20 ans après les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, qui ont coûté la vie à des milliers d’américains, des artistes québécois d’origine maghrébine reviennent sur les effets du racisme dont ils ont été victimes depuis dans une websérie qui fait réfléchir.
On April 1986, Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded and caused what was going to be the most important civil nuclear catastrophe in history.
En 2021, Instagram avait exploré l’idée de mettre au point une version de la plateforme pour que les enfants de moins de 13 ans puissent l’utiliser de façon sécuritaire. Les activités suivantes permettront aux élèves de réfléchir à la question et d’aiguiser leur jugement critique quant aux diverses publications (les publicités, entre autres) retrouvées sur Instagram.
Accepting the emotions you are feeling might be the key to feeling better. During these exceptional times, what would you like to do to ensure a healthy balance in your life? Remember, it’s okay not to be okay.
The observations are troubling and unmistakable: two thirds of the wild fauna has disappeared in less than 50 years. This shocking declaration of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is sounding the alarm, identifying the primary cause of this decline as human activity. It is approximately 4 000 vertebrate species, spread across 21 000 animals across the world that have disappeared following the destruction of their natural habitat, mainly for agriculture.
À quoi ressemblera le monde dans 30 ans? Dans 40 ans? Depuis mars 2020, les changements s’accélèrent et tendent vers la vision que nous pouvons avoir de la ville du futur… Voici des idées d’activités pour que les élèves portent un regard sur diverses façons d’entrevoir l’avenir des villes et sur les actions durables à poser.
The monarch is a magnificent black and orange butterfly; actually, it is one of the biggest diurnal butterflies in Canada. You may have seen one before since they fly around houses collecting nectar from flowers. However, if you were born 20 years earlier, you would have seen many more. In 2003, the monarch was already considered an at-risk species, but with a population decline of 90%, it has been an endangered species sin 2016. The climate changes, the use of pesticides and the destruction of its natural habitat lead to its demise.
As part of a series of SCOOP! on COVID-19, today we address the infodemic. The infodemic is this overabundance of information, credible or not, that makes it difficult for anyone to get accurate information. Medical misinformation, conspiracy theories, rumours on governmental measures, doctored pictures and videos, scams, and fraudulent offers, the false information about COVID-19 spreads faster than the actual virus. SCOOP! explains, in this video, how to ensure you are not fed false information in your quest for truth.
What is better than eating pasta with basil pesto, a bacon sandwich with tomatoes and lettuce, or even a homemade vegetable soup? Eating it when you have grown the food yourself.
As part of a series of SCOOP! on COVID-19, today we answer many questions you may have on the changes you have been going through recently. With this short video, and a stack of toilet paper, we know that “we will prevail” and “we will get through this”.
Dans le cadre de la série SCOOP! « La COVID-19 expliquée aux jeunes », nous répondons aujourd’hui à plusieurs questions que les jeunes se posent à propos des changements vécus aux routines quotidiennes. Courtes vidéos à l’appui et réserves de papier de toilette, nous savons que « ça va bien aller »!
As part of a series of SCOOP! on COVID-19, today we address the importance of washing our hands. What is all the fuss surrounding hand-washing anyway? We hear everywhere that it is of the upmost importance to wash our hands, and particularly with the pandemic of COVID-19. Do you think you can fall ill by shaking someone’s hand or by touching a door handle? Do you know how to wash your hand efficiently? And how often? SCOOP! has the answers for you.
The month of March is the perfect opportunity to learn about the benefits of healthy eating. In fact, dieticians of Canada are the true nutrition specialists. They have created many tools and initiatives to support and promote the importance and benefits of healthy eating and they are sharing a few with us.
As part of a series of SCOOP! information capsules on COVID-19, today we address school closures. Currently, half of the students across the world are deprived of their usual education because they do not have access to their school. But why this decision? What does it mean for teenagers who must stay home? SCOOP! has the answers in this video.
As part of a series of information capsules SCOOP! on COVID-19, today we address vaccines. Creating a vaccine is a complex process and there can be more than a year between its creation and its distribution to the public. Where are researchers in their quest to stop this pandemic? SCOOP! explains it in video.
As part of a series of information capsules on COVID-19, destined to youth aged 8 to 16, today we address the quarantine. Many people across the world find themselves in quarantine for fourteen days. But what does that mean exactly?
Last December, in the city of Wuhan, China, a virus usually linked to animals was transmitted to a human for the first time. The coronavirus COVID-19 comes from the same family of viruses that usually affects the respiratory tract. It is in the same family as the common cold, the flu, and other more serious respiratory illnesses. When humans are infected with COVID-19, they experience symptoms such as fever, coughing, and difficulty breathing similar to pneumonia.
In 2019 and 2020, the south of Australia faced wildfires that destroyed everything on their paths. Between September 2019 and January 11, 2020, 28 people have died in those fires and many more have gone missing. According to a study by the University of Sydney, 480 million animals have also perished in these fires.
Chaque année, de nouveaux mots s’ajoutent aux quelque 130 000 déjà présents dans les dictionnaires Petit Robert et Larousse. « Niaiser », « jarnigoine », « enfirouaper », « scroller » ou « millénial », regard sur les termes qui seront officiellement les bienvenus en 2020.
Paradoxe dans l’univers du numérique : San Francisco, temple de l’innovation technologique, est devenue la première ville américaine à bannir l’utilisation d’outils de reconnaissance faciale par la police et d’autres agences du gouvernement local. C’est que plusieurs inquiétudes auraient été soulevées relativement à la protection de la vie privée et au respect des libertés civiques. De surcroît, selon plusieurs groupes, les risques associés à cette technologie sont trop grands relativement aux bénéfices qu’on pourrait en tirer. Regard sur une technologie aux grandes implications éthiques.
