CBC Indigenous

 

This Canadian Broadcasting Company site reflects aboriginal life in Canada and includes weekly news stories, arts and culture, personality profiles, programming, regional content, archival information as well as background and history to current topics, and more.  To see the website click here.

First Page Student Writing Challenge

Students have until November 29th to get their submissions in.  To see the contest webpage  click here.

Shakespeare infographic from CBC

I noticed this on CBC Books.  Click here to see their site.  His birthday is coming up later this month on the 23rd.

Canada Writes Short Story Prize

CBC Short Story Prize

For all you writers out there, this may interest you or your students.

From the CBC "The CBC Short Story Prize is one of Canada's richest prizes for original, unpublished work. You can submit your unpublished story between 1200 and 1500 words to the competition. First Prize is $6000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, publication in Air Canada's enRoute magazine and the CBC Canada Writes website, plus a two-week residency at The Banff Centre’s Leighton Artists’ Colony and an interview on CBC Radio.

Four runners-up each receive $1000 courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts, and their stories will be published on the Canada Writes website. The competition deadline is November 1st. Get all the details at Canada Writes."