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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Glenna Matoush

For Students 9th - 10th
Glenna Matoush is highlighted, along with four pieces of her work and details of what has influenced her visual art.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Pauline Lahache

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Pauline Lahache, a teacher at Kahnawake Survival School, and what influences her artistic outlook. Several examples of her artwork are presented.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Oswald De Leon Kantule

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how Oswald De Leon Kantule's protean work comes together and examine some samples of his work.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Raymond Dupuis

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine works by visual artist Raymond Dupuis and find out where these works can be found.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Ginette Aubin

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Ginette Aubin who is a painter and engraver from the Malecite nation in Quebec and view examples of her work.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Christine Sioui Wawanoloath

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how visual artist Christine Sioui Wawanoloath uses trickster's humour in her art and view samples of her work.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Sylvain Rivard

For Students 9th - 10th
View works by Sylvain Rivard and learn how his background and linguistic skills make him an invaluable resource within the First Nations culture.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Raphael Benedict

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine work by visual artist Raphael Benedict, who was the Merite Press-Papier 2002 award winner and learn how he has won the trust of his people.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Cree artist and poet Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau's body of work and view four examples.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Ellen Gabriel

For Students 9th - 10th
View Ellen Gabriel's depiction of the Oka crisis by examining several examples of her work.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Jacques Newashish

For Students 9th - 10th
View works by Jacques Newashish, painter and printmaker and learn what influences his work.
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Alanis Obomsawin

For Students 9th - 10th
View works by Alanis Obomsawin, internationally known artist, examine some samples of her work.
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Emily's Dream Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Emily's Dream, a historical novel written by Jacqueline Pearce, is a sequel to her book Discovering Emily and goes on to look at the teenage years of Canadian artist Emily Carr. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Discovering Emily Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Discovering Emily, a historical novel written by Jacqueline Pearce, looks at the childhood of Canadian artist Emily Carr. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing the book.
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Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)

Emily Carr

For Students 9th - 10th
Not only was Emily Carr one of British Columbia's most recognized Artists but was recognized Nationally as well. The site discloses information about her life and her impact on Canadian life.
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Other

Artexte

For Students 9th - 10th
Artexte Information Centre is an artistic organization that "was established in 1980 to collect and disseminate information on all aspects of contemporary visual art."
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Other

Famous Canadian Women Famous Firsts: Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
Thumbnail sketches are presented on the lives of famous Canadian women artists. Highlighted in bold letters is each woman's famous "first."
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Inuit Gallery of Vancouver: Northwest Coast Graphics

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent collection of Northwest Coast art by First Nation artists that includes silk screen serigraph and giclee prints and paintings.
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Elliott Louis Gallery: Historic Canadian Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists historic Canadian artists of importance with images of some of their works. Click on an artist's name for some brief biographical information.