"Shipping on the Seaway" is an educational resource designed for students from grades 7+ to learn about marine transportation on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Produced by the National Film Board and Dalhousie University, and hosted on the Ocean School platform, this engaging bilingual series of videos and curriculum-based activities explores the interconnectedness of marine shipping and its vital role in Canada.

The collection is brought to life through a mind-blowing 360-degree tour of a real Canadian vessel with insights into the challenges, diverse career paths, and operations of shipping professions. From navigating locks to exploring the use of biofuels, students will get a taste of what life is really like working onboard a 750 ft. ship.

Student activities totalling 10h45mins have been developed specially for classroom use, linked to various subjects and key concepts. Activity examples include:

• Evaluate soy as a biofuel: Students learn more about soy production and biofuels, then complete a list of pros and cons of using biofuels on ships. The activity ends with a deep reflection about how we can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.
• Evaluate a job advertisement: Students learn about the gender gap in the maritime industry, and reflect about how the industry can attract more women. Then they are challenged to critique two job advertisements and decide which one is more inclusive.
• Make a meal plan: Students create a detailed one-day meal plan that accommodates all the crew’s food preferences and dietary restrictions. Then they develop a detailed shopping list to purchase all the ingredients that they will need.
• Write a sea shanty: Students research one or two different maritime careers. Then they write a sea shanty about one of the jobs they researched!
• Design a better cargo ship: Students reflect on what a ship’s crew needs to be healthy and happy, and propose ways to change the design of a cargo ship to promote wellness among the crew.