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Into the wild

Hunter, Erin


For generations, four clans of wild cats have shared the forest. When their warrior code is threatened by mysterious deaths, a house cat named Rusty may turn out to be the bravest warrior of all.
Date Published:2003

Les voix du monde

Tibo, Gilles, 1951-


Dix-sept poèmes pour découvrir les voix du monde.
Date Published:2022

Sarah and the people of Sand River

Valgardson, W. D.


"A Groundwood book"
Date Published:1996

Dog days

Kinney, Jeff


In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
Date Published:2009

Just another influencer


Ava sings a duet with Vava, her favorite influencer! An influencer can feel like a friend, but we should always keep in mind that they're not necessarily authorities and it's okay to question what they say.
Date Published:2022

Brotherhood of skiing


Since 1973, the National Brotherhood of Skiers has overcome barriers by bringing soul and smiles to the mountain. Formed during the height of the Black Power movement, the organization is dedicated to creating a welcoming space for people of colour on the slopes and supporting Black youth in snowsports. Today, the NBS hosts the largest gathering of Black skiers in the United States and represents 53 ski clubs with over 3,000 members across the country.
Date Published:2019

Since 1973, the National Brotherhood of Skiers has overcome barriers by bringing soul and smiles to the mountain. Formed during the height of the Black Power movement, the organization is dedicated to creating a welcoming space for people of colour on the slopes and supporting Black youth in snowsports. Today, the NBS hosts the largest gathering of Black skiers in the United States and represents 53 ski clubs with over 3,000 members across the country.

Date Published:2019

Going pop culture


Indigenous movies, graphic novels, comic books, and video games are redefining pop culture, in contrast to former stereotypical portrayals of indigenous people, Zander Jones, an indigenous zombie actor, shows us his makeup skills. Film director Jeff Barnaby talks about his horror film 'Blood Quantum' where a zombie apocalypse breaks out on a Mi'kmaq reserve. In Keith Lawrence's film 'Zombies and Indians', two men defend the "Rez". A native comic bookstore in Albuquerque, NM, promotes emerging indigenous superheroes. A stop-motion animated creature comes to life in 'Monster Slayer', morphing the Navajo hero twin's story. Métis Meagan Byrne sets her video game in a 25th century indigenous city. First Nations artists are pushing the boundaries of pop culture. In Going Native, celebrated author Drew Hayden Taylor examines the stereotypes and traditions of Indigenous identity while discovering cool new ways Indigenous people are shaping their culture in the 21st century.
Date Published:2021

Indigenous movies, graphic novels, comic books, and video games are redefining pop culture, in contrast to former stereotypical portrayals of indigenous people, Zander Jones, an indigenous zombie actor, shows us his makeup skills. Film director Jeff Barnaby talks about his horror film 'Blood Quantum' where a zombie apocalypse breaks out on a Mi'kmaq reserve. In Keith Lawrence's film 'Zombies and Indians', two men defend the "Rez". A native comic bookstore in Albuquerque, NM, promotes emerging indigenous superheroes. A stop-motion animated creature comes to life in 'Monster Slayer', morphing the Navajo hero twin's story. Métis Meagan Byrne sets her video game in a 25th century indigenous city. First Nations artists are pushing the boundaries of pop culture. In Going Native, celebrated author Drew Hayden Taylor examines the stereotypes and traditions of Indigenous identity while discovering cool new ways Indigenous people are shaping their culture in the 21st century.

Date Published:2021

How summer beach fun is being made accessible for the disabled


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. The National takes you to Inverness, N.S, for a look at how summer beach fun is being made more accessible for the physically disabled.
Date Published:2018

Naked Island - Hipster Headdress


JUST DON’T DO IT. An unapologetic confrontation of cultural appropriation and everything that’s wrong with hipsters in headdresses.
Date Published:2017

Cosplay culture


Featuring the work of talented cosplayers from around the world, this documentary will bring you from North America's ComicCon & Otakuthon to the mecca of cosplay: Japan. Travel with us from the PGL Cosplay championship in Romania to the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, through New Orleans Krewe of Chewbacchus parade. Explore the workshop of world class cosplayers, discover Akihabara Otaku's culture and learn about the origin of cosplay.
Date Published:2017

Featuring the work of talented cosplayers from around the world, this documentary will bring you from North America's ComicCon & Otakuthon to the mecca of cosplay: Japan. Travel with us from the PGL Cosplay championship in Romania to the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, through New Orleans Krewe of Chewbacchus parade. Explore the workshop of world class cosplayers, discover Akihabara Otaku's culture and learn about the origin of cosplay.

Date Published:2017

Winter sports and climate change


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Johanna Wagstaffe expects the Winter Olympics' outdoor sports will look very different in the future because of climate change. Original broadcast: February 5, 2023.
Date Published:2023

Reverie.exe


A sleeping computer dreams of humans forms, transforming their digital data into abstract and playful shapes. Movements, emotions, and musical lines are added layer upon layer until the complexity overloads the system and the dream ends. Reverie.exe combines Microsoft Kinect motion capture and music-driven visuals in an exploration of the connection shared between humans and machines.
Date Published:2012

The Hawthorne legacy

Barnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn),


Thanks to a DNA test, Avery Grambs knows that she is not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons and there are those who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture-- by any means necessary.
Date Published:2021

Thanks to a DNA test, Avery Grambs knows that she is not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons and there are those who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture-- by any means necessary.

Date Published:2021

The rule of three

Walters, Eric, 1957-


When a viral catastrophe causes a global technological shut down, 16 year old Adam realizes that his police captain mother and a retired government spy living next door are key to his survival.
Date Published:2014

Fight for power

Walters, Eric, 1957-


"The enemy is everywhere"--Cover. After sixty-six days of a catastrophic global blackout, life in the suburbs is not what it used to be for Adam and his fortified neighborhood of Eden Mills. Although an explosive clash has minimized one threat from outside the walls, Adam's battle-hardened mentor, Herb, continues to make decisions in the name of security that are increasingly wrenching and questionable. Like his police chief mom and others, Adam will continue to follow Herb's lead. But when the next threat comes from an unexpected direction, nobody is ready for it. And someone is going to pay the price--because of Adam's mistakes and mistaken trust.
Date Published:2016

"The enemy is everywhere"--Cover. After sixty-six days of a catastrophic global blackout, life in the suburbs is not what it used to be for Adam and his fortified neighborhood of Eden Mills. Although an explosive clash has minimized one threat from outside the walls, Adam's battle-hardened mentor, Herb, continues to make decisions in the name of security that are increasingly wrenching and questionable. Like his police chief mom and others, Adam will continue to follow Herb's lead. But when the next threat comes from an unexpected direction, nobody is ready for it. And someone is going to pay the price--because of Adam's mistakes and mistaken trust.

Date Published:2016

Chomp

Hiaasen, Carl


"A Borzoi Book." When the difficult star of the reality television show "Expedition Survival" disappears while filming an episode in the Florida Everglades using animals from the wildlife refuge run by Wahoo Crane's family, Wahoo and classmate Tuna Gordon set out to find him while avoiding Tuna's gun-happy father.
Date Published:2012

Walking in two worlds

Kinew, Wab, 1981-,


Bugz is caught between two worlds. In the real world, she's a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and reserve life. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massive multiplayer video game universe. Feng is a teen boy who has been sent from China to live with his aunt, a doctor on the reserve, after his online activity suggests he may be developing extremist sympathies. Meeting each other in real life, as well as in the virtual world, Bugz and Feng immediately relate to each other as outsiders and as avid gamers. As their connection is strengthened through their virtual adventures, they find they have much in common in the real world, too: both must decide what to do in the face of temptations and pitfalls, and both must grapple with the impact of family and community trauma. But betrayal threatens everything Bugz has built in the virtual world, as well as her relationships in the real world, and it will take all her newfound strength to restore her friendship with Feng and reconcile the parallel aspects of her life: the traditional and the mainstream, the east and the west, the real and the virtual.
Date Published:2021

Bugz is caught between two worlds. In the real world, she's a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and reserve life. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massive multiplayer video game universe. Feng is a teen boy who has been sent from China to live with his aunt, a doctor on the reserve, after his online activity suggests he may be developing extremist sympathies. Meeting each other in real life, as well as in the virtual world, Bugz and Feng immediately relate to each other as outsiders and as avid gamers. As their connection is strengthened through their virtual adventures, they find they have much in common in the real world, too: both must decide what to do in the face of temptations and pitfalls, and both must grapple with the impact of family and community trauma. But betrayal threatens everything Bugz has built in the virtual world, as well as her relationships in the real world, and it will take all her newfound strength to restore her friendship with Feng and reconcile the parallel aspects of her life: the traditional and the mainstream, the east and the west, the real and the virtual.

Date Published:2021

Heartbreak


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Heartbreak is the emotional period that follows the end of a relationship. How you experience heartbreak is influenced by the strength of the feelings you shared, the length of the relationship, or the reasons and manner in which the breakup occurred. Warning: The following program may contain mature subject matter and coarse language. Viewer discretion is advised.
Date Published:2020

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Heartbreak is the emotional period that follows the end of a relationship. How you experience heartbreak is influenced by the strength of the feelings you shared, the length of the relationship, or the reasons and manner in which the breakup occurred. Warning: The following program may contain mature subject matter and coarse language. Viewer discretion is advised.

Date Published:2020

Living with Viola - Rosena Fung


We're introduced to Rosena Fung's playful graphic novel Living with Viola, a book about a girl learning to tame her anxiety. Then, Ainara travels by train and subway to visit Rosena in her Toronto studio, where they discuss the themes of the book and Rosena's art. There's even time for a little drawing demonstration from Rosena.
Date Published:2023

Blue whale vs. mosquito

Pallotta, Jerry,


Compares and contrasts two unlikely animals: a blue whale and a mosquito! Learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling pair before finally discovering the winner!
Date Published:2024