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Climate Change : Canada's Melting Permafrost. September 2019


From the Curio channel: News in Review. In Canada's Arctic, climate change is already impacting communities and changing ways of life. According to scientists, Canada's northern climate is warming almost three times faster than the global average. As things warm up, the permafrost in the North -- that frozen underlying layer of ground -- is also melting. And that's threatening the way of life for many who live there. The ground is literally falling away beneath them. CBC's Susan Ormiston explores the effects of Canada's thawing Arctic permafrost and how it's impacting communities.
Date Published:2019

From the Curio channel: News in Review. In Canada's Arctic, climate change is already impacting communities and changing ways of life. According to scientists, Canada's northern climate is warming almost three times faster than the global average. As things warm up, the permafrost in the North -- that frozen underlying layer of ground -- is also melting. And that's threatening the way of life for many who live there. The ground is literally falling away beneath them. CBC's Susan Ormiston explores the effects of Canada's thawing Arctic permafrost and how it's impacting communities.

Date Published:2019

Loneliness : The New Silent Killer. April 2019


From the Curio channel: News in Review. More people are lonely than ever before. Studies show that one in five Canadians identify as being lonely. Loneliness is more than a feeling of occasional solitude - it's a prolonged feeling of perceived isolation. While long seen as being bad for mental health, loneliness is now recognized as being physically harmful too. It's being called the silent killer - considered by some experts as being more harmful than smoking 15 cigarettes a day. In fact, loneliness is now linked to heart disease, depression, obesity and other life-threatening conditions. So why in our highly connected world are we so lonely? And what can we do about it?
Date Published:2019

From the Curio channel: News in Review. More people are lonely than ever before. Studies show that one in five Canadians identify as being lonely. Loneliness is more than a feeling of occasional solitude - it's a prolonged feeling of perceived isolation. While long seen as being bad for mental health, loneliness is now recognized as being physically harmful too. It's being called the silent killer - considered by some experts as being more harmful than smoking 15 cigarettes a day. In fact, loneliness is now linked to heart disease, depression, obesity and other life-threatening conditions. So why in our highly connected world are we so lonely? And what can we do about it?

Date Published:2019

Steel drums and ice skates

McLean, Dirk, 1956-


"A Groundwood book."
Date Published:1996

Green eggs and ham

Seuss, Dr.,


Book may be accompanied by sound cassette. When Sam-I-am persits in pestering a grumpy grouch to eat a plate of green eggs and ham, perseverance wins the day, teaching us all that we cannot know what we like until we have tried it!
Date Published:2003

Nana

Yazawa, Ai


Pages numbered from right to left. When two twenty-year-old women with the same first name meet and become best friends despite their different personalities, they experience a world of music, fashion, sex, gossip, and all-night parties.
Date Published:2005

Element of Surprise : Zinc (Zn)


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Zinc is the most abundant metal in our bodies after iron. It helps our bodies maintain a neutral pH. The fourth most widely consumed metal, zinc is used in sunscreens, solar cells, nuclear reactors, car tires and galvanizing metals like iron and steel to prevent rusting. This Element of Surprise segment features the following experts: Josh Roberts, Biochemist, Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, and Anna Ampaw, PhD candidate, Chemistry, University of Ottawa.
Date Published:2019

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Zinc is the most abundant metal in our bodies after iron. It helps our bodies maintain a neutral pH. The fourth most widely consumed metal, zinc is used in sunscreens, solar cells, nuclear reactors, car tires and galvanizing metals like iron and steel to prevent rusting. This Element of Surprise segment features the following experts: Josh Roberts, Biochemist, Mass Spectrometry Centre, Carleton University, and Anna Ampaw, PhD candidate, Chemistry, University of Ottawa.

Date Published:2019

Roy G Biv


In this short animation film Dale Hayward brings to life his watercolour on paper. This film was made as part of the fourth edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.
Date Published:2007

Gorgons


Gorgons are three sisters from Greek mythology, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, the most famous one. They had snakes instead of hair, their eyes could turn people to stone, and their wings allowed them to escape danger. Perseus was able to defeat Medusa using a shield given to him by Athena and a sword from Hermes.
Date Published:2023

The white stone in the castle wall

Oberman, Sheldon.


In early twentieth century Canada, a poor young boy struggles to bring a heavy white stone to wealthy businessman Sir Henry M. Pellatt in the hopes of receiving a silver dollar for it.
Date Published:1995

Looking for X

Ellis, Deborah, 1960-


"A Groundwood book." Eleven-year-old Khyber embarks on a desperate, all-night search for her friend, X, that proves even more wild than any adventure she has ever imagined.
Date Published:1999

Northern forests

Snedden, Robert


The forests of the north wind -- Taiga climate -- The trees of the forest -- Forest soil -- Forest plants -- Fire! -- Forest animals -- Surviving the winter -- Wolves -- Moose on the loose -- Bears in the woods -- Boreal birdlife -- Threats to the forest.
Date Published:2005

Around the Poles

Snedden, Robert


Describes the climate, weather, flora, and fauna of the Arctic and Antarctic.
Date Published:2005

Ghost boys

Rhodes, Jewell Parker.


Includes discussion questions. After seventh-grader Jerome is shot by a white police officer, he observes the aftermath of his death and meets the ghosts of other fallen black boys including historical figure Emmett Till.
Date Published:2018

A big city abc

Moak, Allan



Date Published:1984

High school musical : battle of the bands

Grace, N. B.


"Based on the Disney Channel original movie 'High School Musical', written by Peter Barsocchini." "Disney Channel." When East High puts on a battle of the bands contest, Troy is set to perform with his basketball buddies and Sharpay will be in her own girl group, but Gabriella wonders why Troy does not want to join forces with her again.
Date Published:2007

Last days in Africville

Perkyns, Dorothy.


"A Sandcastle Book".
Date Published:2006

All-American girl

Cabot, Meg


A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.
Date Published:2003

Ready or not : an all-American girl novel

Cabot, Meg


Sequel to: All American girl. Now a high school junior, Samantha tries to decide whether she is ready to have sex with her boyfriend, who happens to be the president's son.
Date Published:2005

Solo star

Jefferies, Cindy.


Chloe is thrilled to be chosen to perform in the Rising Stars concert at Rockley Park School for the Performing Arts, but as a solo singer she finds it challenging to sing with a band, especially when her singing fails to impress her bandmates.
Date Published:2008

Being friends with boys

McVoy, Terra Elan.


Living with stepsisters and having a bad history with female friends, Charlotte enjoys the easy relationships that come with managing an all-male band but things get complicated when dating becomes an issue, and she is urged to sing in public.
Date Published:2013