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Think-tank rates Rainbow District School Board failing grade (www.thesudburystar.com)Local English school board officials are downplaying the results of the annual Fraser Institute rankings released on Sunday, which gave all of the Sudbury boards a six out of 10 or lower.The report on elementary schools, put out annually by the conservative think-tank, ranks Rainbow District School Board 4.8 out of 10.
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Jane's Walk (janeswalk.ca)Jane’s Walk is a series of free neighbourhood walking tours that helps put people in touch with their environment and with each other, by bridging social and geographic gaps and creating a space for cities to discover themselves.
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Free Climate Resilient Cities Online Course (p2pu.org)Course Material
* WEEK 1: CITIES AND DISASTER RISK
* WEEK 2: BUILDING BLOCKS OF DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
* WEEK 3: ROLE OF LOCAL AGENTS IN DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
* WEEK 4: ASSESSING NEEDS FOR DEFINED UDRR OBJECTIVES
* WEEK 5: PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR UDRR
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K-5 Art in Public Places Lesson Plans : For Educators : (culturalcouncil.org)Learning comes to life on city streets and in civic buildings.
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The Third Teacher (www.thethirdteacher.com)Collaborative learning, according to experts, unleashes a unique intellectual and social energy.
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3 Sudbury Catholic schools may close (www.thesudburystar.com)Option one would see Pius XII, St. John, St. Mark and St. Paul remain status quo. A new green school would be built on the St. Bernadette property to house students from that school, St. Raphael and St. Andrew, which would close. St. Charles would remain a 9 to 12 school and St. Albert Adult Learning Centre would remain status quo.
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Sudbury Local News - Students win $3,000 bursary through contest (www.northernlife.ca)The project gave students the opportunity to learn about francophone communities in the western hemisphere in a unique way. Because of its success, it will be used as an example of subject and technology integration as well as differentiated instruction for teachers in training. It is possible to view the comic strip in its entirety by visiting www.cspgno.ca.
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Wembley students learning about butterflies (www.northernlife.ca)A Grade 1 teacher at Wembley Public School will soon travel to Michoacan, Mexico, where the eastern population of monarch butterflies spends the winter.Nancy Shelsted will attend a conference and participate in a butterfly sanctuary tour from Feb. 13 to 20, thanks to the Monarch Teacher Network and The W. Garfield Weston Foundation.
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Teach in for Climate Justice (www.teachinforclimatejustice.com)A teach-in communicates complicated issues through educational forum. It is a collaborative effort between professors and campus members to educate tens of thousands of students at once during a 2 week campaign happening simultaneously across the globe!
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Design Ignites Change (www.designigniteschange.org)Design Ignites Change, a collaboration between Adobe Youth Voices and Worldstudio, engages high school and college students in multidisciplinary design and architecture projects that address pressing social issues
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12.Earth Hour Photos 2009 (www.snapsudbury.com)
Northern Ontario's first green school, Valley View Public School in Val Caron, recently held a "Earth Hour" themed day.
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Bike It | Sustrans (www.sustrans.org.uk)We know that millions of children want to cycle to school in this country, yet only 2% do.
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Spanish Public School losing public support (www.midnorthmonitor.com)Spanish Public School is projected to have just 25 students enrolled this coming September, according to figures presented at an Accommodation Review Panel meeting Wednesday, January 27.
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Primitive Living Skills: Earth Skills & Nature Awareness articles, journals, schools, and classes. (www.hollowtop.com)Primitive living is a metaphor we participate in and act out. Life is simplified down to the bare essentials: physical and mental well-being, shelter, warmth, clothing, water, and food
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Sault College wants to start peace program (www.thesudburystar.com)The college's board of governors voted Thursday to seek funding approval from the province for a new Peace and Conflict Studies program.The two-year program would be the only one of its kind in Ontario and would start this fall, offering courses like conflict analysis, introduction to human relations and sustainable development and environmental ethics.
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Sudbury Catholic Schools Aboriginal Education (aboriginal.scdsb.edu.on.ca) -
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French Language Learning Resources for Parents (www.rainbowschools.ca)In Rainbow Schools, Core French is offered daily beginning in Grade 1. The aim of the Core French program is to develop basic communication skills in French and an understanding of the nature of the language, as well as an appreciation of French culture in Canada and in other parts of the French-speaking world.
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Training, Colleges and Universities minister questioned about architecture school (www.northernlife.ca)Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities John Milloy received some pointed remarks from the first vice-chair of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Jan. 21 about the need to approve funding for a new architecture school in Sudbury.
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archiculture|trailer (www.archiculturefilm.com)The documentary follows five design students throughout the entirety of their senior thesis projects as a means to explore issues pertaining to architecture and design.
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Sudbury Board unveils new first nations resource guide for staff (www.northernlife.ca)The Rainbow District School Board has unveiled a new resource guide for staff entitled First Nation, Métis and Inuit Presence in Rainbow Schools.
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Canada's The Beaver magazine renamed to end porn mix-up (uk.news.yahoo.com)Canada's second-oldest magazine, The Beaver, is changing its name after 90 years because the title is too often censored by online porn filters, preventing it from reaching new online readers.
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WannaLearn.com (www.wannalearn.com)Over 350 categories of free, first-rate, family-safe online tutorials, guides and instructionally oriented Websites!
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What is Lecturefox? It’s all about the joy of learning. Lecturefox is a free service. You can find high-quality classes from universities all over the world.
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Prairie Postcards (peel.library.ualberta.ca)Peel's Prairie Provinces is a resource dedicated to assisting scholars, students, and researchers of all types in their exploration of western Canadian history and the culture of the Canadian prairies.
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