Free Resources
Alphabetical list of Free Online Resources
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| K-12 | 1Jour 1Actu Simplified news articles covering a range of current events to help students build French language skills. |
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| K-12 | Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is the first national Aboriginal broadcaster in the world, with programming by, for and about Aboriginal Peoples, to share with all Canadians as well as viewers around the world. |
 | K-12 | Autism and Intellectual Disability Search (AID Search) An online database of accurate, evidence-based information resources on autism and other forms of neurodiversity. Provides the disability community with an effective tool to find the resources they need. Learn More |
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| 10-12 | BC Codes The British Columbia Codes provide the minimum requirements for a safely built environment and are the product of a unique partnership between industry practitioners, construction technology experts, and provincial regulators. |
| K-12 | Knowledge Network BC Knowledge Network, a BC independent public educational broadcaster, provides a commercial-free programming service to support learning, presents diverse points of view and promotes culture and identity from local and global perspectives. |
| 7-12 | BC Laws Free access to every public Act, and every regulation of general public interest, currently in force in the province of British Columbia, including new and recently amended laws that have yet to be published in official print formats. |
| K-12 | Bibliothèque des Amériques Créée par le Centre de la francophonie des Amériques (CFA), la Bibliothèque des Amériques donne accès gratuitement à des d’ouvrages numériques en français. La bibliothèque des Amériques n'est disponible qu'aux résidents des Amériques après inscription. |
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| 11-12 | Canadian Letters & Images Project A digital archive of personal letters, diaries, and photographs from Canadian soldiers from several wars and peacekeeping missions. |
| K-12 | CBC/Radio-Canada CBC/Radio-Canada is a national public radio and television broadcaster. It offers programming in English, French and eight aboriginal languages. It provides information and entertainment programming. |
| 7-12 | CIA World Factbook World Factbook is an annual publication of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. |
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| K-12 | Duolingo This is a free language-learning platform, which includes a language-learning website, an app, and a digital language proficiency assessment exam. |
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| K-12 | First Voices Text, audio, image, video files with companion games/activities to support First Nations language and culture teaching. Students and teachers can access all free resources; password protected resources are not available. |
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| K-12 | GreenFile Complimentary research database provides scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts. |
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| K-12 | Historica Canada / Canadian Encyclopedia Canadian Encyclopedia provides accurate and updated information about Canadian people, country, things, events and places. The Encyclopedia contains more than 30,000 multimedia items including images, maps, games, audio, video, exhibits, etc. |
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| K-12 | InfoQuête Moteur de recherche sécuritaire donnant des résultats appropriés pour les étudiants. --- French academic safe search engine which accesses curated websites for educational use. It works just like Google but pulls results meant for students’ research. |
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| 3-12 | Royal BC Museum Learning Portal Explores the natural and human history of British Columbia, through articles, video, image and sound files held in the museum's collections. |
| 8-12 | Gale Literary Index Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references over 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 215,000 titles into one source |
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| K-12 | National Film Board The NFB is Canada’s public producer and distributor. We create social-issue documentaries, animated films and interactive digital content that provide the world with a unique Canadian perspective. |
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| K-12 | PBS PBS, a multi-platform media organization, offers educational media for classroom use such as documentaries, non-commercialized news programs, world events and cultures programs, etc. |
| 8-12 | Points to the Past Access to nearly 200 million pages of digitized historical content. Includes searchable primary source material: maps, photos, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, portraits, sermons, poems, and more for research, teaching and learning. |
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| 10-12 | Statistics Canada Access to census data, employment statistics, economic information like GDP and CPI, and results from other surveys conducted by the Government of Canada. |
| K-12 | City of Surrey Online Heritage Tools A collection of tools to research Surrey's archival collections on your computer or mobile device. |
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| K-12 | TV Ontario TVOntario provides learning opportunities through innovative educational products, in-depth current affairs, groundbreaking documentaries, and award-winning TVOKids resources. |
| 4-12 | Typing Club TypingClub is an effective way to learn how to type. It is web based, and effective. TypingClub is free for both individuals and schools. There is also an optional paid school edition. |
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