Educators

• What can your students win?
• Incorporate the Racism. Stop It! National Video Competition into your curriculum
• The National Film Board of Canada facilitator’s guide

Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s annual Racism. Stop It! National Video Competition is an innovative educational program as it gives youth a chance to express their feelings about eliminating racism through video.

The contest invites students between 12 and 20 years old to create a video between 45 and 60 seconds in length that could win them an exciting prize.

What can your students win?

Five winning videos will be selected from each age group (12–15, 16–20). The winners, accompanied by a parent/guardian, will receive an all expenses paid trip to Canada’s Capital Region where they will take part in an awards ceremony and receive other awesome prizes. Also, 30–second clips of the 10 winning videos will air on national television as anti–racism public service announcements.

Incorporate the Racism. Stop It! National Video Competition into your curriculum

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The Racism. Stop it! National Video Competition can be easily integrated into your visual arts, drama, language arts, social studies or art classes. Guide your students in producing an award–winning video. You can look at our Resources for Educators and Students and the National Film Board’s Facilitator’s Guide which include how–to guides on writing, directing and editing videos. All the tools and resources you’ll need are available on this site.

The National Film Board of Canada facilitator’s guide

The National Film Board of Canada developed a facilitator’s guide in partnership with the Multiculturalism Program. The guide is a means to discuss racism and to help students recognize how it negatively affects individuals and communities. The guide also helps students to develop ideas for action at a local level (within their school, neighbourhood and community) and at a national level (through video messages).

The facilitator’s guide includes teaching materials that should make it easy for teachers of all levels of familiarity with film to participate in this initiative. The teaching materials will also help teachers motivate students to become involved in the competition and provide clear instructions on how to produce an entry in the competition. For more information, please refer to the National Film Board of Canada.

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