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Spark Reading ignites literacy learning with exceptional books, personalization tools and teaching/learning supports.

We all want students to become confident, fluent readers who love having their nose in a good book. Afterall, getting lost in a good book is one of life's great pleasures and a fantastic way to learn. With the Spark Reading digital library, children will always have books to read. Their personalized bookshelf includes both books that they have chosen themselves and ones that have been suggested by their teacher.

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Turtle Island Voices - pique students' interest in learning about Indigenous peoples and cultures with exciting stories and information texts.

Integrating Turtle Island Voices into the classroom not only helps foster a sense of identity among Indigenous students but enriches all students with First Nation, Métis, and Inuit perspectives.

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Celebrate Canada's identity and diversity with an exploration of the geography, peoples, and perspectives that make Canada what it is.

This series offers colourful, exciting, and engaging books that highlight many aspects of Canada and the Canadian experience.

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Taanishi Books support literacy learning and introduce beginning readers to Métis language, culture, values, and traditions.

Taanishi Books allows young readers to see themselves and their perspectives reflected in a text, enhances their sense of self and is a powerful way to engage them as learners.

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Well Aware - share important positive mental health information and strategies through powerful literature and nonfiction texts.

Positive mental health encompasses ALL students and supports the goals of prevention, inclusion, compassionate support, and healthy development. The Well Aware series is designed to help teachers meet these goals by integrating mental health literacy into their literacy program.

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Mathology Little Books from Pearson Mathology

Celebrate and honour indigenous culture while also supporting math learning in your classrooms with sixteen Mathology Little Books beautifully written by Canadian Indigenous authors and educators.

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Spark Reading

Nouvelle bibliothèque numérique de Pearson Canada comprenant 122 titres pour l’immersion française.

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Petits livrets de Mathologie

Célébrez et honorez la culture autochtone tout en soutenant l’apprentissage des mathématiques dans vos classes grâce à seize Petits livrets de Mathologie magnifiquement écrits par des auteurs et des éducateurs autochtones du Canada.

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Les Echos de l’île de la Tortue

Les histoires, les bandes dessinées et les textes informatifs captivants suscitent l’intérêt des élèves envers les peuples et les cultures autochtones.

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Vivre au Canada

Une nouvelle série de littératie nivelée et inspirée par l’identité canadienne et sa diversité, conçue pour les classes d’immersion, de la 1re à la 4e année.

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Les Peuples autochtones du Canada

Il s’agit de l’édition française de 2011 du manuel intitulé Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, écrit pour le cours d’études autochtones de 10e année (NAC20) du ministère de l’Éducation de l’Ontario. Ce livre destiné aux élèves est une oeuvre collaborative d’éducateurs des Premières Nations, inuits et non autochtones. Le résultat est un livre d’histoire de 416 pages informatif, respectueux et intéressant par son format et son contenu. Le texte comprend un glossaire utile, un guide de prononciation, un index, des prières de début et de fin, des salutations et au revoir dans plusieurs langues autochtones.

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Les croyances, les valeurs et les ambitions des Peuples autochtones

Il s’ agit de l’édition française de 2012 du manuel intitulé Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations, écrit pour le cours d’études autochtones de 11e année(NBV3C) du ministère de l’Éducation de l’Ontario. Les neuf chapitres sont organisés en quatre unités clés : L’esprit de la Terre, La diversité des identités, La souveraineté et l’autodétermination, et La résilience, le renouveau et la revitalisation. Chaque chapitre contient des sections telles que Prise de parole, L’importance des mots, Points de vue, Temps de réflexion, Pensée critique, Le chemin de la connaissance et Approfondis tes connaissances.

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Enjeux Géographiques du Canada, 3e

Maintenant disponible pour l’Ontario, une nouvelle édition française pour Géographie, 9e année.

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Inquiring Minds

A British Columbia social studies series designed and developed to provide a student-centred, user-friendly, flexible and engaging set of resources to fully support teachers and students.

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Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

Aboriginal Peoples in Canada is the 2011 textbook written for the Ontario Ministry of Education's Native Studies Grade 10 course (NAC20). Co-published by Pearson Education Canada and GoodMinds.com, this student text utilized a collaborative process involving First Nations, Inuit, Métis and non-Aboriginal teachers, cultural consultants, advisors, language consultants, artists, editors, and writers.

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Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations

Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations is the 2011 student textbook written for the Ontario Ministry of Education's Native Studies Grade 11 course (NBV3C). Co-published by Pearson Education Canada and GoodMinds.com, this student text utilized a collaborative process involving First Nations, Inuit, Métis and non-Aboriginal teachers, cultural consultants, advisors, language consultants, artists, editors, and writers.

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Making Connections: Issues in Canadian Geography, 3e

Re-organized into five sections to match strands in the revised curriculum with First Nations, Metis, and Inuit information, perspectives, and issues embedded throughout the resource.

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