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\n \n The True Cost: Human Rights <\/a>\n
A discussion about the fashion industry and labour, includes video interviews <\/a><\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n The 2 Euro T-Shirt \u2013 A Social Experiment <\/a>\n
From Fashion Revolution, the video showing people in Germany interacting with a T-shirt vending machine<\/a><\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n \u2018Cheap and Trendy\u2019 Fashion Comes at a Price: The rise of \u201cfast fashion\u201d is influencing labor standards in Asia and elsewhere <\/a>\n
(For older students)<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Canadian consumers ‘can do a lot’ to prevent sweatshop tragedies <\/a>\n
An interview with a business professor about the different things that can be done to improve standards in the garment industry<\/a><\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Planet Money Makes a T-shirt <\/a>\n
How does a simple T-shirt get made? Find out with this five-part video series. <\/a><\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Made in a Free World <\/a>\n
An interactive article about slavery (Please note the accompanying survey has some mature and sensitive content.) <\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Child Labour Intro Video <\/a>\n
By the ILO, a short introductory video to the topic of child labour<\/a><\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Convention on the Rights of the Child <\/a>\n
A PDF leaflet from UNICEF that uses simplified language to summarize the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Dear Canada: Days of Toil and Tears: The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford by Sarah Ellis (Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2008)<\/span> <\/a>\n
Set in 1887, this is a fictional story about an eleven-year-old orphan who reconnects with her mother\u2019s family, but has to work in a textile mill.<\/div> <\/div>\n \n book <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Factory Girl by Barbara Greenwood (Kids Can Press, 2007)<\/span> <\/a>\n
A fictional account about a child labourer in 20th century North America. The fictional experiences are combined with non-fiction sections about lifestyle, social conditions, etc. Archival photographs accompany the information. <\/div> <\/div>\n \n book <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n \n Humane Society International: About Cosmetics Animal Testing <\/a>\n
A Q&A with some information about animal testing for cosmetic products (for older students)<\/a><\/div> <\/div>\n \n video <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1328","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www3.scholastic.ca\/take-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www3.scholastic.ca\/take-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www3.scholastic.ca\/take-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www3.scholastic.ca\/take-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www3.scholastic.ca\/take-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www3.scholastic.ca\/take-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1328\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www3.scholastic.ca\/take-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www3.scholastic.ca\/take-action\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}