Voices Into Action

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voicesintoaction.ca

This free online educational program meets requirements of Canadian secondary school curricula. Explore social justice issues – both past and current. Become empowered to speak out and take action against hatred and all forms of discrimination!

Units include:

  • Islamophobia
  • The Holocaust
  • The Aboriginal Experience
  • Cyber Bullying
  • Gender
  • Disability Rights
  • GLBTQ
  • Japanese WWII internment and much more.

The Canadian Race Relations partnered to create “Exploring Canadian Values” – what it means to be Canadian!

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Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others

his is an 8 minute plus interesting promo for David Smith’s newest book, Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others. He “gently” delves into our darker side—specifically, why we do the bad things we do—by drawing from psychology, philosophy, biology and other branches of learning for its conclusions. The book, which won the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Award for non-fiction, fits neatly on the shelf with Smith’s previous works, Why We Lie and The Most Dangerous Animal. They make him the go-to expert on human nature’s darkest impulses and what understanding them can teach us.

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