Educational
The Shadow of Gold Educator's Guide
Project Description
For the 2019 film, The Shadow of Gold, we developed a 36-page Educator’s Guide to help high educators inspire critical and solution-focused conversations about the social, economic and environmental impacts of gold mining and resource extraction. The guide includes classroom activities and linked film clips to provoke discussion and action.
Client & Partners Ring Five, Kensington TV, MiningWatch Canada
Dark Cloud Educational Package
Project Description
Dark Cloud: The High Cost of Cyberbullying explores the devastating impacts of cyberbullying on the lives of young people. We developed educational resources and a digital campaign for the film to help parents, educators and youth understand the impacts of cyberbullying and how to respond. This included creating an online, interactive guide featuring impactful video clips, quizzes and more that is fully responsive and accessible.
Clients Spotlight Productions, Telus
The New Corporation Film & App
Project Description
Following up on the hit 2003 documentary, The Corporation, the "unfortunately necessary sequel" premiered at TIFF in September 2020. Like the first film, we are the grassroots team behind the impact campaign, dedicated to harnessing the power of this film to change the corporate form.
We developed the website and a story-sharing app featuring videos about those affected by the issues, and how they tackle corporate power, grassroots organizing and challenges to democracy. We run social media and email marketing campaigns, engaging with supporters and joining in solidarity with allies from around the world.
We are also distributors using our Cool.World platform for streaming events and for the eventual release of the educational version.
Client Grant Street Productions
The Grizzlies Movie
Project Description
We are thrilled to be involved in getting the film The Grizzlies out into the world, in particular to commuities, educators and organizations. Get the DVD or digital version for your school or institution at the Hello Cool World store. Educational licences are available for DVD and Digital! Preliminary educational resources are available on the Grizzlies website. Sign up for the Newsletter. Or email TheGrizzlies@HelloCoolWorld.com.
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Indian Horse: e-learning modules
Project Description
Through this project, our hope is to build understanding in non-Indigenous Canadians about why things look the way they do for Indigenous Peoples today. We will be rolling out interactive educational modules starting in September 2018 for the school year. Our resources will help students and educators discuss this history in a safe and culturally relevant way.
Richard Wagamese’ award-winning novel Indian Horse is being taught in thousands of Canadian classrooms, with over 100,000 copies of the book in circulation. The story of Saul Indian Horse hit the big screen back in April 2018. Now we have launched the educational DVD. Help us make sure that the Indian Horse film reaches high school classrooms across the country, and that it has long-tale life as a resource that fosters empathy, healing and understanding.
Client: Screen Siren Pictures Inc.
Living Well
Project Description
This video was created for the First Nations Health Council (FNHC) and was shown at Gathering Wisdom X conference in May 2018.
Often, what are described as the ‘determinants of health’ are really the determinants of disease -- through this work we will take a strengths-based approach, that will connect the work being done by the FNHC, all the regional representatives, and health directors to the ‘social determinants of resilience’, put in its most simple terms: What it means to be Living Well.
Client: First Nations Health Council
Strong Medicine
Project Description
Strong Medicine is an educational video developed by the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network and CATIE, with and for Indigenous people living with HIV.
By weaving together Indigenous knowledges of culture and wellbeing and Western knowledge of HIV testing and treatment, this video shares accurate information about HIV testing and treatment. It encourages people to get tested and to start, resume or stay on HIV treatment for their own health and wellbeing.This video is a positive and supportive educational tool for all Indigenous people living with HIV and those affected by HIV. It can be viewed in its entirety or in chapters.
Client: CATIE & Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Coyotes Food Medicines
Project Description
Storytelling has always been a traditional way to share knowledge and wisdom. Now we have new tools to share old ways, and to take on new problems. In July 2016, Secwepemc Elders were asked to help develop a teaching story about prescription medicine, This story reflects some of the cultural teachers/animals of the Secwepemc’ulcw people.
From this conversation the story of Coyote’s Food Medicines emerged. Coyote is on a mission to collect medicines - but will everything go as planned? Often stories include the Trickster character, who can be both humorous and heroic, helping to teach through its mix of cunning, foolishness and ambition.
Client: Doctors of British Columbia
Let's Involve Women in Village Budgeting! e-Course
Project Description
We developed an e-learning course for Oxfam Canada that was part of a larger “Power Up” women’s empowerment project in Indonesia, which encourages women’s participation in the budgeting process. This interactive module inspires women to get the issues they care about on the village agenda and funded, while providing tips on how to navigate the process and overcome barriers.
To make the process more relatable and overcome low literacy barriers, we created a series of animated videos following the journey of a young Indonesian woman expecting her first child. The responsive HTML 5 course is optimized for mobile users and will be made available online as a web-application or it can downloaded offline as a free-standing module for desktop users. The videos with both Indonesian and English closed captions are also be available. This project has been very well received in the Indonesian villages it was intended for.
Check out the videos, click on CC for the English version.
Client: Oxfam Canada
FNTC Talks Tech
Project Description
We made these short, sharable films in collaboration with the First Nations Technology Council to help position them as a culturally safe way to look at how technology, innovation and entrepreneurship can benefit indigenous people and communities. We also created their cool video banner on their new website!
Client: First Nations Technology Council