Day 82: wrap up

Final day:
Please show up early for your final exit interview (be there 10 minutes early).
Bring your marking rubric and any notes you are using (not needed).

Current events:
1) Gillette's new ad tackles toxic masculinity and draws a mix of reactions: CLICK to view
Why some men are brushing off this ad campaign.  Agree or disagree? CLICK to view
Time Magazine article on sexual assault and "What boys still don't know"CLICK to read
What this says about the "woke" trend in advertising: CLICK to view

2) Why a pop idol's stand against her assault sparked outrage in Japan.  CLICK to read

3) 10 threats to global health in 2019: CLICK to view

4) Sarah Thomas blazing trails for female referees: CLICK to read

5) The female athletes speaking out about South Korean skating's culture of abuse: CLICK to view

6) Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the USA.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on goal setting, visualization, and creating a purpose in life: CLICK to view this inspiring video

Best wishes to you next semester!
Best of luck, grads of 2019!


Here is a contest if anyone is interested in submitting an entry.

Contest entry:

In September 2018, we sent out notice to all Canadian schools about the second national FOCUS! Climate Change Video Contest. The interest has been truly phenomenal. While we wanted to give a lot of notice for schools to be able to incorporate the initiative within their curriculum and planning activities, many schools have requested that we send out a reminder early in the New Year.   This is my purpose in writing.  Last year we received over 160 films involving more than 400 students from over 80 school nation-wide and on the basis of website activity and inquiries from students we expect to significantly overshoot these numbers. We hope some of your students might be inspired to enter. The deadline for video entries is 4:30 pm PST March 4, 2019.

If you have not already done so, we would be sincerely grateful if you would share this announcement broadly to students and colleagues at your school.

The contest invites students (individually or in teams of up to 5 members) to use their imagination and video-making skills to make a short film (maximum 5 minutes) about climate change. The FOCUS! Climate Change Video Contest is open to students in Grades 8-12. Students may submit videos in English or French or without dialogue at all (see our creative video examples on our site). Full details are available on our website at:  https://kimberley-foundation.org/focus-main-page/ .

There are great prizes to be won.
* $5,000 Grand Prize  + $2,500 to the school*
* $2,500 Best Technical Realization Prize  + $2,000 to the school*
* $2,500 Best Creativity Prize  + $2,000 to the school*
* $2,500 Best Communication of Science / Social Impact Prize + $2,000 to the school*
* The 4 winners (individuals or teams) will walk the red carpet with their video publicly screened in Vancouver, BC in May 2019 (Travel to the Vancouver screening by award winners is included as part of the prize package).
* The prize given to the school of each winning team/individual must be used towards arts, sciences or library acquisitions.

Our website has a dedicated Learn About Climate Change section dedicated to facts, websites, organizations, and innovations in the area of climate change and mitigation efforts that we hope can serve as a useful learning resource. We also host an amazing Student Film Library of climate change films produced by students last year. From stop animation to live action to narrative and documentary, there is diverse selection of inspiring, thought provoking and informative films.

For your information, the Kimberley Foundation is a charitable not-for-profit organization registered in the Province of British Columbia whose aim to is to support unique, self-directed learning experiences that will help change the world.

I would be happy to answer any questions you might have or provide you with any additional information you might desire. I also can send you an electronic poster if you would like to print and post around your school.

Sincerely,

Sue Roppel
President, Kimberley Foundation
Email: info@kimberley-foundation.org
Web: https://www.kimberley-foundation.org