The wonder of pregnancy and childbirth is an exciting and stressful time for mothers as well as fathers. This engaging, interview led program transitions from conception to birth as it covers the key developmental stages in each trimester. Experts interviewed include midwives Kelly Langford and Jan Ireland, and obstetrician Dr Lionel Steinberg. In parallel, we follow a mother’s journey across the nine months. The program documents foetal development, outlines key medical tests, the emotional and physical aspects of pregnancy, birthing options and the birthing process. An invaluable resource for those entering the fields of health care, midwifery, psychology and medicine, it combines medical information with the human experience.
Languages: English
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Critical Issues in Business: Success and Failure
What are the critical issues which decide the success or failure of a business? An ideal resource for senior secondary viewers, this program reveals the inner-workings of organisations and the factors which influence their operations. Business experts from a range of industries discuss the importance of the business plan, financing and budgeting, management of staff, SWOT and trend analysis, investment in technology, and how to identify competitive advantage in the market. This program details ‘real world’ scenarios and strategies employed by organisations to make success guaranteed and the ways in which modern organisations strive to succeed.
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Designers at Work
Design is a fundamental way in which we express ourselves. And the designer is involved in every stage of the process, from the initial idea, to production and testing, and to eventual use. A perfect resource for design and engineering audiences across the board, this investigative-styled program examines the key stages of the design process and the factors which influence this process. Experts in architecture, industrial design, sustainable design and product development discuss how they approach a project and what it’s like working with clients and colleagues. Visually-stunning and a fascinating insight into a creative, high-pressured industry, viewers will experience how a design goes from imagination to reality.
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Employment Relations and Conflict Resolution
Teamwork and effective relationships with colleagues are essential to the productive and profitable operation of most organizations. Inevitably though, there are disputes and conflict, and all personnel need to know how to appropriately deal with them. This interview based program examines employment relations and workplace conflict. Featuring interviews with industry leaders, it explores the role of Human Resources in workplace conflict, the role of managers and supervisors in dealing with it, the nature of workplace disputes, and strategies for effective dispute resolution. This production is an ideal resource for all senior secondary level and further education students preparing for part or full-time employment, or studying employment relations.
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Management Roles – Planning, Organising, Leading, Controlling
Management is one of the most widely-discussed and critical issues in business. In this engaging program for senior secondary students we investigate what a manager actually does and how they achieve success. Experts explain the different tasks of management, such as planning, leading, organising and controlling, and the challenges they face in the various departments of large-scale organisations. We investigate the most effective strategies when faced with resource allocation or staffing issues or measuring performance. The diverse nature of management is examined in the wider context of globalisation and technological innovation, offering viewers a valuable insight into the day-to-day lives of managers.
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Nuclear Radiation
This program covers the discovery of radioactivity, what makes atoms radioactive and methods for detecting radioactivity. The types of radiation including alpha, beta, gamma and positron radiation, types of decay, radiation dose & dose equivalence are explained. With application to real-life situations, the effects of radiation on living things, the environment and the uses of radiation in medicine are also discussed. This program is a comprehensive look at radiation that originates in the nucleus of an atom.
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Safety Net
Safety Net is a new program which sets out to explain what the internet is, where the potential dangers lie and how to reduce exposure to them.
Topics covered include:
– The Internet described.
– Email and chat rooms: being careful about distributing your address.
– Knowing who you’re talking to, being discreet, knowing who could see your information.
– Social networks: how to use them, what not to publish, commercial use of your information, internet dating.
– Online bullying: who to trust and how to be safe.
– Technical safety: Firewall, viruses, malware and spyware, sites to avoid.
– Privacy: understanding issues of personal privacy. -
Labour Pains
The documentary tells the history of the birth of the labour movement in Canada with an emphasis on the 1937 General Motors strike in Oshawa and the 1945 Ford of Canada strike in Windsor. Both of these strikes are highlighted as seminal forces in the creation of the United Auto Workers (now the Canadian Auto Workers) and throughout the hour we meet all of the key players involved, which include the politicians of the time as well as strike organizers and other union members. The program concludes with the famous Rand Formula, which eventually became the prescription for the modern day union.
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Talking Union
Writer/producer Richard Nielsen recollects his experiences in the union movement from the 1946 Stelco strike to the role of unions in contemporary society.
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Canada’s Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
Donald Britain directs and co-writes with Richard Nielsen this docu-drama of an American gangster brought in to Canada to destroy the Canadian Seaman’s Union. A co-production with the National Film Board. Winner of the 1987 Annick Award.
WARNING: This program contains language that may be offensive to some people. Please review before use in the classroom.