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Canadian art is a door to learning about a wide range of subjects. The Art Canada Institute teacher resource guides presented here offer students the opportunity to study a multitude of subjects—from environmental awareness to activism, social justice to gender studies, politics to computer science (to name a few)—through the art and artists who have defined this country’s visual culture. Following our provinces’ education curricula, the teacher resource guides provide multidisciplinary learning activities that reveal how Canadian art powerfully reflects our world so we can better understand it. For activities specifically designed to be provided to students for online, at home learning, please consult the Independent Student Learning Activities.
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Grades 1–3
Dramatic Arts, Language Art, Science, and more
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Grades 3–8
Health and Nutrition, and more
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Grades 7–12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies; History; Social Studies, and more
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Grades 4–12
Science, Physics, and more
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Grades 7–12
Geography, History, and more
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Grades 9-12
Visual Arts, and more
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Grades 5–8
Science, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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Grades 9–12
English, Dramatic Arts, Visual Arts, The Writer’s Craft, and more
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Grades 9–12
Drama, Visual Arts, Canadian History, English, Social Science, and more
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Grades 8-12
Visual Arts, History, English, Social Studies, and more
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![Regional Heritage through explorations of Historical and Contemporary Art in Ottawa]()
Grades 4-9
Social Studies, Visual Arts, Science, History, Geography
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![Ways of Knowing through the art of Iljuwas Bill Reid]()
Grades 9–12
First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Studies; Visual Arts; English Language Arts; Social Studies; History, and more
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![Family and Intergenerational Knowledge through the art of Annie Pootoogook]()
Grades 9–12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies; Social Studies; Visual Arts, and more
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![Climate Change through explorations of Historical and Contemporary Art in Canada]()
Grades 4–12
Biology, Environmental Science, Oceans, Science, Social Studies, and more
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![Abstraction and the Inspiration of Nature through the art of Jean Paul Riopelle]()
Grades 9–12
English Language Arts, French, History of Quebec and Canada, Media Arts, Visual Arts, and more
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![The Elements of Art through explorations of Historical and Contemporary Artists in Canada]()
Grades 5–12
Visual Arts, and more
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![Perspective Drawing, Slope, and Equations of Lines through the Art of Kazuo Nakamura]()
Grades 7–11
Mathematics, Visual Arts, and more
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![Systemic Racism and Resistance through the art of Zacharie Vincent]()
Grades 9–12
Canadian History, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Studies, Social Studies, Visual Arts, World Issues, and more
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![Community & Land Stewardship through the art of Pitseolak Ashoona]()
Grades 9 to 12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, and more
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![Global Citizenship through the art of Paraskeva Clark]()
Grades 9 to 12
Canadian and World Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Maritime Environments and Industry through the art of Edward Mitchell Bannister]()
Grades 9 to 12
Canadian studies, Science, Social Studies, Biology, Oceans, Environmental Science, and more
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![Land & Indigenous Worldviews through the art of Norval Morrisseau]()
Grades 9 to 12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Environmental Activism through the art of Joyce Wieland]()
Grades 11 to 12
Biology, Environmental Science, Geography, Canadian and International Politics, World Issues, and more
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![Shading Techniques & Mathematical Analysis of Circles through the art of Jock Macdonald]()
Grades 8 to 11
Mathematics, Visual Arts, and more
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![Decolonization through the art of Robert Houle]()
Grades 7 to 12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, History, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Politics & Social Change through the art of Paul-Émile Borduas]()
Grades K to 12
Visual Arts, English, French, Canadian and World Studies, Social Studies, and more
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![Early 20th Century Women through the art of Prudence Heward]()
Grades 6 to 12
English, Media Studies, Health and Physical Education, Social Studies, Visual Arts, the Writer’s Craft, and more
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![Entrepreneurialism & Business through the art of William Notman]()
Grades K to 12
Visual Arts, English, French, Social Studies, Business Studies, and more
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![Professional Illustration and Graphic Design through the art of Oscar Cahén]()
Grades 7 to 10
Language Arts, Media Arts, Visual Arts, English, and more
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![Canadian Identity through the art of Greg Curnoe]()
Grades 6 to 12
Canadian and World Issues, Civics, History, Political Studies, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Women in the Second World War through the art of Molly Lamb Bobak]()
Grades 9 to 12
Dramatic Arts, English, History, Visual Arts, and more
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![Clearcutting through the art of Emily Carr]()
Grades 4 to 12
Geography, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Astronomy through the art of Paterson Ewen]()
Grades 4 to 12
American History, Visual Arts, History, Science, World Issues, and more
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![Multiculturalism through the art of William Kurelek]()
Grades 2 to 12
History, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Holocaust Remembrance through the art of Gershon Iskowitz]()
Grades 9 to 12
Social Studies, Visual Arts, the Writer's Craft, and more
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![Early 20th Century Childhood through the art of Helen McNicoll]()
Grades 1 to 12
Canadian and World Studies, English, History, Language Arts, Social Studies, and more
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![Urban Environments through the art of Jean Paul Lemieux]()
Grades 9 to 12
Geography, Human Geography, Living in a Sustainable World, Urban Studies, World Geography, World Issues, and more
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![Musical composition through the art of Bertram Brooker]()
Grades 2 to 12
Music, Visual Arts, Composition and Production, and more
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![Living Things & Habitats through the art of Homer Watson]()
Grades 1 to 12
Biology, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Visual Arts, and more
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![Modern Canadian Landscapes & the Group of Seven through the art of Tom Thomson]()
Grades 5 to 12
Visual Arts, Social Studies, Canadian and World Studies, and more
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![Colour, Language & Storytelling through the art of Yves Gaucher]()
Grades 3 to 6
Language, Media Literacy, Visual Arts, and more
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![Fundamental Principles in Computer Science through the art of Michael Snow]()
Grades 2 to 12
Computer Science, Media Arts, Technology, Visual Arts, and more
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![Simple Machines through the art of Sorel Etrog]()
Grades 4 to 8
Science, Technology, and more