The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) shapes narratives about the Canadian mining industry through its involvement in Canadian education and school curricula. In response to pro-mining visual culture, Beyond Extraction has developed What it Takes: an all-ages colouring book. As a counter-pedagogical intervention, What It Takes seeks to promote critical energy literacy while disrupting the grip that Canadian mining has on culture and education.
New! What It Takes is now available in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Follow this link to download What it Takes: an all-ages colouring book, which you can access digitally or print depending on your language preference, paper size, and available printing equipment.
What it Takes is designed in a “booklet” style intended be printed on “ledger” (sometimes called “tabloid”) format paper, 11 x 17 inches, double-sided. The pages can then be folded down the centre line and inserted into each other, with the “Community/No more stolen sisters” page in the middle, and working your way outwards. (Booklet instructions are included below.)
We have also included a version at 8.5 x 11 inches accessible to print at home or on any letter-size paper. The pages can be stapled together or simply left loose, depending on your/your child(ren)’s/your student(s)’ preference.
No interest in printing? Digital versions are also available.
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