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“When will I die?” life Expectancy Calculator Calculate your projected life expectancy on the basis of current statistics.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/cbn-tools-life-expectancy-calculator/

The Longevity Game
Calculate your projected life expectancy on the basis of current statistics.
http://www.nmfn.com/tn/learnctr--lifeevents--longevity

Lesson A: Practice 2: Message, Messenger, and Audience

A Review of Health References in Cigarette Advertising
This web page includes a list of various advertising slogans used by cigarette companies from 1927-1964.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=A_Review_of_Health_References_in_Cigarette_Advertising_1927-1964

Lesson A: Practice 4: Interpreting Health Statistics

“Healthy Settings for Young People in Canada.” Public Health Agency of Canada.
The broad range of health-related issues addressed in the survey reflects the complicated lives of young people. The report identifies the importance of the links between physical, social, and emotional states, as well as between contexts, behaviours, and outcomes. By examining family and peer relationships, the school setting, and socio-economic status, we can gain insight into the strong impact certain settings and conditions have on risk-taking behaviours and health outcomes.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/dca-dea/publications/yjc/index-eng.php

Assignment Part 1: Reading an Informational Report

Healthy Living and Healthy Weight
This Public Health Agency report provides information pertaining to body image dissatisfaction, obesity, and overweight among young Canadians.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/yjc/ch3_51_54-eng.php

Food Frauds: They Trick You and Rip You Off!
This resource provided by the Center for Science in the Public Interest demonstates how the language choices used by advertisers can lead to misinformation.
http://www.nutritionaction.com/category/daily/what-not-to-eat/page/4/

Lesson B: Practice 2: Food Fact Story

Canada’s Food Guide
Canada’s Food Guide can be ordered in print format, can be downloaded in PDF format, and is also available in HTML format at the following link:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/order-commander/index-eng.php

Food Facts
Information about habits and trends related to junk food advertising and consumption in North America.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/advertising_marketing/food_facts.cfm

Interactive Nutrition Label Quiz
Test your health literacy skills through reading nutritional labels!
Note--this interactive quiz is not mentioned in the course content for Module 1: it is a supplementary resource.
http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/eating-nutrition/label-etiquetage/quiz1-eng.php

Lesson C: Where Does Your Food Come From?

Mark Bittman: What's Wrong with What We Eat
This is excellent information on why, and how, to eat intelligently... It could totally change your dinner plans!
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/263

Teenagers and the Web
This site provides summary information from a research study that investigated a wide range of teens’ website preferences.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/teenagers.html

Lesson C: Practice 1: Where Does Your Food Come From?

Food for a Healthy Planet
The Food for a Healthy Planet resource gives you a picture of how far some foods travel across the globe. It shows the delivery of foods to UK consumers, but the pattern is similar for food imported to Canada.
http://www.climatechoices.org.uk/pages/food1.htm

Living on the 100-Mile Diet
Eating a truly local diet for a year poses some tricky questions.
http://thetyee.ca/Life/2005/06/28/HundredMileDiet/

Teenagers and the Web
This site provides summary information from a research study that investigated a wide range of teens’ website preferences.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/teenagers.html

Assignment Part 2: Healthy Living Week

Section 2: Reading the Signs (and Between the Lines)

Lesson A: Practice 3: Ad Deconstruction

Adflip: The World’s Largest Archive of Classic Print Ads
A large repository of old print ads
http://www.adflip.com/

Canadian Advertising Standards
Canada’s Code of Advertising Standards and Information about Self Regulation
http://www.adstandards.com/en/

Archived complaints
The Ad Complaints Report, Canada’s Code of Advertising Standards and information publication of complaints about ads that have contravened the Code.
http://www.adstandards.com/en/Standards/report.asp

Assignment Part 1: Consumer Complaint

The Consumer Complaint Procedure
This web page provides an explanation of the process for filing an advertisement complaint through Advertising Standards Canada.
http://www.adstandards.com/en/ConsumerComplaints/theConsumerComplaintProcedure.aspx

Adflip: The World’s Largest Archive of Classic Print Ads
A large repository of old print ads
http://www.adflip.com/

Lesson C: Practice 4: Picturing the Travels of a T-shirt

The Cost of a T-Shirt
An exploration of the cost and value of two commodities—coffee and cotton—via workers' stories at each stage of production. By mapping the journeys of goods from the farm to the shop floor in two vivid soundscapes of trade, it captures the real cost of cheap crops.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/6564445.stm

Lesson C: Practice 5: Video Podast—Keilburger’s Story

Me to We: “Craig Starts at the Beginning.”
This video describes the origins of the Free the Children organization.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-10E9GVGPEs

Section 3: Being Green

The Story of Stuff
How the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Calculate Your Annual Footprint
This website provides a footprint calculator that will calculate your annual green house emissions as an individual or as a household. It breaks down the footprint by air travel, cars/transit, home, and food. Your calculations are in tonnes of CO2 equivalents. (Note this web site also talks about carbon offsets, which is not applicable for this course).
http://offsets.greeningsacredspaces.org

World Carbon Dioxide Emissions
This article provides information on carbon emissions by country and if you scroll down to “Data Summary Carbon Dioxide emissions by country” – you can see countries by per capita (‘per person’).
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jan/31/world-carbon-dioxide-emissions-country-data-co2

Paul Hillsdon is one person’s blog about local issues. It is Vancouver focussed, with lots of information on transportation and public policy.
http://www.paulhillsdon.com/

The “BC Blogs” page of The Tyee (a daily independent online magazine) is a directory of community/regional blogs, some of which are editorial in nature.
http://thetyee.ca/BCBlogs/#cr

Apartment 613 is a multiple contributor editorial blog, concerned with promoting Ottawa’s image.
http://www.apt613.ca/

Section 4: Research Skills

Lesson C: Structure and Form in the Research Paper

Essay Writing Tips
Charts to help you organize your thoughts, plus additional writing strategies and tips.
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/en12v6/course/html/en1211b1a001essaytips.html

Owl Matters MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Up-to-date resource on how to correctly cite many different formats of information resources as well as general MLA guidelines.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Assignment Part 2: Research Essay

Online Writing Lab: MLA Formatting and Style
Guidelines for citations of a variety of sources, including digital sources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Literacy Education Online
Detailed information about parenthetical citations, including electronic sources
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/mlaparen.html

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Module 1: Connecting the Dots Section 1: An Apple a Day... Lesson A: Health Trends “When will I die?” life Expectancy Calculator Calculate your projected life expectancy on the basis of current statistics. http://www.canadianbusiness.com/cbn-tools-life-expectancy-calculator/ The Longevity Game Calculate your projected life expectancy on the basis of current statistics. http://www.nmfn.com/tn/learnctr--lifeevents--longevity The Spirit of Now Life Expectancy Calculator Calculate your projected life expectancy on the basis of current statistics. http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/VirtualAge.php Lesson A: Practice 2: Message, Messenger, and Audience A Review of Health References in Cigarette Advertising This web page includes a list of various advertising slogans used by cigarette companies from 1927-1964. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=A_Review_of_Health_References_in_Cigarette_Advertising_1927-1964 Lesson A: Practice 4: Interpreting Health Statistics “Healthy Settings for Young People in Canada.” Public Health Agency of Canada. The broad range of health-related issues addressed in the survey reflects the complicated lives of young people. The report identifies the importance of the links between physical, social, and emotional states, as well as between contexts, behaviours, and outcomes. By examining family and peer relationships, the school setting, and socio-economic status, we can gain insight into the strong impact certain settings and conditions have on risk-taking behaviours and health outcomes. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/hp-ps/dca-dea/publications/yjc/index-eng.php Assignment Part 1: Reading an Informational Report Healthy Living and Healthy Weight This Public Health Agency report provides information pertaining to body image dissatisfaction, obesity, and overweight among young Canadians. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/yjc/ch3_51_54-eng.php Lesson B: Food Fact and Fiction Food Frauds: They Trick You and Rip You Off! This resource provided by the Center for Science in the Public Interest demonstates how the language choices used by advertisers can lead to misinformation. http://www.nutritionaction.com/category/daily/what-not-to-eat/page/4/ Lesson B: Practice 2: Food Fact Story Canada’s Food Guide Canada’s Food Guide can be ordered in print format, can be downloaded in PDF format, and is also available in HTML format at the following link: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/order-commander/index-eng.php Food Facts Information about habits and trends related to junk food advertising and consumption in North America. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/advertising_marketing/food_facts.cfm Interactive Nutrition Label Quiz Test your health literacy skills through reading nutritional labels! Note--this interactive quiz is not mentioned in the course content for Module 1: it is a supplementary resource. http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/eating-nutrition/label-etiquetage/quiz1-eng.php Lesson C: Where Does Your Food Come From? Mark Bittman: What's Wrong with What We Eat This is excellent information on why, and how, to eat intelligently... It could totally change your dinner plans! http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/263 Teenagers and the Web This site provides summary information from a research study that investigated a wide range of teens’ website preferences. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/teenagers.html 9 Reasons why An Apple a Day Really Keeps the Doctor away http://digitaljournal.com/article/214025 Lesson C: Practice 1: Where Does Your Food Come From? Food for a Healthy Planet The Food for a Healthy Planet resource gives you a picture of how far some foods travel across the globe. It shows the delivery of foods to UK consumers, but the pattern is similar for food imported to Canada. http://www.climatechoices.org.uk/pages/food1.htm Living on the 100-Mile Diet Eating a truly local diet for a year poses some tricky questions. http://thetyee.ca/Life/2005/06/28/HundredMileDiet/ Teenagers and the Web This site provides summary information from a research study that investigated a wide range of teens’ website preferences. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/teenagers.html Assignment Part 2: Healthy Living Week Essay Writing Tips Charts to help you organize your thoughts, plus additional writing strategies and tips. http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/en12v6/course/html/en1211b1a001essaytips.html Section 2: Reading the Signs (and Between the Lines) Lesson A: Advertising: How it Works Lesson A: Practice 3: Ad Deconstruction Adflip: The World’s Largest Archive of Classic Print Ads A large repository of old print ads http://www.adflip.com/ Lesson B: Regulating the Industry Canadian Advertising Standards Canada’s Code of Advertising Standards and Information about Self Regulation http://www.adstandards.com/en/ Archived complaints The Ad Complaints Report, Canada’s Code of Advertising Standards and information publication of complaints about ads that have contravened the Code. http://www.adstandards.com/en/Standards/report.asp Assignment Part 1: Consumer Complaint The Consumer Complaint Procedure This web page provides an explanation of the process for filing an advertisement complaint through Advertising Standards Canada. http://www.adstandards.com/en/ConsumerComplaints/theConsumerComplaintProcedure.aspx Adflip: The World’s Largest Archive of Classic Print Ads A large repository of old print ads http://www.adflip.com/ Lesson C: Practice 4: Picturing the Travels of a T-shirt The Cost of a T-Shirt An exploration of the cost and value of two commodities—coffee and cotton—via workers' stories at each stage of production. By mapping the journeys of goods from the farm to the shop floor in two vivid soundscapes of trade, it captures the real cost of cheap crops. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/6564445.stm Lesson C: Practice 5: Video Podast—Keilburger’s Story Me to We: “Craig Starts at the Beginning.” This video describes the origins of the Free the Children organization. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-10E9GVGPEs Section 3: Being Green Lesson A: From Your Home to the Biome The Story of Stuff How the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad. http://www.storyofstuff.com/ Calculate Your Annual Footprint This website provides a footprint calculator that will calculate your annual green house emissions as an individual or as a household. It breaks down the footprint by air travel, cars/transit, home, and food. Your calculations are in tonnes of CO2 equivalents. (Note this web site also talks about carbon offsets, which is not applicable for this course). http://offsets.greeningsacredspaces.org World Carbon Dioxide Emissions This article provides information on carbon emissions by country and if you scroll down to “Data Summary Carbon Dioxide emissions by country” – you can see countries by per capita (‘per person’). http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jan/31/world-carbon-dioxide-emissions-country-data-co2 Lesson C: Act Locally Paul Hillsdon is one person’s blog about local issues. It is Vancouver focussed, with lots of information on transportation and public policy. http://www.paulhillsdon.com/ The “BC Blogs” page of The Tyee (a daily independent online magazine) is a directory of community/regional blogs, some of which are editorial in nature. http://thetyee.ca/BCBlogs/#cr Apartment 613 is a multiple contributor editorial blog, concerned with promoting Ottawa’s image. http://www.apt613.ca/ Section 4: Research Skills Lesson C: Structure and Form in the Research Paper Essay Writing Tips Charts to help you organize your thoughts, plus additional writing strategies and tips. http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/en12v6/course/html/en1211b1a001essaytips.html Owl Matters MLA Formatting and Style Guide Up-to-date resource on how to correctly cite many different formats of information resources as well as general MLA guidelines. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ Assignment Part 2: Research Essay Online Writing Lab: MLA Formatting and Style Guidelines for citations of a variety of sources, including digital sources http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ Literacy Education Online Detailed information about parenthetical citations, including electronic sources http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/mlaparen.html
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Module 1: Connecting the Dots

Section 1: An Apple a Day...

Section 2: Reading the Signs (and Between the Lines)

Section 3: Being Green

Section 4: Research Skills