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The Places We Live illustrates the living conditions of people in various parts of the world. This site focuses on slums/shantytowns with excellent photography and audio to show the human side of extreme poverty.

An excellent discussion and description of traditional Aboriginal diets. Very interesting comparison between it and modern diets, particularly the "new age" diet rage supposedly based upon ancient Aboriginal nutrition.

Simple but effective geography game. Multi-level play, according to quiz selection.

CSI: Cemetery Scene Investigation. Website documenting the activities of students at the Nieman Enhanced Learning Center, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, who received a grant to fund their project (titled above). The CSI project teaches students to look at cemeteries as primary sources in need of protection and preservation. For more information, see the Introduction page of the website.

A short documentary on the Taliban's brutality in regards to the closing of a girl's school in a region in Pakistan. Hard to watch but important.

"Open Your Eyes" - Four DVD videos regarding the medicinal and other benefits of wild plants of the boreal forest. Features Brenda Gaudry of Barrows, Manitoba. The four videos include: "Nature" (20 mins), "Opportunity" (20 mins), "Your Future" (14 mins), and "The Living Forest" (42 mins).

A Guide to Winnipeg for Aboriginal Newcomers (in HTML format, organized by chapter).

Partners for Careers program of Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth. Includes information and a free guide to Winnipeg for Aboriginal Newcomers.

Contact directory for Manitoba Aboriginal and Northern Affairs.

Links to (2001-2008) issues of "Community Contact" - the bi-monthly newsletter published by Manitoba Aboriginal and Northern Affairs.\n\nAlso links to July 2006 & May 2007 back issues of "Northern Links" ("Promoting Healthy Active Living in Northern Manitoba")

Local Aboriginal tabloid-style newspaper. Published by Winnipeg Free Press columnist Colleen Simard.

A free comic/storyboard creation program. No drawing skills required, just click & drag. Looks interesting. Could be a fun way for students to illustrate social studies/history/ native studies assignments or projects.

Frontier Centre for Public Policy interview with Dr. Mitch Taylor, a polar bear biologist. Taylor is critical of anthropogenic global warming and it's supposed affect on polar bear populations. The interview reveals a lot of information regarding polar bear and arctic research that has either not be published in the media or has been misrepresented.

Virtual High School Meanderings, an online resource for Canadian educators. A weblog for Senior Years teachers.

Website of Canadian portrait artist, Gerald Kuehl.

Biography of Aboriginal Canadian artist Daphne Odjig on the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards website.

Illustrates how to integrate Aboriginal education into the curriculum.

"Africa Unchained" a blog by Emeka Okafor, a New York entrepreneur. His blog is intended to analyze and contribute "to the issues and solutions raised by George Ayittey's latest book 'Africa Unchained."

News visualizer from the Washington Post. Very cool. could be a useful tool for Senior Years teachers and students.

The Freechild Project provides tools and training to young people and adults that engage children and youth in social change. For Grade 9 online resources