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By the end of this course, students will:

Tell more effective visual stories | Analyze media critically | Communicate ideas visually | Build portfolios | Apply design thinking | Connect storytelling to real-world issues

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Chapter One

The System of Things

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Chapter Five

Here’s How

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Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

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Chapter Two

The Context of It All

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Chapter Six

Your Turn

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Chapter Ten

Keep Going

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Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

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Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

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Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

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Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

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Chapter Eight

Be Better

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Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)

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Canada at a Crossroads Series

A cross-curricular, inquiry-driven story that investigates how – and whether – Canada can simultaneously grow our economy, protect our environment, unite our nation, secure our sovereignty, and safeguard our democracy.


Includes new extension activities:
  • Iran War Briefing
  • About a (Omni)Bus? Exploring Bill C-39
  • Quebec Election & What the Results Could Mean
  • Alberta’s 2026 Referendum
  • British Columbia's Early Election

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    Why Nature? Curiosity, Critical Thinking & What’s Possible

    It’s Science Literacy Week, and this year’s theme is Curiosity. But curiosity isn’t just about finding answers. Sometimes, it’s about being willing to ask a bigger question: What if we looked at...
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    How To

    Design Thinking

    “I encourage the conversation to move away from either/or, but/and, and if/that and really start thinking about...
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    Design Thinking with Michael Kennedy

    So, you’ve got a great idea for a class project; to launch a new business; to improve...
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    How to Plan an Assignment

    Need a few tips to complete your assignment and ensure you're on task? Review these suggestions! Understand the...
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    Career with Meaning

    Resume & CV/Cover Letter Writing

    What is a Resume? A resume is a concise document summarizing an individual's education, work experience, skills, achievements...
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    Leadership and Skill Building

    5 Job Search Trends for 2025

    Bias: none Source: Forbes File Type: Article Overview: 5 Job Search Trends For 2025 Web Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shodewan/2025/01/22/5-job-search-trends-for-2025/
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    A management professor explains why you should stop explaining everything

    Bias: Centre Source: Fast Company File Type: Essay Overview: A management professor explains why you should stop explaining everything Web Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/91257031/a-management-professor-explains-why-you-should-stop-explaining-everything
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    Supporting nature literacy

    Our belief is that too few people have a grounding, personal connection to the land and, far more troubling, even fewer have been schooled...
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    The inspiration for Ghost Bear Institute

    For two decades, Simon ran the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition - a non-profit organization that underscored the power of one person to learn, to...
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    After spending several months in the field for each year of the past 10 years – and roughly half the year in the field...
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    Welcome 2024!

    Are we ever glad to see the backside of 2023. It was a year where pretty much everything went wrong - we both had/are...
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    Goats were used to restore the wetlands in Mississauga🐐

    Bias: none Source: City of Mississauga File Type: Video Overview: Goats were used to restore the wetlands in Mississauga Web Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C90AVvIubBm/?igsh=cHdod2Y2bm1udjBi

    Ethan Mollick On The Four Rules Of Co-Intelligence With AI

    Bias: none Source: Forbes File Type: Book Overview: Ethan Mollick On The Four Rules Of Co-Intelligence With AI Web Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2024/05/07/ethan-mollick-on-the-four-rules-of-co-intelligence-with-ai/

    ‘I think it’s awesome’: Hundreds of bats move into historic Nanaimo area schoolhouse

    Bias: none Source: Chek News File Type: Article Overview: ‘I think it’s awesome’: Hundreds of bats move into historic Nanaimo area schoolhouse Web Link: https://www.cheknews.ca/i-think-its-awesome-hundreds-of-bats-move-into-historic-nanaimo-area-schoolhouse-1210818/?amp

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    Definitions, concepts and examples

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    Stories from rising leaders

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    Young people can change the world. You can make a difference for people and nature today. But the...
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    Annotated Bibliography

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    Design Thinking

    How To
    “I encourage the conversation to move away from either/or, but/and, and if/that and really...
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    Design Thinking with Michael Kennedy

    How To
    So, you’ve got a great idea for a class project; to launch a new...
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    How to Plan an Assignment

    How To
    Need a few tips to complete your assignment and ensure you're on task? Review...
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    Resume & CV/Cover Letter Writing

    Career with Meaning
    What is a Resume? A resume is a concise document summarizing an individual's education, work...
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