Students design an investigation to test whether vegetation in an area helps regulate the ambient air temperature. They make comparisons between the investigation and global changes in climate. In groups, they present their findings to...

The Inuit and First Nations people tended to express their culture and history through artistic expression. Highlighted is the various art forms and artists of these people and especially the Northern region of Canada. Included are...

Two sixty minute lessons are presented in this site which examines Emily Carr's paintings of the culture of the First Nations.

View works by Sylvain Rivard and learn how his background and linguistic skills make him an invaluable resource within the First Nations culture.

View examples of Ashukan, which is songs, visual arts and traditional crafts representing contemporary First Nations, by Jean-Pierre Fontaine and Isabelle Courtois.

Learn about Ginette Aubin who is a painter and engraver from the Malecite nation in Quebec and view examples of her work.

Glenna Matoush is highlighted, along with four pieces of her work and details of what has influenced her visual art.

Learn how visual artist Christine Sioui Wawanoloath uses trickster's humour in her art and view samples of her work.

View stone and musk ox horn carvings and ceramic art of the Arctic.

Learn about Peter Pelchat---his education and background--and view several examples of his work.

Learn about Pauline Lahache, a teacher at Kahnawake Survival School, and what influences her artistic outlook. Several examples of her artwork are presented.

Find out how Oswald De Leon Kantule's protean work comes together and examine some samples of his work.

Examine works by visual artist Raymond Dupuis and find out where these works can be found.

Examine work by visual artist Raphael Benedict, who was the Merite Press-Papier 2002 award winner and learn how he has won the trust of his people.

View works by Jacques Newashish, painter and printmaker and learn what influences his work.

View works by Alanis Obomsawin, internationally known artist, examine some samples of her work.

Learn about Cree artist and poet Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau's body of work and view four examples.

So how do you organize so many groups and of such diverse natures when studying Native American art? This article discusses how to organize Native American art by geography and chronology.

Exhibtion of artwork and artifacts from geographic regions across the Americas highlights the historic significance and diversity of material culture produced by Native Americans, past to present. With examples of textiles, ceramics,...

This kit explains the importance of northern First Nations families keeping their languages and cultures alive through family literacy activities. It provides ideas and materials for cultural games (e.g., string games) and activities...

View Ellen Gabriel's depiction of the Oka crisis by examining several examples of her work.

Here is a brief article on the use of pictograph robes to record the "stories of battles, horse raids," and other events. Click on part of the pictograph robe photograph to read the story recorded on that portion.

At the online home of the National Endowment for the Arts, an independent agency of the federal government, find information about its grants-to-artists programs, its national initiatives in support of the arts, and its publications and...

Students will examine Paul Gauguin's self-portraits and letters to learn about the individual who created them and consider how first-person art forms (self-portraits, diaries, letters, journals) aid the process of self-discovery. Then,...