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Library Resources

WHERE THERE IS NO DOCTOR

• Burge, Michael C. and Don Nardo. Vaccines: Preventing Disease. San Diego: Lucent Books Inc., 1992.
• Cumming, David. Pakistan. East Sussex: Wayland (Publishers) Ltd, 1991.
• Evans, Peter and Fatima Salaria. Pakistan. London: BBC Educational Publishing, 1993.
• Le Master, Leslie J. Bacteria & Viruses. Chicago: Children's Press, 1985.
• Morton, Desmond. The United Nations: Its History and the Canadians Who Shaped It. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1995.

ON THE VAPOUR TRAIL

• Dickinson, Terence. Exploring the Sky by Day: The Equinox Guide to Weather and the Atmosphere. Camden East: Camden House Publishing, 1988.
• Flum Galvin, Irene. Chile: Land of Poets and Patriots. Minneapolis: Dillon Press Inc., 1990.
• Lucas, Eileen. Water: A Resource in Crisis. Chicago: Children's Press, 1991.

TALE OF TWO VILLAGES

• Chiasson, John. African Journey. New York: Bradbury Press, 1989.
• Knapp, Brian. Drought. Austin: Steck-Vaughn company, 1990.
• Lambert, Mark. Farming and the Environment. East Sussex: Wayland (Publishers) Ltd, 1990.
• McLeish, Ewan. The Spread of Deserts. East Sussex: Wayland (Publishers) Ltd, 1989.
• Swallow, Su. Food for the World. London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1990.
• Williams, Lawrence. Defeating the Deserts. London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1989.

THE FILOMENA PHENOMENON

• Canadian Geoscience Council. Explore Careers in Geoscience. Waterloo: Canadian Geoscience Council, 1991.
• Geological Survey of Canada. The Science of Change: Environmental Geoscience at the Geological Survey of Canada. Ottawa: Ministry of Supply and Services, 1991.
• Parker, Edward. Peru: A Study of an Economically Developing Country. East Sussex: Wayland (Publishers) Ltd, 1996.
• Morrison, Marion. Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Austin: Steck-Vaughn company, 1992.

FROM BULLETS TO BUCKETS

• Lucas, Eileen. Water: A Resource in Crisis. Chicago: Children's Press, 1991.

LAND MINES

    Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development Web site with excellent teaching projects on land mines.

• Morton, Desmond. The United Nations: Its History and the Canadians Who Shaped It. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1995.
• Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF. A Child Rights Guide to the 1996 Mines Protocol. New York: UNICEF, 1997.

NFB Films

Canadian peacekeeping forces were deployed to Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia when war fractured the former Yugoslavia.
The Protection Force Series focuses on four Canadian military units as they try to bring stability to one of the most volatile regions of the world today.
The Price of Duty is a close-up view of army engineers who clear mine-fields and tells the story of Mark Isfeld, a young Canadian engineer who paid the ultimate price when killed by an exploding land mine (47 min. 50 sec.).
Caught in the Crossfire is an in-depth and often moving look at how Canadian soldiers have earned the respect of all sides in this bloody dispute (47 min. 50 sec.).
In God's Command is an intimate profile of army padre Mark Sargent as he ministers to soldiers and civilians caught in the conflict (47 min. 50 sec.).