Browse through this collection of resources to find some that may work in your classroom. If you know of other resources you'd like to share, make sure to contact us.

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Microfinance

Environment

International development

Trade

Field trips and travel

Leadership

Games and activities for the classroom

Workshops for the classroom

Other resources

Microfinance

KIVA

is an organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries around the world and in the United States, which in turn lend the money to small businesses. It is a non-profit organization headquartered in San Fransisco, supported by donations from its users and through partnerships with businesses and other institutions.

Environment

ACER

ACER (Association for Canadian Educational Resources) is a volunteer organization committed to the development of Canadian programs and materials that promote environmental awareness and citizen science. ACER have Programs that track biodiversity in schoolyards, mature forests and climate change plantings to share data and promote understanding and stewardship of the environment.

Belfountain Community Planning Organization

The Belfountain Community and Planning Organization (BCPO) is a group of residents committed to preserving the rural, cultural and environmental integrity of the hamlet of Belfountain. they also were part or the Prevention of the widening of Main St, Building and maintaining  playgrounds and they have a Village notice board.

Brampton Clean City

Brampton Clean City Committee is a group of concerned citizens who volunteer their time and effort to promote environmental awareness and a clean city. Working together to foster environmental awareness and responsibility by successfully promoting and coordinating opportunities for neighbourhood and community pride in Brampton through an adopt-a-park program, educational programs and annual citywide cleanups.

Caledon Countryside Alliance

A Canadian environmental consulting company that specializes in the preparation of corporate environmental communications including sales and marketing, Greenhouse Gas Emission Management, Action Plan submission for CSA Climate Change GHG Registries, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Joint Implementation (AIJ) and Domestic Offset project design, and other environmental project management.  They also have developed expertise specifically in the areas of carbon sequestration from land use, land-use change and forestry activities, and landfill gas generation and capture.  They also have specific experience helping Canadian energy transportation companies (pipelines, gas distribution) quantify, forecast, and design programs to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

City of Mississauga

The City of Mississauga, together with its citizens, has a significant influence as stewards of our natural environment. The City is committed to environmental protection, conducting its corporate operations in an environmentally responsible manner and promoting the awareness of various environmental policies, issues and initiatives.

Citizens for a Clean Caledon

Citizens for a Clean Caledon is a non-profit organization with a mandate to improve the environment within the Town of Caledon and, To support, study, and or implement waste diversion policies and programs in the Town of Caledon and the Region of Peel. They also reduce the amount of the chemicals used on public and private property, as well as develop and encourage environmental education within Caledon schools and the greater community.

Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment

519 853 4955
www.niagaraescarpment.org
CONE is a coalition of several environmental organizations and their thousands of individual members and supporters. Since 1978, CONE has worked consistently for the protection of the Escarpment. CONE's mission is to protect the Niagara Escarpment as a continuous natural corridor characterized by ecological integrity. P.O. Box 389
Acton ON

Community Environment Alliance

Community Environment Alliance (CEA) of Peel is a registered, non-profit community based organization committed to promoting sustainability through education and empowerment. Through various programs, the group strives to educate people on environmental protection and resource conservation; help reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of people; enhance social equality and promote diversity; and strengthen the local economy.

Composting Council of Canada

416 535 0240
www.compost.org
The Composting Council of Canada is a national non-profit, member-driven organization with a charter to advocate and advance composting and compost usage. It serves as the central resource and network for the composting industry in Canada and, through its members, contributes to the environmental sustainability of the communities in which they operate. This site has lots of info, tips and fact sheets. 16 Northumberland Street
Toronto ON

Conservation Halton

905-336-1158
www.conservationhalton.on.ca

Conservation Halton is the community based environmental agency that protects, restores and manages the natural resources in its watershed. With a staff of ecologists, land use planners, engineers, foresters and educators, and volunteer network Conservation Halton provides environmental protection, water and forest resources management and lifelong education and recreation within its watershed, including operating six major parks and a ski and snowboard centre in Milton. Conservation Halton’s area of jurisdiction, or Watershed, includes 1,059 km2, 963 km2 on land and 96 km2 water-based (HRCA, 1983).This comprises the watersheds of all streams entering into Lake Ontario from Joshua’s Creek to Grindstone Creek, as well as a distance of 6.44 km (4 miles) off the shoreline of Lake Ontario as defined in Order-in-Council 1386/73.

For more information, contact Hassaan Basit, Manager, Watershed Community Relations at hbasit@hrca.on.ca.

Credit Valley Conservation

Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) has been working for over 50 years to protect the natural environment of the Credit River. One of 36 conservation authorities operating in Ontario, CVC is a partnership of the municipalities within the Credit River Watershed. CVC is a community-based environmental organization that ensures the conservation, restoration and responsible management of water, land and natural habitat through watershed based programs

Mississauga ON

EcoSource

EcoSource is an innovative environmental education organization serving youth, adults and families.  The work began in Mississauga and is now expanding throughout the Region of Peel and beyond!  The hands-on programs focus on how every one can change their daily habits to become better environmental citizens.

Everdale Environmental Learning Centre

519 855 4859
www.everdale.org
Everdale is a non-profit organic farm and environmental learning centre with staff, summer interns and WOOFERS. An hour from Toronto near Erin, the farm has an Open House every Saturday, June - September.The Environmental Learning Centre runs sustainable living workshops including organic gardening, straw bale construction, biodiesel, and sustainable home systems. Annual events include Seedy Saturday for gardeners to exchange and sell heritage seeds and organic seedlings, an Autumn Harvest Picnic and “Get Dirty Days where the whole family can try out farming. Activities on site for children to explore include a labyrinth, nature trails and gardens. Everdale is the permanent site of Home Alive!, the demonstration model home that employs straw bale construction, grey water, solar and wind power and energy efficient appliances.Open house and tours General Admission is $5 adults/ $2 children. Separate fees for workshops. PO Box 29 N0B 1Z0
Hillsburg ON

Evergreen

(416) 596-1495
www.evergreen.ca
Evergreen is a national, non-profit environmental organization with a mandate to bring nature to Canadian cities. In Mississauga, we are working on green space restoration projects, community garden projects and school ground greening projects. Evergreen motivates people to create and sustain healthy, natural outdoor spaces and gives them the practical tools to be successful through its three core programs that involve work on school grounds, public spaces and at your home. Evergreen has been involved in community stewardship projects in Greater Toronto since 1991. Groups and individuals are needed to help restore our natural landscapes. Call to see how you can get involved. Go to www.evergreen.ca or call Jessika at (416) 596-1495 Adelaide St. West 5th Floor
Toronto ON

Friends of Claireville

 Friends of Claireville are a community based group dedicated to the protection and restoration of the Claireville Conservation Area.

Greenvisions

 Greenvisions, Citizens For Brampton Conservation, formed in 2007, is a non-profit citizen group. The goal is to promote improvements and inclusion of such lands to the full potential as greenspace for public enjoyment, preserving historic, natural, and aesthetic characters of the environment.

Healthy Lawns-Healthy People

Healthy Lawns-Healthy People is a Citizens For A Clean Caledon subcommittee. They are a volunteer, non-profit group of concerned citizens committed to the education of the public about the health and environmental consequences of indiscriminate cosmetic pesticide use. They are also committed to the promotion and implementation of natural alternative lawn care products and procedures.

Heritage Mississauga

Heritage Mississauga works closely with the many other organizations to provide unique and complementary resources and contacts within the heritage community, focusing on assisted and independent research relating to Mississauga's history and modern developments. As a notn-profit organization.

HITCH (Help Improve Transit in Caledon Hills)

HITCH (Help Improve Transit in Caleodn Hills) is a youth-run organization dedicated to advocating for more sustainable transportation in Caledon and other suburbs around the GTA.

International Holistic Tourism Education Centre (IHTEC)

IHTEC is dedicated to developing Global Sustainability Education programs using their flagship program "International School Peace Gardens (ISPG)" to educate young people through "A Culture of Peace through Tourism". Innovative and realistic IHTEC's programs focus on the garden being used for conflict resolution. IHTEC has become an acclaimed vehicle of peace- building and protecting the environment within communities around the world.

Mississauga Garden Council

905 279 5878
www.mississaugagardencouncil.org

The Mississauga Garden Council was founded in 1985, and promotes the development of the major public garden park at Riverwood. Their vision is to create a garden park where citizens can find peace and beauty in an environment that respects the ecology of the natural setting, its plants and animals... a place apart from the life of the city, a place that refreshes and restores.

Ontario Streams

905-713-7399
www.ontariostreams.on.ca

Established in 1995, Ontario Streams is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and rehabilitate the streams and wetlands of the Province of Ontario through education and community action.  Our objectives are to rehabilitate degraded aquatic habitats, increase communication amongst individuals and organizations involved in conserving aquatic environments in Ontario, and act as a catalyst to empower communities in conserving their local environment through partnership building and the provision of resources. We are currently working with the Town of Caledon to rehabilitate a section of a Credit River tributary that flows through Caledon Village.  We are also partnering with private landowners and community volunteers across Caledon on several stream restoration initiatives in the Upper Humber River and its tributaries. For information, email Christine Pritchard at christine.pritchard@ontariostreams.on.ca.

Peel Environmental Network

The Peel Environmental Network is a program of EcoSource, mandated to raise awareness of environmental issues in the Region of Peel through education, networking and support. PEN provides its members an opportunity to Exchange ideas to Develop partnership ,Build capacity, Avoid duplication,  and Increase awareness.

Peel Environmental Youth Alliance

905 274 6222
www.peyalliance.com
The Peel Environmental Youth Alliance (PEYA) is a network of action-oriented students in Peel Region concerned about environmental issues and determined to make positive change! PEYA:

• Unites students across Peel working to improve the environment in their schools and neighbourhoods

• Provides support to other students and teachers looking to create environmental projects or clubs in their schools

• Organizes fun and effective educational events, including the annual EcoBuzz Conference

PEYA is a project of EcoSource. Please contact us at info@peyalliance.com. 161 Lakeshore Rd. West Clarke Hall 2nd Floor
Mississauga ON

Power Up Renewable Energy Co-Op

www.powerupenergy.ca
Power Up Renewable Energy Co-Op (PURE) is a non-profit co-operative with a mission to create "a community-based energy strategy" in Dufferin County and the Headwaters Region, based on the principles of conservation, sustainable renewable energy generation and responsible use. Contact us at info@powerupenergy.ca. 243 Broadway Ave., Suite 202
Orangeville ON

Rattray Marsh Protection Association

The Rattray Marsh Protection Association is a volunteer organization working in partnership with Credit Valley Conservation and the City of Mississauga in the long range planning and maintenance of Rattray Marsh. It initiated the preservation of the Marsh and today organizes annual spring clean-ups, volunteer workdays, educational programmes and tours.

Region of Peel

The Region of Peel is the second largest municipality in Ontario, with a population of over one million people.  The organization is working hard to conserve water and energy, to improve the air we breathe, and to develop a community that supports a healthy environment. These are the building blocks of Peel Region's conservation initiatives that meet the needs of the community, sustainably.  This also provides  everyday steps to improve their home's efficiency, reduce utility bills, and minimize impacts on the environment.

Sierra Club of Canada, Peel Region Group

416 960 6075
http://ontario.sierraclub.ca/peel/
The Peel Group supports Sierra Club of Canada’s National Mission to develop a diverse, well-trained grassroots network working to protect the integrity of our global ecosystems. SCC’s mission focuses on five overriding threats: loss of animal and plant species; deterioration of the planet’s oceans and atmosphere; the ever-growing presence of toxic chemicals in all living things; destruction of our remaining wilderness; population growth and over consumption, and to act on local priorities such as transportation/gridlock and the Credit River Valley. Contact us at porphanos@rogers.com. 24 Mercer Street Toronto ON

Smart Commute Mississauga

Smart Commute Mississauga is a Transportation Management Association (TMA) that provides transportation options, programs and services to assist commuters in finding more convenient and less stressful means of travelling to and from work. Smart Commute Mississauga helps local employers and commuters to explore different commuter choices like carpooling, teleworking, transit, cycling, walking or flexible work hours. Its goal is to improve air quality, ease traffic congestion,and reduce greenhouse gas emissions while helping to make commuting easier, healthier and more enjoyable.

South Peel Naturalist Club

Since 1952, SPNC has promoted the enjoyment of nature with the need to ensure the preservation and conservation of our natural heritage, increase public awareness and education. Activities include year-round field trips, summer evening walks and indoor meetings featuring guest presenters. Special interest groups meet periodically to explore conservation issues and study birds. Our participation in the annual Christmas Bird Count and mid winter waterfowl inventory provide valuable data on local bird populations. A Newsletter is published five times a year.

Club membership provides the opportunity to explore and enjoy nature, to increase knowledge, and to meet and socialize with others who share an interest in natural history and the world around us. Contact us at mail@spnc.ca.

teachgreeninpeel.ca

teachgreeninpeel.ca is a searchable database designed to help Peel teachers find locally-relevant resources and programs to engage students in environmental learning. Peel teachers can choose from more than 100 curriculum linked (K-12) resources that are either free or low cost and support Ontario EcoSchools Program. Teachgreeninpeel.ca helps teachers find guest speakers, hands-on interactive workshops, field trips, print material and many other resources that connect them and their students, to local environmental issues and organizations. Partner organizations include Brampton Clean City, EcoSource, City of Mississauga, Peel District School Board, The Riverwood Conservancy, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Credit Valley Conservation, Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and the Region of Peel.

TD Shoreline Cleanup

1-877-427-2422
www.vanaqua.org/cleanup
Coordinated nationally by the Vancouver Aquarium, the TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup takes place in every province and territory during the third week of every September. Our goal is to provide Canadians with the means and the momentum to get outside and make a positive impact to their local environment, while contributing to a national and an international effort to keep our oceans and waterways clean.  In addition to removing litter and making our shorelines safer and healthier, we also aim to gather information about the types and quantities of litter found on Canada’s rivers, creeks, lakes and ocean shores.Participants in our annual cleanup week take inventory of the litter items they collect, and Canada’s results are then tallied by the Vancouver Aquarium and sent to the International Coastal Cleanup to be added to the worldwide results. This data is used to help pinpoint the causes, and identify the most effective solutions, to litter-related issues. Groups in Peel can sign up with us and receive cleanup supplies, educational activities and instructional materials free of charge.  For more information, please visit our website.

Toronto and Region Conservation

416 661 6600
www.trca.on.ca
5 Shoreham Drive
Downsview ON

University of Toronto at Mississauga

(905) 828-5399
www.utm.utoronto.ca/green

UTM is the University of Toronto at Mississauga. Their priority is to attract excellence. UTM is committed to maintaining accessibility to all students, faculty and staff no matter what their background, to being inclusive and ensuring that all feel welcome. UTM aims to "grow smart, grow green", balancing growth and environmental sensitivity, protecting the green, undeveloped space and renaturalizing its boundaries.

3359 Mississauga Rd. N.
Mississauga ON

Weedgee Kidz

905 584 6221
www.caledoncountryside.org
The Weedgee Kidz Project is a youth-based community education program to educate local homeowners on organic or natural lawn care. Teams of paid and volunteer youth use home visits and special events to educate residents.  Events include an annual Dandelion Festival, Viritual Organic Lawn Tour and building children’s butterfly gardens.  This program has run since 2002 in Caledon and 1300 community visits have been completed. Pilot projects were run in Toronto in 2005 and Mississauga in 2006.  The Weedgee Kidz is a partnership run by the Caledon Countryside Alliance, Healthy Lawns Healthy People and the Citizens for a Clean Caledon. PO Box 112 L0N 1K0
Inglewood ON

Whole Village

www.wholevillage.org
Whole Village is an intentional community committed to sustainability and land stewardship on a 191 acre farm in Caledon.  Eleven member families have planned and built an eco-residence, Greenhaven, which demonstrates many elements of green building.  A small CSA garden feeds 50 families and a local restaurant.  Dairy cattle, chickens and sheep are recent additions to help develop a self-sufficient lifestyle.  Everyone is welcome to attend monthly orientations and work bees or arrange a tour of the ecovillage.  Check out the website www.wholevillage.org for more information.
Caledon

Green Teacher Magazine
Green Teacher Magazine is a quarterly maganzine that provides activities and ideas to help you green your classroom. The magazine is available in print or electronically through e-mail. The website also has ordering information for Green Teacher's books for use in elementary, middle and secondary classrooms.

Ecokids

EcoKids is an environmental action program that educates and inspires young Canadians from ages 7-12 with topical environmental information, interactive games, and hands-on activities.

PBS Teacher Source
PBS is an American organization; therefore, the lessons posted on this site align with the American curriculum. However, the site features a substaintial number of resources. By clicking on a subject area from the navigation on the left, you can sort resources by grade level and topic. The lessons are based on PBS documentaries.

An Inconvenient Truth (AIT) in the Classroom
AIT in the Classroom is designed for secondary school science courses such as Earth science, environmental science and physics, but the materials are adaptable for use in civics classes, middle school science classes. This is an American resource, but can fit with the Ontario curriculum. In order to access this resource, you must create a username and password.

Peel Water Story
Available in all libraries in Peel schools, the Peel Water Story looks at the history of water use in the region of Peel. With lessons designed for all grade levels and to supplement both the science and social science curriculum, this is a valuable resource to any teacher in Peel. The Peel Water Story was created by the Region of Peel and was launched in spring 2006.

Water is Life
Created by World Vision, this resource supports the Ontario science, language arts and geography curriculum in grades 7 to 12. The resource is free and will help teachers bring the issue of water shortage into the classroom, including the question about whether water is a human right.

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International development

AMREF

The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) has developed a series of activities on HIV/AIDS and water issues. The activities are free downloads from the site. The organization also offers classroom visits.

Athletes for Africa

Athletes for Africa leverages the positive behaviours and profile of sport to engage youth and educate them about issues facing the people of Africa. They partner with, and fundraise for organizations that foster local empowerment in Africa, and advocate to ensure that human rights are remembered and protected.

Oxfam - Ontario Regional Office

Oxfam Canada builds lasting solutions to global poverty and injustice. We work with allies in Canada and around the world to change the policies and practices that perpetuate human suffering. We support organizations in poor communities overseas in their struggle to secure basic rights. Oxfam's advocacy and campaigns for just policies are rooted in the knowledge and experience gained in that struggle.

Oxfam's Cool Planet
This site includes a number of teaching resources. You can order a series of posters for your classroom to promote the Millennium Development Goals. Although produced in the United Kingdom, you'll find many of the resources relevant for use in Ontario.

Educating for global citizenship in a changing world - OCIC

This resource provides teachers and other educational stakeholders with a range of ideas and practices for teaching and learning about citizenship within today's global context. The ideas and practices were investigated, developed, and piloted by practicing teachers and teacher educators in school settings in the Toronto area.

Water is Life
Created by World Vision, this resource supports the Ontario science, language arts and geography curriculum in grades 7 to 12. The resource is free and will help teachers bring the issue of water shortage into the classroom, including the question about whether water is a human right.

Adopt-A-Minefield
This series of lesson plans were designed by a former teacher with over 30 years experience teaching in Ontario schools for Grades 5 – 10. The lessons highlight the global crisis of landmines and Canada's historic role in the effort to ban landmines.

Mines Action Canada

Mines Action Canada (MAC), a coalition of Canadian non-governmental organizations, is an international leader working to eliminate the serious humanitarian, environmental and development consequences of landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW).

Global Education Network manual
Global Education Network is a manual for teachers and those creating curriculum units for all grade levels and subject disciplines.

Taking It Global (TIG)
Taking It Global is an international, youth-led, technology empowered charitable organization. It offers a range of teaching resources with an international flavour and in ways that are relevant and engaging for students. You must create a user profile to access the resource. Taking IT Global also has an online discussion board that educators can use to share exciting project ideas.

Teacher Zone by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
CIDA's Teacher Zone serves as a portal for curriculum-based educational resources and for new ideas to help bring international development to the classroom and motivate students to become active global citizens. It allows teachers to search for educational resources organized by theme, grade level, province or territory, and for professional and development activities.

Tools for Learning – Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR)

Tied to the Ontario curriculum, CPAR has created a series of units, each containing three lessons. These lessons are intended for secondary school teachers, but can be adapted to apply to an intermediate classroom. The resources include a PowerPoint presentation and homework assignments. Let CPAR know that you are using the resource and they will send you materials for your classroom walls.

Canadian Geographic

The Canadian Geographic website offers a searchable database of lesson plans that focus on a number of topics around global development, including poverty and hunger. You can also order a copy of the A Developing World map created by Canadian Geographic and the Canadian International Development Agency.

Global Voices – Free the Children

In partnership with the Toronto Star and Nipissing University, Free the Children has developed the Global Voices program. Aligned with the grade 6 and 10 Ontario curriculum, Global Voices uses a bi-monthly column and a complimentary lesson plan to help teachers bring current world issues into the classroom. Students will have the opportunity to become junior journalists by submitting their article about social justice issues on the Global Voices website. Sign up online to begin receiving columns and curriculum by e-mail.

Right to Play Canadian School Program

This new resource by Right to Play provides lesson plans for grades 4 to 6 with a focus on global issues and active play. The kit is free and comes with a red Right to Play soccer ball.

War Child Canada – Get Loud – Educator's Resources

War Child's new website, Get Loud, includes 21 different lesson plans for teachers. In order to access the resources, you must register as a user. War Child has created lessons with links to curriculum across Canada.

CHF - partners in rural development

CHF is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to enabling poor rural communities in developing countries to attain sustainable livelihoods. They have created a series of lessons for grades 1 to 6. The lessons are designed to align with the Ontario curriculum.

Elephant Thoughts

Elephant Thoughts exists to promote a high standard of education everywhere, regardless of economic or geographical barriers. By providing a number of programs including school workshops and professional development for teachers, they are helping to get young people excited about learning. Check out their website for downloadable games and experiments.

Jamaican Self-Help Organization

Jamaican Self-Help is an organization of Canadians working in solidarity to foster the development of healthy Jamaican communities through partnership based on mutual respect, understanding and a shared vision of self-determination; and foster an understanding of global forces North and South and their interconnectedness.

Plan International Canada

Plan aims to achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of deprived children in developing countries, through a process that unites people across cultures and adds meaning and value to their lives by:

• enabling deprived children, their families and their communities to meet their basic needs and to increase their ability to participate in and benefit from their societies

• building relationships to increase understanding and unity among peoples of different cultures and countries

• promoting the rights and interests of the world's children

Rooftops Canada

Rooftops Canada provides technical expertise and leadership in low-cost housing and human settlements development around the world.

UNICEF Ontario

UNICEF Canada’s mandate is to raise funds in support of UNICEF’s work for children in more than 150 countries and territories and build awareness among Canadians about the issues facing the world’s children.

War Child Canada

War Child Canada is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to providing urgently needed humanitarian assistance to war-affected children around the world. War Child Canada helps generate awareness, support and advocacy for children's rights everywhere.

World Literacy Canada

World Literacy Canada supports community based programs that emphasize adult literacy and non formal education for children and adults.

World Vision Canada

World Vision is Canada's largest private relief and development agency. In 2007, Canadians sponsored 454,309 children around the world. Child sponsorship helps fund World Vision Canada’s international long-term development projects. World Vision Canada has a long history of partnering with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and other government bodies in overseas development and in addressing global issues, such as child rights, hunger, and health.

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Trade

PaPaPaa - Fair trade and chocolate
A project created by UK-based organization, Comic Relief, this website contains free resources for teaching students age 9 to 14 about the linkages between fair trade and chocolate. This site includes facts and slide shows for use in the classroom.

Transfair Canada

Transfair Canada is a national certification and public education organization that promotes Fair Trade Certified products. Their website for teachers and students features resources on how to incorporate fair trade issues and products into curriculum and schools. The site includes a trivia challenge in PowerPoint format you can try with your students.

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Field trips and travel

Casa Canadiense
Casa Canadiense (literally "Canada House") was founded in 1992 by a group of Canadian teachers. This unique initiative takes a class trip to a whole new level by providing an opportunity for secondary students and teachers to visit Nicaragua. A typical trip lasts for one or two weeks.

Canada World Youth (CWY)

Canada World Youth offers a number of programs to help youth become more engaged in world issues through travel and volunteering. Their core program is an exchange program for youth who are 17 to 24 years of age.

Canadian Crossroads International

Canadian Crossroads International works to create a more equitable and sustainable world by engaging and strengthening individuals, organizations and communities through mutual learning, solidarity and collective action.

AFS Interculture Canada

AFS offers exchange programs that last up to one year. Student live with a host family in a AFS partner country and go to school. Canadian schools may choose to work with AFS to run an international co-op program for students.

Leaders Today

Leaders Today offers a number of trips for students interested in exploring another culture and developing their leadership skills. Offered during the summer, students can choose to visit China, India and Kenya, among other countries.

SalvAide

Our mission is to build social justice, dignity, and economic development and sustainability with the people of El Salvador through empowerment.

• Volunteer opportunities
• Delegation trips for people aged 16-30
• CIDA Internships

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Leadership

Leaders Today

Leaders Today is an organization for youth who want to change the world. They offer speakers and a number of workshops including Global Leadership Seminars and Teachers Today, a workshop specifically designed for teachers on how to engage students.

Absolute Leadership

Absolute Leadership exists to help young people realize their value and potential, and to empower them to change the world. They travel across Canada giving highly inspirational school presentations which include a live band and cover topics like bullying, self-worth, substance abuse and global citizenship.

Games and activities for the classroom

Touques and Beavers

Next winter, the whole world will be focused on Canada, from television to tourism. But what do most people really know about Canada? It snows all the time. Everyone is either a lumberjack or fur trader. Right?! Not so much. There is so much more to Canada, even more than many Canadians know! Canadians need to look sharp, so we’ve devised a way for everyone to brush up on their Canadian facts while having fun! Enter Toques & Beavers—the trivia game where you learn all kinds of Canadian factoids!

FreeRice

While playing FreeRice, you can donate food to the hungry while increasing your vocabulary. For each word you get right, FreeRice will donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program to distribute to the hungry.

Food Force

Food Force is the first humanitarian video game about global hunger presented by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).  This project has been developed specifically to help children learn about the fight against world hunger. Food Force is available as a free Internet download from its dedicated website which is available in French and English. The game is designed for children between 8 and 13 years of age.

Stop Disasters simulated game

Developed by the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Stop Disasters will help you understand how to prevent disasters from happening. Browse the site to learn more about natural disasters and play the game to make it onto the high score chart.

Miniture Earth

Watch this short video depicting what the world would be like if it were a village of only 100 people. Consider showing it to your class.

Salto-Youth Resource Centres

Need a simulation game or ice-breaker. Looking for activities on a specific topic? Salto-Youth's toolbox is a database full of ideas and activities to use with youth. Select the type of resource you're looking for, then the topic you're interested in, and a list of useful resources will be generated. Happy hunting!

Taking IT Global

TakingITGlobal provides a portal for young people to find inspiration, access information and get involved in improving their local and global communities.

• educational games, action guides, petitions and issue based information

• provides games and curriculum units on a range of global issues, opportunities for educators to network and collaborate, allows teachers to create their own “virtual classrooms” for a variety of different courses with access to many different tools – activities database, teacher discussion boards, thematic classrooms

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Workshops for the classroom

Elephant Thoughts

Elephant Thoughts exists to promote a high standard of education everywhere, regardless of economic or geographical barriers. By providing a number of programs including school workshops and professional development for teachers, they are helping to get young people excited about learning. Through their Schools 4 Schools program, your school can earn free workshops by fundraising to support a school in a developing country.

Engineers Without Borders
Engineers Without Borders is targeted at students aged 12 to 18 as a key group to educate about sustainable development issues. EWB provides interactive workshops on topics such as Water for the World and Food for Thought. If you are a teacher and would like an EWB volunteer to visit your classroom, contact the EWB's Director of Education, Sophia Wong at sophiaw@ewb.ca.

Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC)
Since 1989, KWIC has served the Peterborough community and Kawartha region by promoting awareness and analysis around issues of vital importance in the world today. KWIC supports classroom teachers by developing and facilitating global education workshops in local high schools, as well as for community groups.

Teachers TV

Teachers TV is a collection of interviews, videos and television programs on a variety of topics. Make sure to check out the section on Africa to look for resources that may be useful in your classroom.

Save a Family Plan

Partnering with the poor for a just world. School workshops available.

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Other resources

Down to Earth Conservation Education

Down to Earth Conservation Education offers fun-filled learning experiences for students of all ages. Established in 1984, we are committed to teaching respect for, and understanding of all living things, the environment and vanishing indigenous cultures worldwide. Through our innovative educational programs, students are treated to curriculum-based presentations of our personal research journeys around the world and amazing "hands-on" learning displays.

Off the shelf - writers for change, readers with a difference

Produced by the Ontario Council for International Cooperation, this book club kit provides descriptions of novels by various female authors from around the world. It also lists some questions for discussion. The novels in this book may be appropriate for high school students, but also check it out for your own reading pleasure.

UNESCO - Institute for Statistics

Searching for stats on a specific country? This database of information will allow you to look up country-specific, up-to-date information under the following main headings:

• education
• science and technology
• culture and communication
• literacy

OneGlobalTribe

OneGlobalTribe is a new program that connects young people around the world through meaningful service projects.  It provides youth with concrete opportunities to create lasting change on a global scale, and in turn, make a real difference on issues critical to our planet. OneGlobalTribe is an initiative of Creative Visions, a U.S.-based public foundation that uses the power of media - including books, websites and documentaries - to inspire positive social change.

Youthlinks

Created by HISTOR!CA, a Canadian organization that exists to help Canadians learn about Canadian history, Youthlinks is a site for high school students and teachers. It provides ready-made activities around specific topics and also runs an online debate forum. Students can submit articles or videos, which may be posted on the site.

Relief Web

Daily papers don't always report on the many humanitarian crises that are occuring around the world. Keep up-to-date on current global issues by accessing Relief Web's extensive database of information.  You can search by issue or location.

Horizons of Friendships

Horizons of Friendship works to further sustainable development by promoting alternative socio-economic structures that permit poor and marginalized people to build decent lives and achieve positive societal change.

Street Kids International

Street Kids International it the go-to leader in building street kids’ ability, knowledge and community.

Online ecology lesson plans

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