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How Do We Measure Up?
Search the Statistics Canada Website or other online resources to find provincial or territorial data on children living in poverty. How does your region of Canada measure up in terms of children’s socioeconomic status and school success? What are some of the implications of living in poverty for students and teachers? How can teachers help students from poor socioeconomic environments overcome some of the hurdles they face in achieving academic success?

Canada Council on Social Development
http://www.ccsd.ca/facts.html
A comprehensive set of statistics on poverty in Canada.

How do we measure poverty?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/features/poverty_line.html
An interesting article on the measurement of poverty.

Children in Poverty
http://www.cepan.ca/
A concise overview of poverty in Canada with a good set of reference links
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Diversity Learning
Analyze and evaluate a lesson plan or learning activity at the Diversity Learning Website (www.diversitylearning.ca) How could it best be implemented in your future classroom? What improvements or enhancements would make the plan or activity more effective?

Diversity Learning
http://www.diversitylearning.ca/
This website provides links to hundreds of lesson plans and learning activities on eliminating racism and promoting diversity.





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