Websites to Support the New Curriculum
Grade 9: Cluster 3
Canada in the Global Context
Learning Experience
9.3.1
Living in the Global Village
9.3.1 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
9.3.1 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Global News: OneWorld.net:
http://www.oneworld.net/
(The OneWorld network and portal covers news, action, and organizations in human rights and global issues across five continents and in eleven different languages. Many of these are produced from the South to widen the participation of the world's poorest and marginalized peoples in the global debate.)
UN Wire:
http://www.unwire.org/
(An independent news source about the United Nations and the world)
The Associated Press:
http://www.ap.org/
(Global news network providing news information to sources around the world)
BBC News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
CBC News:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
National Post :
http://www.canada.com/national/index.html
Globe and Mail:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/
New York Times on the Web:
http://www.nytimes.com/
Google News Canada:
http://news.google.ca/
New Internationalist Magazine:
www.newint.org
(monthly publication that focuses on global issues of social justice)
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Global Issues:
http://www.globalissues.gc.ca
(This website identifies current global issues the Canadian government considers to be important: e.g., in June 2004, indigenous peoples, climate change, international crime and terrorism, gender issues, peacekeeping, human rights, human security, circumpolar world, protection from genocide, war affected children)
Foreign Affairs Canada, Foreign Policy:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/menu-en.asp
(Describes federal government priorities and initiatives in international relations)
Government of Canada, Peacekeeping:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/peacekeeping/menu-en.asp
(Canadian peacekeeping initiatives)
Free the Children:
http://www.freethechildren.org/
YouCAN:
http://www.youcan.ca
(Canadian, non-profit organization that works with young adults to promote the peaceful resolution of personal, community, and societal conflicts.)
Landmines Campaign:
http://www.dangermines.ca
Human Rights Watch:
http://www.hrw.org
CUSO:
http://www.cuso.org/
Amnesty International Canada:
http://www.amnesty.ca/
Greenpeace Canada:
http://www.greenpeace.ca/
UNICEF Canada:
http://www.unicef.ca/
Canadian Red Cross:
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000005&tid=003
9.3.1 APPLYING STRATEGIES
Calculate ecological footprints:
http://www.myfootprint.org/
Media Awareness Network:
http://www.media-awareness.ca/
David Suzuki Foundation’s Declaration of Interdependence, which refers specifically to environmental concerns:
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/about_us/declaration_of_interdependence.asp
Learning Experience
9.3.2
Canada's Global Responsibilities
9.3.2 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
9.3.2 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Veterans’ Affairs Canada, South African War:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm
?source=feature/100africa
Canada and World War I:
Veterans’ Affairs Canada, Canada and the First World War:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/canada
Canada and World War II:
Veterans Affairs Canada, Valour Remembered, Canada and the Second World War:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/Canada2
Canadians in Asia 1941 – 1945, Hong Kong:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/asia
Canada and the Cold War:
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada and the World, The Cold War:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/department/history/canada7-en.asp#cold_war
Canada and the Korean War:
Canadian Encyclopedia, Korean War:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=J0004370
Veterans Affairs Canada, History, Korean War:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/koreawar/valour/introduction
CBC Archives, Canada’s Troops Arrive in Korea, December 1950:
http://archives.cbc.ca/400d.asp?id=1-71-385-2204-11
CBC Archives, Forgotten Heroes: Canada and the Korean War:
http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?IDCat=71&IDDos=112&IDLan=1&IDMenu=71
Canada and the Gulf War:
CBC Archives, The 1991 Gulf War:
http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-71-593
Canada’s Peacekeeping Missions:
CBC News In Depth: History of Canadian Peacekeeping:
http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-71-593
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada and Peacekeeping:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/peacekeeping/menu-en.asp
Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum, Military History, Peacekeeping: Suez Crisis:
http://www.lermuseum.org/ler/mh/1945topresent/suezcrisis.html
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Rebuilding Afghanistan:
http://www.canada-afghanistan.gc.ca/menu-en.asp
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/index.asp
Canada and Peacebuilding:
Government of Canada, Peacekeeping:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/peacekeeping/menu-en.asp
CBC Archives, Trudeau on Peking Peace Mission, 1983:
http://archives.cbc.ca/400d.asp?id=1-73-389-2211-10
Government of Canada, Canada’s Guide to the Global Ban on Landmines:
http://www.mines.gc.ca/I/menu-en.asp
Government of Canada, The International Movement to Ban Landmines: http://www.mines.gc.ca/II/menu-en.asp
Government of Canada, Canada’s Support for Mine Action:
http://www.mines.gc.ca/II/menu-en.asp
CBC News Interactive, Canadians in Kosovo:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactive/cdnskosovo/
CBC News InDepth: Canada, the World’s Peacekeeper:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cdnmilitary/worldspeacekeeper.html
Veterans’ Affairs Canada, In Flanders’ Fields:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/mccrae/flanders
International Olympic Committee:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/ioc/index_uk.asp
Médecins sans frontières (Doctors without Borders):
http://www.msf.org/
Amnesty International Canada:
http://www.amnesty.ca/
Greenpeace Canada:
http://www.greenpeace.ca/
UNICEF Canada:
http://www.unicef.ca/
Canadian Red Cross:
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000005&tid=003
Landmines Campaign:
http://www.dangermines.ca
Human Rights Watch:
http://www.hrw.org
CUSO:
http://www.cuso.org/
Free the Children:
http://www.freethechildren.org/
YouCAN, non-profit youth organization:
http://www.youcan.ca
Stephen Lewis Foundation:
http://stephenlewisfoundation.org/
OXFAM Canada:
http://www.oxfam.ca/
Canada and the United Nations:
http://www.unac.org/en/link_learn/fact_sheets/role.asp
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada and the United Nations:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canada_un/menu-en.asp
John Humphrey and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
http://www.markings.bc.ca/mind/peace/humanrights.html
United Nations, Secretary General Appoints Stephen Lewis as Special Envoy:
http://www.un.org/ga/aids/StephenLewisBio.html
Canada and the International Francophonie:
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada in la Francophonie:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/francophonie/cdn_goals-en.asp
Canada and the Organization of American States:
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Organization of American States:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/latinamerica/oas-history-en.asp
Canada and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO):
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada and NATO:
http://www.international.gc.ca/foreign_policy/nato/menu-en.asp
Canada and the Inuit Circumpolar Conference:
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada and the Circumpolar World:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/circumpolar/menu-en.asp
Inuit Circumpolar Conference:
http://www.inuitcircumpolar.com/index.php?ID=1&Lang=En
Canada and International Trade:
Foreign Affairs and International Trade, NAFTA:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/nafta-alena/menu-en.asp
Canada and Global Environmental Protection:
Climate Change, What is the Kyoto Protocol?
http://www.ec.gc.ca/climate/kyoto-e.html
9.3.2 APPLYING STRATEGIES
CUSO:
http://www.cuso.org/
Free the Children:
http://www.freethechildren.org/
YouCAN:
http://www.youcan.ca
Stephen Lewis Foundation:
http://stephenlewisfoundation.org/
Learning Experience
9.3.3
Living in an Industrialized Consumer Society
9.3.3 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
9.3.3 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
UN Human Development Reports:
http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/
The Least Developed Countries Report 2002, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development:
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp
?docid=2026&intItemID=1397&lang=1&mode=highlights
Canada’s G8 Website:
http://www.g8.gc.ca/menu-en.asp
Government of Canada, The Canadian Economy, Globalization:
http://canadianeconomy.gc.ca/english/economy/globalization.html
Artpolitic Political Encyclopedia, Globalization:
http://www.artpolitic.org/infopedia/gl/Globalization.html
The World Bank Group, Globalization:
http://www1.worldbank.org/economicpolicy/globalization/
Fair Trade Federation:
http://www.fairtradefederation.com/
TransFair Canada (Canadian fair trade certification and standards):
http://www.transfair.ca/
Marquis Project, Brandon, Fair Trade Goods:
http://www.marquisproject.com/worldlygoods.html
United Nations Cyber School Bus, InfoNation:
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp
Manitoba Council for International Cooperation, Our World:
http://www.ourworld.ca/ow2002/main02.html
Countries of the World, Country Reports:
http://www.countryreports.org/alphanationtext.htm
Altapedia Online, Countries A to Z:
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm
Theodora.com, Countries of the World, CIA World Fact Books:
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/
Government of Canada:
http://www.canadianeconomy.gc.ca/english/economy/index.cfm
World Watch Institute, State of the World 2004:
http://www.worldwatch.org/press/news/2004/01/08/
World Watch Institute, A Consumption Manifesto: The Top Ten Principles of Good Consumption:
http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/goodstuff/principles/
World Watch Institute, Glossary of Consumption terms:
http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/goodstuff/glossary/
UNICEF Canada
http://www.unicef.ca/
Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
http://www.mcic.ca/
Rugmark Foundation (a global non profit organization to end child labour): http://www.rugmark.org/
Free the Children
http://www.freethechildren.org/
(Canadian non profit organization led by Craig Kielburger, with student chapters across the country)
9.3.3 APPLYING STRATEGIES
The Fair Game:
http://www.marquisproject.com/fairgame.html