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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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Here’s How

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Own Your Hypocrisy

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Chapter Two

The Context of It All

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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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First Weeks Back?

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The first days of school is busy enough without scrambling to put together a lesson. That's why we've created Predicting Our Year Ahead - a ready-to-go activity that gets students thinking, discussing, and connecting with the world around them from the moment they walk through the door.

This lesson invites students to explore the biggest stories, trends, and issues shaping Canada and the world before making thoughtful predictions about what the year ahead might bring. Along the way, they'll practice critical thinking, recognize patterns, consider multiple perspectives, and revisit their predictions throughout the year to see how their thinking evolves as events unfold.

It's the perfect way to kick off a new school year with curiosity, conversation, and real-world learning.

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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

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

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Study of more than 600 animal and plant species finds genetic diversity has declined globally

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Despite Biotech Efforts to Revive Species, Extinction Is Still Forever

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