Green Street / Ma Rue Verte
www.green-street.ca - English sitewww.marueverte.ca - site en français
Green Street is a national non-profit program, that seeks to provide opportunities to actively engage youth and teachers in environmental and sustainability education. This program links teachers in Canada to reputable environmental and sustainability education organizations across the country. Teachers can register online for programs that range from discovering ecofootprinting and learning about the magic of wind turbines, to letter writing with eco pen-pals. All Green Street approved programs are assessed according to their Benchmarks of Excellence, are curriculum-aligned and aim to foster a life-long commitment toward environmental stewardship. Most programs are free.
Médecins Sans Frontières Canada (MSF)
402-720 Spadina AvenueToronto ON M5S 2T9
www.msf.ca
MSF, also know as Doctors without Borders Canada, is a non-governmental organization providing emergency medical and logistical assistance to populations at risk. The Canadian office is headquartered in Toronto.
The educational kit, "A Refugee Camp in the City - On Assignment", includes:
- a 60 page teacher's guide with handouts, tests, charts, rubrics, a wide variety of suggested teaching strategies, three pages of Web site resources and recommendations for evaluation, and subject orientation for each lesson.
- a video series of four 15 minutes cuts supporting the 15 lessons in the guide includes four themes on the conceptual and practical realities of a refugee camp developed through cutaways and documentary footage, still photographs, interview clips with MSF volunteers and Canadian students with refugee camp histories.
It is designed to foster better understanding amongst Canadian youth of the hardships experienced by millions of displaced people in the world every day. Through understanding of the realities of displaced people, we believe, we can mitigate racism and promote tolerance towards refugees in our own home society.
Suitable for studies in: English, history, geography, science, biology, chemistry, religion, politics, law, drama, visual arts, media studies, health, civics world issues and math.
Download the order form from their website: A Refugee Camp in the City - On Assignment
Roots & Shoots
The Jane Goodall InstituteP.O. Box 477 Victoria Station
Westmount, Quebec H3Z 2Y6
Contact: Valerie Girard, Educational Outreach Coordinator
Phone: 514-369-3384
Fax: 514-489-8748
E-mail: valerie@ (add janegoodall.ca to complete the email address)
Web site: www.janegoodall.ca/rs/rs_history.html
Roots & Shoots is a program founded by Dr Jane Goodall to inspire and involve kids in care and concern for the environment, animals, and the human community. Its members plan and participate in activities and service projects such as building birdhouses, working with local animal shelters, planting trees, cleaning up parks, volunteering at soup kitchens, or anything else they can think of that will help make the world a better place. These local activities can be reported for inclusion in the Success Stories section of the website. There are currently 4 stories from groups in Ontario.
Members can also participate in Partnerships in Understanding, a network of youth from around the world who correspond with each other to share ideas, solve problems, and enhance cultural awareness. Partner groups exchange letters, e-mails, photos, games, video and audio tapes, cultural artefacts and Roots & Shoots project ideas.
Roots & Shoots Canada members receive its newsletter, Green Ideas, as well as the Roots & Shoots Network newsletter.
