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A Video to Watch and Love

A Video to Watch and Love

Canadian Tire’s advertisement “Wheels” was created for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and continued through the Paralympic Games to promote Canadian Tire’s sponsorship of both the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic teams. The ad is filled with a heart warming message that...

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School Connectedness

School Connectedness

The US' Center for Disease Control and Prevention has produced an excellent strategy guide: School Connectedness: Strategies for Increasing Protective Factors Among Youth (PDF). Families, schools and communities all need to work together to create an environment that...

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Keep your Children Safe Online

Keep your Children Safe Online

This recently published comprehensive guide to internet safety is very useful. Founded in 2017, Pixel Privacy is a small team of privacy enthusiasts who work remotely from the US, Mexico and Australia. Their online privacy guides help hundreds of thousands of people...

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Alcohol Link to Cancer

Alcohol Link to Cancer

Even mild to moderate drinking poses risk of developing the disease, WHO researchers say.   The findings are part of a modelling study from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published in the journal Lancet Oncology.  ...

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A lesson on fate

A lesson on fate

One's fate is in your control! INVICTUS By William Ernest Henley, 1875 Out of the night that covers me Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud....

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Research for Today’s Educators

Research for Today’s Educators

Relevant research for today's educators from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Usable Knowledge makes education research accessible to teachers, education leaders, and parents. Sign up for the Usable Knowledge newsletter. In the complex world of education HGSE...

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Building Resilience

Building Resilience

I found some excellent resources on building resilience on the American Psychological Association website. We all face stresses in our lives. Resilience is a quality that we need to understand so that obstacles can be overcome. The APA provides a road map on how to...

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