Your Digital Ecosystem

As the world changes, we change.
We're constantly adding new stories, analyzing the latest news and posting new interviews.

QUICK START: Begin with Chapter One → Explore the Story → Complete an Activity → Build Toward Your Final Project

Latest News
Jump to today's chapter

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

Select today's chapter

Chapter One

The System of Things

A Background

Chapter Five

Here’s How

Process

Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

Constructive Criticism

Chapter Two

The Context of It All

The Full Story

Chapter Six

Your Turn

Your Project

Chapter Ten

Keep Going

Learn from Failure

Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Perspectives

Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

Critical Thinking

Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

Apply Your Learning

Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Decision Making

Chapter Eight

Be Better

Communication

Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)

Begin

The Latest

Breaking news. Fresh conversations. New stories. More lessons. 

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

    Go!

    • Your Class and Your World: TODAY

    News

    Get Curious: Explore Mount Robson Provincial Park

    It’s Science Literacy Week, and this year’s theme is Curiosity. Sometimes the best way to get curious about science is simply to go somewhere new and look around. We created a virtual...
    See all the latest news & activities
    Popular Lesson: Predicting Our Year Ahead

    New on Instagram

    @naturelabs.ca
    64.8k Followers
    Follow

    Latest Conversations

    Pete Smith

    Podcasts
    How do we move forward as a country if the urban-rural divide threatens national unity? It might be easier than we think and, according...
    Read more

    Charlotte Gray

    Podcasts
    To understand where we’re going, we almost always need to learn from our part. And few understand the history of our nation than Charlotte...
    Read more
    Suggest an expert to interview

    Visit your curated library

    3500+ curated articles, journals, infographics and tools to help you with this course and your future.

    Visit

    Learn More

    How To

    Design Thinking

    “I encourage the conversation to move away from either/or, but/and, and if/that and really start thinking about...
    Read
    How To

    Design Thinking with Michael Kennedy

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

    How to Plan an Assignment

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

    See What You Made Upworthy

    Nature Labs

    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...
    Nature Labs

    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...
    Nature Labs

    Let’s-not-call-it-a-top-image-countdown-countdown

    After spending several months in the field for each year of the past 10 years – and roughly half the year in the field...
    Nature Labs

    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...
    Nature Labs

    Annual Report

    Annual-Report-2021Download
    Nature Labs

    Hey! Remember that Nature Labs project we’ve been trying to build? Well….

    https://youtu.be/ZIDJl2xnWVU Join us on Patreon!

    Your Project

    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

    Journalism and Storytelling

    Online brain rot is undermining our ability to tell meaningful stories

    Bias: Centre Source: The Conversation File Type: Essay Overview: Online brain rot is undermining our ability to tell meaningful stories Web Link: https://theconversation.com/online-brain-rot-is-undermining-our-ability-to-tell-meaningful-stories-248984
    Read more

    I hated writing—until I learned there’s a science to it

    Bias: none Source: Science File Type: Essay Overview: I hated writing—until I learned there’s a science to it Web Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/i-hated-writing-until-i-learned-there-s-science-it
    Read more

    Life Lessons and Suggestions

    Featured Podcasts

    Camilla d’Errico

    Have you ever attended a Comic Con festival? If so, the chances are you know the work of Camilla d’Errico. Camilla isn’t just a...

    Mark Miller

    How do you become one of Canada’s most successful storytellers? You ask questions. And Mark Miller asks a lot. Mark’s insatiable curiosity and thirst...

    Michelle Valberg

    Michelle Valberg is a world-renowned nature and portrait photographer, with images having adorned Canadian stamps, coins and even aircrafts. Her work has been featured...

    James Michels

    Visual storytelling can be a picture, a painting, a documentary or a plate of stunning food. It can also be a bent cedar box....

    Trends and Career Tools

    Visual Storytelling Slideshows

    Definitions, concepts and examples

    How To

    Stories from rising leaders

    How To
    Young people can change the world. You can make a difference for people and nature today. But the path isn’t always as obvious or as easy as we...
    Read more

    Annotated Bibliography

    How To
    Read more

    Design Thinking

    How To
    “I encourage the conversation to move away from either/or, but/and, and if/that and really start thinking about what are the motivating factors and how...
    Read more

    Design Thinking with Michael Kennedy

    How To
    So, you’ve got a great idea for a class project; to launch a new business; to improve a community service; to change the world...
    Read more

    How to Plan an Assignment

    How To
    Need a few tips to complete your assignment and ensure you're on task? Review these suggestions! Understand the Assignment Requirements: Carefully read the assignment prompt. Note down...
    Read more

    Resume & CV/Cover Letter Writing

    Career with Meaning
    What is a Resume? A resume is a concise document summarizing an individual's education, work experience, skills, achievements and qualifications for a specific job application....
    Read more
    Load more

    The stories behind the stories

    How was Nature Labs created? Want to meet your teachers? Have questions about your classroom?

    Check it out!

     
    0%
    Unit completion