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Old school

Kinney, Jeff


Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?
Date Published:2015

The third wheel

Kinney, Jeff


A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down until an unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves his best friend Rowley the odd man out.
Date Published:2012

Hard luck

Kinney, Jeff


After being dumped by his best friend and having a hard time finding new friends in middle school, Greg decides to change his luck and turn all his decisions over to chance.
Date Published:2013

Measurement


Hamza wants to measure everything about Koolkatt that has changed since he was a teeny-weeny little robot-kitten - but how? It turns out there are a lot of different ways to measure the world around us. To find out more, we’ll meet a Viking ship builder, walk the plank in clown shoes, and make our own gooey worms! Viewers learn about measuring volume, circumference, time, distance, weight, length and temperature.
Date Published:2016

Hamza wants to measure everything about Koolkatt that has changed since he was a teeny-weeny little robot-kitten - but how? It turns out there are a lot of different ways to measure the world around us. To find out more, we’ll meet a Viking ship builder, walk the plank in clown shoes, and make our own gooey worms! Viewers learn about measuring volume, circumference, time, distance, weight, length and temperature.

Date Published:2016

Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis : Canada's anti-Semitic immigration policies in the twentieth century

Arato, Rona,


Prior to World War II, Canada’s Jewish community was well established, particularly in Toronto and Montreal. As the war grew closer, reports of anti-Semitism across Europe were increasing. In the 1930s, Hitler’s Nazis were spreading hatred and violence towards Jews across Germany. At first, Jews were allowed to leave Germany and thousands escaped to save themselves and their families. Towards the end of the decade, countries around the world, including Canada, closed their doors to Jewish refugees. In 1939, the MS St. Louis sailed for Cuba with nearly a thousand Jewish men, women, and children looking for safety. They were turned away by Cuba, the USA, and Canada before they were sent back to Europe where over 250 of them were murdered. Despite pleas from the Canadian Jewish community, the government refused to allow more Jewish refugees into the country. When Britain forced Canada to take some of their refugees, Canada imprisoned them in internment camps alongside Nazis. Some of the refugees were only teenagers. After the war, it took three years for Canada to change its immigration policies and begin to accept equal numbers of Jews with other immigrants. Canada’s long history of anti-Semitic immigration policies was deemed shameful. In November, 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an official apology to the Jewish Community for Canada’s refusal to accept the passengers of the MS St. Louis, as well as its historical anti-Semitic policies.
Date Published:2021

Prior to World War II, Canada’s Jewish community was well established, particularly in Toronto and Montreal. As the war grew closer, reports of anti-Semitism across Europe were increasing. In the 1930s, Hitler’s Nazis were spreading hatred and violence towards Jews across Germany. At first, Jews were allowed to leave Germany and thousands escaped to save themselves and their families. Towards the end of the decade, countries around the world, including Canada, closed their doors to Jewish refugees. In 1939, the MS St. Louis sailed for Cuba with nearly a thousand Jewish men, women, and children looking for safety. They were turned away by Cuba, the USA, and Canada before they were sent back to Europe where over 250 of them were murdered. Despite pleas from the Canadian Jewish community, the government refused to allow more Jewish refugees into the country. When Britain forced Canada to take some of their refugees, Canada imprisoned them in internment camps alongside Nazis. Some of the refugees were only teenagers. After the war, it took three years for Canada to change its immigration policies and begin to accept equal numbers of Jews with other immigrants. Canada’s long history of anti-Semitic immigration policies was deemed shameful. In November, 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an official apology to the Jewish Community for Canada’s refusal to accept the passengers of the MS St. Louis, as well as its historical anti-Semitic policies.

Date Published:2021

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

First Nations Land Disputes. January 2015


From the Curio channel: News in Review. Since Europeans first arrived in Canada, non-Natives have laid claim to lands that were once under the control of the Native population. Increasingly, First Nations people are asking for their land rights to be honoured. Here are two very different cases where a land dispute could leave someone in financial ruin.
Date Published:2015

The ugly truth

Kinney, Jeff


While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.
Date Published:2010

The last straw

Kinney, Jeff


Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
Date Published:2009

Trudeau delivers official apology for Canada's role in the MS St. Louis


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. The Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler tested the limits of Canada's humanity in the lead up to the Second World War and Canada's government failed that test "miserably," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Trudeau made an apology in the House of Commons for the 1939 decision by the Canadian government to turn away a boatload of German Jews seeking refuge from the Nazis. Sol Messinger was one of the passengers on the MS St. Louis. He was just a boy then. And in the end, one of the lucky ones. Messinger told CBC about his memories of that time and why the prime minister's apology matters.
Date Published:2018

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. The Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler tested the limits of Canada's humanity in the lead up to the Second World War and Canada's government failed that test "miserably," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Trudeau made an apology in the House of Commons for the 1939 decision by the Canadian government to turn away a boatload of German Jews seeking refuge from the Nazis. Sol Messinger was one of the passengers on the MS St. Louis. He was just a boy then. And in the end, one of the lucky ones. Messinger told CBC about his memories of that time and why the prime minister's apology matters.

Date Published:2018

Amphibians


About 350 million years ago, the first vertebrates, the fish, began to develop bones and lungs and emerged out of the water. These animals were the ancestors of the first amphibians. So, what characterizes an amphibian? How can a frog survive the cold winter months? And why are humans their main threat? In this film you will learn more about the life of amphibians.
Date Published:2023

Nuclear energy


Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of protons and neutrons. This short segment asks what role does nuclear energy play in the future of the energy sector and how safe is it? What are the risks and benefits?
Date Published:2024

Reptiles


Lizards, snakes, crocodiles and turtles all belong to the animal group of reptiles. Many of the species have been around since before the dinosaurs and can live both in water and on land. In this film, you will learn more about how reptiles live and reproduce, how they shed their skin as they grow and how they regulate their body temperature. We will also take a closer look at the extra sense some snakes have to locate their prey.
Date Published:2023

Lizards, snakes, crocodiles and turtles all belong to the animal group of reptiles. Many of the species have been around since before the dinosaurs and can live both in water and on land. In this film, you will learn more about how reptiles live and reproduce, how they shed their skin as they grow and how they regulate their body temperature. We will also take a closer look at the extra sense some snakes have to locate their prey.

Date Published:2023

The Bad Guys in The others?!

Blabey, Aaron,


"OK. A lot of the stuff we said on the back of the last book was NOT TRUE. We now admit that The Bad Guys is WEIRD. We also admit that it features ALL the weird stuff we said it didn't. PLUS there's now a whole bunch of even weirder stuff involving an over-sharing bat, a really scary new character who lives in the woods, and a strangely confident little guy with a mullet. So, uh, don't relax, maybe FREAK OUT a little and have your MIND BLOWN by the BAD GUYS!"--
Date Published:2022

"OK. A lot of the stuff we said on the back of the last book was NOT TRUE. We now admit that The Bad Guys is WEIRD. We also admit that it features ALL the weird stuff we said it didn't. PLUS there's now a whole bunch of even weirder stuff involving an over-sharing bat, a really scary new character who lives in the woods, and a strangely confident little guy with a mullet. So, uh, don't relax, maybe FREAK OUT a little and have your MIND BLOWN by the BAD GUYS!"--

Date Published:2022

Birds


There are about ten thousand known species of birds across the world, from majestic ostriches to tiny hummingbirds. What do birds have in common with dinosaurs? How are their bodies adapted to a life in the air? And how do migratory birds find their way home to their nesting grounds year after year? In this film you will learn more about the amazing life of birds.
Date Published:2023

Esi Edugyan: Writing Black Histories


From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Episode of the Agenda aired on June 4, 2019. . Esi Edugyan won the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize or her acclaimed book, "Washington Black," a novel of slavery and freedom. She talks to Nam Kiwanuka about how real snippets of Black history inform the stories she tells in her novels.
Date Published:2019

Tiktaalik : ancient fish, human ancestor


The primitive Tiktaalik is an extinct fish-like animal that is the earliest example of a vertebrated animal that transitioned from finned to limbed animals. Paleontologists describe how they study fossils to understand the history of life on earth and the evolutionary chain. Learn about the origin of Tiktaalik's name, its characteristics, structure, and its adaptation to life on land; tetrapods; life in the Devonian period; evolution from fish to human; evolutionary mysteries that are still unsolved; and evolutionary implications for the future of humanity. Paleontology is vital to our modern world, the impact of climate change, and the planet's future. Detailed graphics, diagrams and video images reinforce important concepts.
Date Published:2022

The primitive Tiktaalik is an extinct fish-like animal that is the earliest example of a vertebrated animal that transitioned from finned to limbed animals. Paleontologists describe how they study fossils to understand the history of life on earth and the evolutionary chain. Learn about the origin of Tiktaalik's name, its characteristics, structure, and its adaptation to life on land; tetrapods; life in the Devonian period; evolution from fish to human; evolutionary mysteries that are still unsolved; and evolutionary implications for the future of humanity. Paleontology is vital to our modern world, the impact of climate change, and the planet's future. Detailed graphics, diagrams and video images reinforce important concepts.

Date Published:2022

Alice Fleck's recipes for disaster

Delaney, Rachelle.


Alice Fleck's father is a culinary historian, and for as long as she can remember, she's been helping him recreate meals from the past - a hobby she prefers to keep secret from kids her age. But when her father's new girlfriend enters them into a cooking competition at a Victorian festival, Alice finds herself and her hobby thrust into the spotlight. And that's just the first of many surprises awaiting her. On arriving at the festival, Alice learns that she and her father are actually contestants on Culinary Combat, a new reality TV show hosted by Tom Truffleman, the most famous and fierce judge on TV! And to make matters worse, she begins to suspect that someone is at work behind the scenes, sabotaging the competition.
Date Published:2021

Alice Fleck's father is a culinary historian, and for as long as she can remember, she's been helping him recreate meals from the past - a hobby she prefers to keep secret from kids her age. But when her father's new girlfriend enters them into a cooking competition at a Victorian festival, Alice finds herself and her hobby thrust into the spotlight. And that's just the first of many surprises awaiting her. On arriving at the festival, Alice learns that she and her father are actually contestants on Culinary Combat, a new reality TV show hosted by Tom Truffleman, the most famous and fierce judge on TV! And to make matters worse, she begins to suspect that someone is at work behind the scenes, sabotaging the competition.

Date Published:2021

The getaway

Kinney, Jeff,


Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venemous creatures all threaten their vacation.
Date Published:2017

Animorphs. 2, Le visiteur

Grine, Chris,


Traduction de : The visitor. Rachel est encore sous le choc après avoir appris que la Terre est secrètement attaquée par des parasites extraterrestres. Ses amis et elle sont la seule défense de la planète contre les Yirks. Cinq jeunes qui, par hasard, sont tombés sur un vaisseau spatial et ont reçu le pouvoir de se métamorphoser en animaux. La principale piste du groupe est le directeur adjoint, M. Chapman, l'hôte humain d'un officier Yirk de haut rang. Rachel se porte volontaire pour s'introduire dans la maison de Chapman. Mais ce qu'elle découvre à l'intérieur est peut-être au-delà de ses capacités.
Date Published:2022

Traduction de : The visitor. Rachel est encore sous le choc après avoir appris que la Terre est secrètement attaquée par des parasites extraterrestres. Ses amis et elle sont la seule défense de la planète contre les Yirks. Cinq jeunes qui, par hasard, sont tombés sur un vaisseau spatial et ont reçu le pouvoir de se métamorphoser en animaux. La principale piste du groupe est le directeur adjoint, M. Chapman, l'hôte humain d'un officier Yirk de haut rang. Rachel se porte volontaire pour s'introduire dans la maison de Chapman. Mais ce qu'elle découvre à l'intérieur est peut-être au-delà de ses capacités.

Date Published:2022