Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre - Publications Publishes reports (download in .pdf format) on various civil liberties and human rights topics. Also has a lending library of videos. One of the Research Centre's current projects is the Human Rights Education Project, which educates secondary students about human rights law.

Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry: eLearning Program This stand-alone, interactive, web-based awareness program is designed to provide Alberta employees and employers with an opportunity to learn more about minimum employment standards in the workplace.

Alberta's Justice System in Your Community This resource is housed on the Alberta Justice and Attorney General website and leads the students through three different aspects of the justice system. The interactive site will help teach Grade 3 students what the justice system is, and how it keeps their families and communities peaceful and safe.

Aspen Foundation for Labour Education The mission of the Foundation is to inspire and educate young Albertans to value the social contribution of labour; to understand labour unions; to be knowledgeable about social and economic issues affecting workers; and to develop participatory and leadership skills.The Aspen Foundation is dedicated to providing citizens with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that allow them to contribute fully to a healthy, just, and democratic workplace, community, and society. Students need to know how they can contribute to this development through participation in labour organizations and institutions. It is important that young people understand the role that the labour movement in Alberta and Canada has played in the past and is playing today.

Audio and Video of Assembly Proceedings (Alberta) During session, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta sits Monday to Thursday from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. (Mountain Time) and may reconvene in the evening beginning at 8:00 p.m. (Mon to Wed). During these times, live audio of house proceedings and live video of question period is made available to the public.

Beyond Blame: Reacting to the Terrorist Attack A curriculum for secondary school students. Adapted with permission for Canadian classroom use by the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre.

B-Free Teen-focused website includes information about bullying and how to make it stop. The site also features inspirational stories from people who have experienced and overcame bullying, with an opportunity for youth to post their own experiences.

Bully Free Alberta The website helps parents, teens and community members take control of this issue by giving them the tools they need to prevent or intervene in a bullying situation. It is a one-stop resource filled with helpful information about how to deal with bullying.

Civil liberties in our schools Contains information and resources for teachers and students

Cole's Kids COLE'S Kids is committed to providing quality crime prevention with it’s focus on building communication with family, school, connected resources and the Police. The program is known throughout Edmonton for being highly successful in helping youth in conflict with the law turn their lives around. The young person, their parents and the police create the “Contract For Success” as quickly as possible after an arrest or intervention, which is one of the main reasons why the program works.

Cultivating Peace The goal of the Cultivating Peace initiative is to create classroom-ready resources for schools across Canada that will assist teachers and community leaders to educate for change. The programs created through this initiative will encourage youth to respect diversity, think globally, value human rights, recognize injustice and respond to conflict with methods other than violence. These resources will engage children and youth in the search for a culture of peace in their homes, their schools, their neighbourhoods and their global community.

Diversity Toolkit - University of Calgary This site is part of a funded project to assist teachers, students, scholars or any activists who wish to promote equity and the acceptance of differences within schools and communities. This site offers a variety of on-line resources, funding sources, glossaries, examples of projects, and selected readings to help you get started.

Don’t Buy In Project The Don’t Buy In Project is a diversity and hate-bias program for local junior and senior high school. This program provides schools with the skill development, information and resources needed to support an environment that actively addresses issues of hate, bias and discrimination.The presentations include information around hate/bias crimes and/or incidents, active witness skill training, a resource tool kit, role plays and scenarios, our web site and a fun interactive “Jeopardy” style game called Diversity Challenge.

Engaging Students in Social Responsibility: An Annotated Bibliography of Web Sites Created by the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre and contains information about web sites that the ACLRC consider useful for teachers and other educators who want to teach social responsibility.

Famous Trials This is an educational site maintained at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. It contains information about famous trials from Socrates to Moussaoui.

Great Alberta Law Cases This dynamic resource explores Alberta's legal heritage. This interactive site presents in audio format dramatizations of 30 of Alberta's most interesting, contentious and influential legal battles and grounds them in a rich, multimedia historical context.

Human Rights Education Project This is a project of the Alberta Civil Liberties Association. It provides teachers of secondary school students or a student in junior or senior high school with handbooks and manuals. Site includes a sample lesson on the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack: Beyond Blame.

Identity Theft DVD (Service Alberta) This Changing Faces education kit includes an 18-minute DVD that provides an informative look at identity theft through a fact-based drama and teaches viewers how to be on guard and protect themselves. The kits are free, but you need to contact them to receive one.

iHuman The iHuman Youth Society is an important ‘at-risk youth’ lifeline on the Edmonton scene. It has evolved from a small society into a thriving and expanding resource with a very rapid growing waiting list of youth. We work with high and at-risk youth in a creative arts environment that includes the promotion of harm-reduction activities.

John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights was established as a non-governmental organization in Edmonton, Alberta in June 2000, evolving from the Human Rights Education Foundation, founded in 1998. Named after the late John Peters Humphrey, the principal drafter of the United Nation Declaration of Human Rights, the Centre’s mission is to advance the universal implementation of human rights through teaching and education of all people, with a specific focus on children and youth. A commitment to human rights, we envision, will move us towards a sustainable peace and human development, locally and internationally.

Law & legislation - Alberta Information on the administration of acts in Alberta, legislative process for statutes and regulations, and passing a bill in the legislature. Also available in a PDF version

Munimall A dynamic virtual meeting place for municipal and provincial officials, suppliers of services to municipalities, teachers and students interested in municipal government. The MuniMall Newsletter is an Internet publication designed specifically for Local Government practitioners, students, and instructors across Canada. Published biweekly, it delivers timely, relevant news stories and press releases directly to the email boxes of its recepients.

Nature's Laws - Resources The Nature's Laws Project was developed in a partnership involving the Heritage Community Foundation and representatives of First Nations from Treaty 6, 7 and 8. The project is a study of the legal codes and traditional governance of Alberta’s First Nations in the areas covered by Treaties 6, 7 and 8.  It was structured as having research and public education components and involved Elders, academics and legal historians.  The material examined was evidence found in oral histories, as well as case law, and the scholarly literature relating to Aboriginal People.

Northern Alberta Alliance on Race Relations (NAARR) The Northern Alberta Alliance on Race Relations (NAARR) is an organization dedicated to the elimination of racism. NAARR develops and promotes anti-racist educational tools and resources for schools. NAARR also raises awareness about the consequences of racism, its sources and causes, as well as ways to combat racism through many year-round events. Being an alliance on race relations, NAARR is a network of community groups, schools and individuals from rural and urban areas of northern Alberta.

Reality Choices (Service Alberta) Reality Choices is a consumer resource for young adults who are moving away from home for the first time. It consists of five modules: Dealing with Credit, You and Your Money, A Roof over Your Head, In the Driver's Seat, Shopping for Satisfaction. The modules are based on a national version of Reality Choices released earlier this year by federal, provincial and territorial consumer affairs ministers, but have been adapted to give Albertans key information about consumer protection laws in Alberta.

Safe and Caring Research Link Safe and Caring Research Link is a virtual forum where individuals and organizations share their knowledge, understanding, and expertise on violence and bullying prevention, conflict resolution, anger management, positive decision making skills, youth resiliency and building safe and caring and inclusive schools and communities. The SACSC Research Centre is the joint initiative of the University of Alberta's Faculty of Education and Society for Safe and Caring Schools and Communities.

Safe and Caring Schools - Special project The ATA's Safe and Caring Schools (SACS) Project is a comprehensive violence-prevention and character-education endeavor designed to encourage socially responsible and respectful behavior. Includes teacher resources.

School-based violence prevention programs: preventing violence against children and youth (2005 revision) This resource was originally developed to identify school-based programs that prevent violence against girls and young women, the primary targets of much abuse including dating violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment. This resource manual also presents school-based violence prevention programs that are relevant for girls and boys, young women and young men. The manual provides practical research- and expert-based information on school-based programs to prevent interpersonal violence. The 2005 revision broadened the ages for which programs were developed to both preschool and university/college programs. New sections were added on general child abuse, children exposed to domestic violence, children/youth with disabilities and children/youth from Aboriginal backgrounds.

S-Team Heroes S-Team Heroes is a fun website for kids that gives them the power to stop bullying. By playing an interactive online game with the S-Team Heroes, kids learn helpful tips for dealing with bullies.

Student Legal Services of Edmonton - Mock Trial Program The mock trial program is intended to provide a simulation of a real courtroom experience. During the trial, students take on the roles of lawyers, court clerks, witnesses, and jury members. Resource materials are provided to teachers to help them support their students in preparing for their mock trial experience. Contains "teacher only" information as well as student handouts. Mock trials currently available for junior and senior high classes. (Scroll down the Legal Education page to learn more about this program.)

The Famous 5 Heritage Edukit Together, they are known as the Famous 5—the women who struggled to have women declared "persons" so they could be appointed to the Canadian Senate. Individually, each was a prominent women's leader in her own right. The Famous 5 Heritage Edukit is based on the Nation Builders Teacher Resource Guide, produced by a senior Social Studies consultant on contract to the Famous 5 Foundation. Included are three lesson plans for both elementary and junior/senior high school students that address topics such as the Persons Case, Families and Communities and Citizenship.

The Making of Treaty 8 in Canada's Northwest The Making of Treaty #8 in Canada’s Northwest, a Virtual Museum of Canada exhibit, commemorates a historic event of enormous importance to Alberta’s northern First Nations.

Virtual Visit: Step Inside the Alberta Legislature This Virtual Visit takes you into the Alberta Legislature to explore and learn about this unique building. It is an interactive and immersive online tour experience that provides a realistic, three-dimensional environment replicating the layout, scale, and features of the Alberta Legislature. In other words, the Virtual Visit allows you to look and move around as if you were inside the building. A fully guided tour option, including multimedia activities that align with Alberta K-12 Programs of Study, further enriches the experience and add value as a learning and teaching resource.

weron2u.ca A website developed by the Government of Alberta on staying safe from internet predators. It provides teens with information on predator tactics as well as safety tips and true stories. The website is written from a peer-to-peer perspective and empowers teens to stay safe online. The site includes downloadable banners that can be used on blogs or as instant messenger icons to let predators know these teens are educated about online safety and won't be a target.

World Intellectual Property Organization - Resources for Students This page points to resources across the WIPO website, which may be of particular interest to students ranging from upper elementary to university. Resources for younger students include a set of comic books.

Youth Guide to the Charter The Youth Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bilingual Guide and Poster which interprets the Canadian Charter in plain, child friendly language and targets youth in the 12 to 16 year age range. Winning youth art illustrate the document and it has been widely distributed throughout Alberta and Canada. The hope is that this publication will significantly contribute to a better understanding of the Canadian soul to be nurtured in future by the youth of today. The Youth Guide is a product of the belief shared by its sponsors that informed Canadian youth will strive to ensure that constitutional values are more than abstract principles. Rather, these values serve to define the Canadian experience and Canadian life enjoyed by all of us. (Created by the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights and co-sponsored by the Alberta Teachers' Association)