Toronto – National Film Board of Canada 

As Canadian educators look ahead to the 2014–2015 school year, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is adding new films and functions to its online educational service, CAMPUS.

A trusted source of quality Canadian educational resources for more than 70 years, and one of the world's leading digital content hubs, the NFB has been streaming educational content to schools and libraries since 2012 through CAMPUS?the only service of its kind designed specifically for Canadians.

Beginning this fall, the more than 3,000 NFB films on CAMPUS will be supplemented with a growing number of independently produced works, with over 280 Canadian and international titles joining the CAMPUS selection: acclaimed documentaries like the Oscar-nominated Gasland; 65_RedRoses, voted most popular Canadian film and documentary at the Vancouver International Film Festival; the Sundance Film Festival selection China Heavyweight, and more.

Improved features for 2014 include “learning bundles”: a new way to combine films, clips, study guides, articles, images, sound recordings and partner resources?all searchable by theme, subject and age level. Teachers can now share playlists with students, for the first time.

The 2014–2015 school year will also be a busy one for the NFB's Education team, which manages CAMPUS. NFB education specialists will be offering more Virtual Classroom events, which to date have connected Canadian students with icons like Chris Hadfield and David Suzuki, as well as more hands-on workshops, in cities across Canada. 

Designed for students at the K–12 and post-secondary levels, CAMPUS was developed because Canadian educators needed a way to better connect with a new generation of students raised on digital media, through a service that offered high-quality, bilingual, well-researched Canadian media available in one location online-minimizing preparation time. 

Millions of Canadians already have access to CAMPUS, thanks to agreements in place with provincial and territorial ministries of education, school boards, public library systems and other institutions: almost 3 million Canadian students can access CAMPUS through their educators, 90 percent of post-secondary students have access through university libraries, and more than 4.5 million Canadians can access it through public libraries.

src:news.gc.ca