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The My Parks Pass Team is thrilled about the overwhelming response to the contest and congratulates all 69 grade 8/Secondary 2 classes for their exceptional work. Due to the large number of votes, we have experienced a range of technical...
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From Port Alberni in British Columbia all the way to Nain in Newfoundland and Labrador, we have received videos from Grade 8 and Secondary 2 classes from coast to coast to coast – quite literally. Dozens of schools in every province...
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Over the last several months, we’ve been asking Grade 8 and Secondaire II students from all over Canada to make a short video that recreates a significant moment related to a national park, national historic site or national marine...
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National historic sites in Canada help to tell the story of our nation and how it was shaped over the centuries into what it is today. There are military forts that commemorate the War of 1812 where you can re-enact historic battles, there...
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Here's what you've all been waiting for...the My Parks Pass team has put together an example video for the Canada's Coolest School Trip Contest, and here it is! This video is about the significance of the Rideau Canal and how...
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The year is 1897, and word has just reached the major Pacific ports of Vancouver, Seattle and San Francisco that gold has been found in the Yukon! What better way to make a fortune than to find it in the gravel beds of the Yukon's...
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Join the My Parks Pass team as they prepare to create an example of a final video for the Canada's Coolest School Trip contest in Episode 5 of Capture Your Heritage!
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Politics, fur trade and treason – oh my! It may seem an unlikely combination, but it was one experienced by Métis leader and founder of the province of Manitoba, Louis Riel. Born at the Red River settlement into the unique culture of...
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Still haven't had time to make a video for the Canada's Coolest School Trip Contest? Well, we've got good news for you! The deadline to submit a video that recreates a significant Canadian moment related to a national park,...
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What do dinosaurs and cowboys have in common? If your answer is that they’re both awesome, you wouldn’t be wrong. They share more than just that, though! At different points in history, they actually both lived and roamed in...
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FOR A PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THIS LESSON PLAN, DOWNLOAD THE PDF HERE.
Warm up with fun drama games to get your students out of their heads and into their bodies. Great drama games can be found at www.dramaresource.com.
Review the...
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In a game of Battleship, a Destroyer typically takes up 3 squares and weighs next to nothing. In real life, one of Canada’s own destroyers, the HMCS Haida, measures an impressive 377 feet long and weighs nearly 2,000 tonnes –...
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Join the My Parks Pass team for a visit to St. Lawrence Islands National Park and Fort Wellington National Historic Site! For more information on the Canada's Coolest School Trip contest, visit the contest page.
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Here's the third episode of the Capture Your Heritage Series! If you're still looking for help creating a video for the Canada's Coolest School Trip contest, check out the featured site of the week for video topic ideas, or...
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If you had a time machine and decided to travel to Québec 500 million years in the past, you might think you had made a severe miscalculation upon stepping out and seeing the landscape. Sure, time machines can be complicated and there is a...
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Check out Episode 2 of the Capture Your Heritage video series!
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We hope you’re all excited about Canada’s Coolest School Trip – we certainly are! Whether you’ve already begun working on your video or are just getting started thinking about a topic, we’re here to help you...
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Hey everyone - check out this video from the My Parks Pass team to help get you started on your contest ideas! Be sure to revisit to the blog over the coming weeks to follow us as we embark on our own journey of recreating a significant...
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There are just over two months left to get in your Canada’s Coolest School Trip videos. Still thinking about what topic to choose for your submission? We’re digging deep into Canada’s rich natural and cultural history to...
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Following the official launch of the Canada’s Coolest School Trip contest, we’ve decided to help you out with some ideas for your videos! Once a week, we will be featuring a profile of a different national park, national...
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This morning in Toronto, Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent joined Grade 8 students from École Secondaire Étienne Brulé and Gordon A. Brown Middle School to kick off “Canada’s Coolest School Trip”, the newest...
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If you missed out on the My Parks Pass flash mob event in downtown Toronto earlier this week, don’t worry – we’ve got the scoop!
On the morning of Monday, October 24, sixty bright-eyed, outdoors-loving Grade 8 students...
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Launching this Fall, My Parks Pass is excited to bring you Canada’s Coolest School Trip with Brewster Travel Canada, Banff Lake Louise Tourism and Air Canada! Re-create a significant Canadian moment related to a national park,...
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Congratulations to Savannah from Holy Name School in Ontario whose name was selected from over 7,700 entries in our Grand Prize draw! Savannah and her family will be heading to Jasper National Park this summer for the ultimate family...
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You already know that your My Parks Pass gives you free access to over 200 national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas for a full year. You also know that you can get a discount on a family/group pass...
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Congratulations to Kyle from Sir George Etienne Cartier Public School in Ontario whose name was selected from all the contest entrants through May 31 in our Early Bird draw! Kyle wins an 8GB iPod Touch that he can take with him on all of...
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Parks Canada is the world’s first national parks service. Help celebrate their 100th birthday, today and throughout the year, with some of the great events planned across the country.
If you’re in Toronto this weekend, head...
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Have you already entered your V.I.P. Code for a chance to win Canada’s Ultimate Family Adventure? Why not add even more chances to win prizes - just for you?
Share your My Parks Pass experiences through photos and stories to win...
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You and your family could be experiencing the summer vacation of a lifetime on an all-expenses-paid, round-trip to Jasper National Park in Alberta.
Let Parks Canada get you and your family to a VIA Rail station, and then travel in luxury...
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How well do you know the locations of national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas across Canada? Sometimes all that information can pay off!
These ten students knew their stuff and were the lucky winners...
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What’s the link between a fort, a huge rock, an old guy, a tepee and a bison? Check out the My Parks Pass video and find out:
If you’re a Grade 8/Secondary 2 student, you’ll get your My Parks Pass from your teacher so...
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