Après avoir terminé ses études au pensionnat, Nipishish retourne vers les siens. Il retrouve avec grand bonheur Manie, sa mère adoptive, la forêt, les rivières et ses amis. Mais le jeune orphelin qui a déjà vécu de dures épreuves doit se résoudre à une nouvelle réalité: Manie et lui habitent maintenant dans une réserve. Même parmi les siens, Nipishish n'arrive plus à se sentir chez lui.

Date Published:2023

Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky : the graphic novel

Venditti, Robert,


"Based on the New York times best-selling novel by Kwame Mbalia." "Rick Riordan presents." Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm in Alabama, where he's being sent to heal from the tragedy. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it--is that a doll?--and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. In a last attempt to wrestle the journal out of the creature's hands, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters that are hunting the inhabitants of this world. Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these new allies will need to entice the god Anansi, the Weaver, to come out of hiding and seal the hole in the sky. But bartering with the trickster Anansi always comes at a price. Can Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves?
Date Published:2022

"Based on the New York times best-selling novel by Kwame Mbalia." "Rick Riordan presents." Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm in Alabama, where he's being sent to heal from the tragedy. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it--is that a doll?--and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. In a last attempt to wrestle the journal out of the creature's hands, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters that are hunting the inhabitants of this world. Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these new allies will need to entice the god Anansi, the Weaver, to come out of hiding and seal the hole in the sky. But bartering with the trickster Anansi always comes at a price. Can Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves?

Date Published:2022

Eyes that kiss in the corners

Ho, Joanna,


A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self love and empowerment. This powerful, poetic picture book will resonate with readers of all ages and is a celebration of diversity.
Date Published:2021

A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self love and empowerment. This powerful, poetic picture book will resonate with readers of all ages and is a celebration of diversity.

Date Published:2021

An introduction to First Nations culture and traditions


Teacher's guide and Transcript available under Additional Info tab. This broad overview introduces students to some important aspects of First Nations life - regalia and dance, food, drumming, powwows, and the importance of the environment. Elders share their wisdom regarding cultural practices, laws and traditional values.
Date Published:2015

Un éléphant du Danemark


Tu peux émerveiller tes amis en lisant leurs pensées. Voici un jeu que tu peux faire tout simplement en posant quelques questions et en remplaçant des lettres par des nombres. Ce n'est pas magique... c'est mathématique! Le côté pédagogique: Ce segment explique comment on peut toujours arriver à la même réponse (4) en suivant une séquence de calculs précise, grâce aux propriétés du nombre 9. Le résultat de la 3e étape sera toujours 9, donc lorsqu'on soustrait 5, on arrivera toujours au nombre 4, ce qui représente la lettre D. La plupart des gens penseront au Danemark (parce qu'il n'y a pas beaucoup de pays reconnus qui commencent par la lettre D) et à l'éléphant comme gros animal qui commence par un E. Finalement, tous les éléphants sont gris.
Date Published:2016

Tu peux émerveiller tes amis en lisant leurs pensées. Voici un jeu que tu peux faire tout simplement en posant quelques questions et en remplaçant des lettres par des nombres. Ce n'est pas magique... c'est mathématique! Le côté pédagogique: Ce segment explique comment on peut toujours arriver à la même réponse (4) en suivant une séquence de calculs précise, grâce aux propriétés du nombre 9. Le résultat de la 3e étape sera toujours 9, donc lorsqu'on soustrait 5, on arrivera toujours au nombre 4, ce qui représente la lettre D. La plupart des gens penseront au Danemark (parce qu'il n'y a pas beaucoup de pays reconnus qui commencent par la lettre D) et à l'éléphant comme gros animal qui commence par un E. Finalement, tous les éléphants sont gris.

Date Published:2016

It's a bird! It's a fish! It's a metamorphosis


Eric shows us how to turn a bird into a fish! What is the secret behind this metamorphosis? It's not magic ... it's mathematical! The Pedagogical Side: Using Escher's tiling concept, we use two nested forms to achieve a metamorphosis by creating the illusion that one animal is transformed into another, one line at a time.
Date Published:2016

Matching socks


Eric uses the theory of probability and a sock drawer to succeed a trick of mathemagie! You will not believe your eyes! It's not magic ... it's mathematical! The pedagogical side: This segment presents a problem of probability which asks to consider all the possibilities and to choose the most probable result by looking at a drawer full of socks to find two of the same color.
Date Published:2016

Aristotle


Aristotle's way of describing the world changed the way we think and reason. He wrote about everything from biology to politics and the universe - applying a system of logic and observation which laid the groundwork for modern science.
Date Published:2024

Earth science : Coyote's Crazy Smart Science Show


pt. 1. Earth Science: Coyote Science -- pt. 2. Cease Wyss: Indigenous Botany -- pt. 3. Dr. Eduardo Jovel -- pt. 4. Punk Rock Cabbage: Kai's Hacks -- pt. 5. Minimal Tillage: Indigenous Science with John Herrington. Host Isa is planting some cornflower (centaurea cyanus) and mint, both plants loved by bees. Bees crosspollinate 90% of the world’s wild plants. Actress Grace Dove explains that Indigenous people have a specialized knowledge of what plants to use for medicines, food and clothing. The Questers visit ethnobotanist and herbalist Cease Wyss in the Indigenous plants garden at UBC where she is growing plants for medicines using knowledge she gained from her grandmothers. Rocks are our grandfathers and plants are our grandmothers and are vital to our lives. Dr. Eduardo Jovel, indigenous scientist from El Salvador, specializes in plants and agriculture and works at UBC in Musqueam territory. He picks some yarrow fronds, a good antiseptic for cuts. There are 4000 varieties of potatoes which originated in Peru, the centre of biodiversity. An animated story-song shows how plants grow and give us energy from captured sunlight. Kai uses water, food colouring and napa cabbage leaves to show how water travels through the xylem vessels in plants. We learn about the three sisters - corn, beans and squash - that were grown together in ancient times by eastern indigenous people. Chickasaw Nation astronaut, John Herrington, describes minimal tillage and permaculture farming, the sustainable methods practice by indigenous ancestor experts. Indigenous science is cool!
Date Published:2017

pt. 1. Earth Science: Coyote Science -- pt. 2. Cease Wyss: Indigenous Botany -- pt. 3. Dr. Eduardo Jovel -- pt. 4. Punk Rock Cabbage: Kai's Hacks -- pt. 5. Minimal Tillage: Indigenous Science with John Herrington. Host Isa is planting some cornflower (centaurea cyanus) and mint, both plants loved by bees. Bees crosspollinate 90% of the world’s wild plants. Actress Grace Dove explains that Indigenous people have a specialized knowledge of what plants to use for medicines, food and clothing. The Questers visit ethnobotanist and herbalist Cease Wyss in the Indigenous plants garden at UBC where she is growing plants for medicines using knowledge she gained from her grandmothers. Rocks are our grandfathers and plants are our grandmothers and are vital to our lives. Dr. Eduardo Jovel, indigenous scientist from El Salvador, specializes in plants and agriculture and works at UBC in Musqueam territory. He picks some yarrow fronds, a good antiseptic for cuts. There are 4000 varieties of potatoes which originated in Peru, the centre of biodiversity. An animated story-song shows how plants grow and give us energy from captured sunlight. Kai uses water, food colouring and napa cabbage leaves to show how water travels through the xylem vessels in plants. We learn about the three sisters - corn, beans and squash - that were grown together in ancient times by eastern indigenous people. Chickasaw Nation astronaut, John Herrington, describes minimal tillage and permaculture farming, the sustainable methods practice by indigenous ancestor experts. Indigenous science is cool!

Date Published:2017

Frieze Dance


Eric discovers how to find mathematical patterns in art, architecture and even dance! It's not magic ... it's mathematical! The educational side: We jump! We turn! Forward! Backward! We jump! We turn! Forward! Backward! No matter how you try, you can not create a repeating 2D pattern without using one of these geometric friezes physically and mathematically. This segment uses movement (dance steps) to illustrate patterns, geometry and symmetry in some of the seven possible friezes.
Date Published:2016

Eric discovers how to find mathematical patterns in art, architecture and even dance! It's not magic ... it's mathematical! The educational side: We jump! We turn! Forward! Backward! We jump! We turn! Forward! Backward! No matter how you try, you can not create a repeating 2D pattern without using one of these geometric friezes physically and mathematically. This segment uses movement (dance steps) to illustrate patterns, geometry and symmetry in some of the seven possible friezes.

Date Published:2016

The many sides of a triangle


Eric examines the strength of a paper chair. Can it actually support the weight of a person? It has long been known that triangles are very strong, but are they really the most powerful forms? Lets go see! It's not magic ... it's mathematical! The pedagogical side: This segment emphasizes the right angle, the right triangle and the equilateral triangle. Triangles are very strong in nature because they create a rigid fixed shape. Triangles have been used in design and architecture for a very long time.
Date Published:2016

Eric examines the strength of a paper chair. Can it actually support the weight of a person? It has long been known that triangles are very strong, but are they really the most powerful forms? Lets go see! It's not magic ... it's mathematical! The pedagogical side: This segment emphasizes the right angle, the right triangle and the equilateral triangle. Triangles are very strong in nature because they create a rigid fixed shape. Triangles have been used in design and architecture for a very long time.

Date Published:2016

Math is everywhere


Put on your mathemagic glasses and go on an adventure with Eric! You will see that mathematics is everywhere - from pineapple to pine cone, we find mathematics in living objects and natural structures. It's not magic ... it's mathematical! The Pedagogical Side: This segment explores mathematical patterns in nature, such as hexagonal tilings in a bee hive, bilateral symmetry of a leaf, radial symmetry of snowflakes and cobwebs, and the number spirals left or right in a pinecone or pineapple (Fibonacci suites).
Date Published:2016

Put on your mathemagic glasses and go on an adventure with Eric! You will see that mathematics is everywhere - from pineapple to pine cone, we find mathematics in living objects and natural structures. It's not magic ... it's mathematical! The Pedagogical Side: This segment explores mathematical patterns in nature, such as hexagonal tilings in a bee hive, bilateral symmetry of a leaf, radial symmetry of snowflakes and cobwebs, and the number spirals left or right in a pinecone or pineapple (Fibonacci suites).

Date Published:2016

Albert Einstein


Albert Einstein is known as the father of modern physics. As a young man, he spent his time thinking about the nature of space and time. When he published his ideas, they changed the world - and gave us a whole new view of the universe!
Date Published:2024

Too Young to Lose


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. This documentary from CBC's The Fifth Estate tells the story of four young Edmonton women who became ensnared in the sex trade, singled out and exploited by pimps preying upon their vulnerability. Mark Kelley sat down with these young women to find out how they were recruited and groomed for the sex trade. The Fifth Estate also spoke with police and with community and outreach workers who race against time, trying to prevent young girls from becoming the next murdered or missing women. Kelley followed Det. Dave Schening, a vice cop with the Edmonton Police Service, during one undercover operation to help girls being trafficked online.
Date Published:2015

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. This documentary from CBC's The Fifth Estate tells the story of four young Edmonton women who became ensnared in the sex trade, singled out and exploited by pimps preying upon their vulnerability. Mark Kelley sat down with these young women to find out how they were recruited and groomed for the sex trade. The Fifth Estate also spoke with police and with community and outreach workers who race against time, trying to prevent young girls from becoming the next murdered or missing women. Kelley followed Det. Dave Schening, a vice cop with the Edmonton Police Service, during one undercover operation to help girls being trafficked online.

Date Published:2015

Circles get around


It is possible to create a perfect circle without lifting a finger! Eric becomes a human compass, and shows you how to create your own perfect circle. It's not magic ... it's mathematical! Pedagogical side: This segment presents basic geometric constructions. It's about creating circles from a pivot point so that all points are at an equal distance from the centre.
Date Published:2016