Elementary Schools Programme
Teachers: Want to inspire your students

Images from the 2004 Schools' Programme featuring Baldwin, a Turkey Vulture, and Earth Ranger Chris Hakes.

Planet in Focus Schools' Programme

Each year, PIF programs a special schools' programme featuring an environmental film that fits in with the curricululm. This entertaining and informative programme helps students understand the scientific, conservation, and ecological context of humanity's relationship with animals.

Date: Thursday September 29, 2005

Cost: $3.00 per student (Teachers are admitted free)

Venue: The Royal Cinema, 608 College St.

Booking: Pre-registration is required. Contact us at information@planetinfocus.org or 416-531-4689

Sponsored by Environmental Studies at York University

Elementary School Programme (Grades 6,7,8)
10:00am – 12:00pm

Film Presentations:

A Little Life
Whale Mission: Keepers of Memory
Caroline Underwood & Jean Lemire, Canada, documentary, 60min, 2005

Decimated by whaling in the 19th and 20th centuries, the northern right whale is the planet’s most endangered large whale species - fewer than 350 remain. Far from the coast, this vast watery wilderness still conceals many mysteries and maybe some new whales. Could they be the key to the future of right whales, possibly providing clues to the survival of the species?

Co-Director Caroline Underwood will be in attendance along with other science and whale experts to add to a fascinating post screening discussion.

High School Program (Grades 9-12)
1:00pm - 3:30pm

Film Presentations:

Right Hook, Tall Tail
Aftermath: The Remnants of War, 56 min., 2001
Michael Kot, Canada, documentary,

An unflinching, solemn and, at times, gruesome testimony to the unending consequences of war.Based on the Lionel Gelber Prize-winning book by author Donovan Webster, Aftermath: The Remnants of War: From Landmines to Chemical Warfare –The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat

Ed Barreveld: Producer and Professor Peter Timmerman, Environmental Studies at York in attendance. Others TBA. Random House Canada is donating 10 books to school libraries.