If you are organizing a community event, please click on "Submit Event" (in the middle of the blue banner) to post it.
If you are hosting a weekly or bi-weekly event, please email the details to [email protected].
Enjoy the community events in rural Albert County!
If you are hosting a weekly or bi-weekly event, please email the details to [email protected].
Enjoy the community events in rural Albert County!
Looking for something to do? Connecting Albert County has compiled a list of activities that you can do at home.
If you have a suggestion of activities or online resources that are educational or promote healthy living, please email [email protected]. Please ensure that the events align with our guiding principle to “celebrate our culture, environment, and sense of community.” We also welcome contributions that help lead to healthier lifestyles, stronger community connections and better mental health.
Places to Explore:
Learning Resources:
Apps to Try:
Apps to Stay Connected:
Mental Wellness Apps:
- Discover history, art, science, nature and more through virtual exhibits from Canada’s museums and heritage organizations. http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/virtual-exhibits/type/virtual-exhibits/
- Explore the Royal Ontario Museum. Walk through the Museum using Google Street Views. https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/royal-ontario-museum/QQEzrRxuTdjUcA
- Explore the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. https://humanrights.ca/stories/all-stories
- Take a virtual tour of the Paris Catacombs. http://catacombes.paris.fr/en/virtual-visit
- Explore US National Parks. Journey with park rangers to places most people never see. https://artsandculture.google.com/project/national-park-service
Learning Resources:
- Online outdoor survival classes by Anishinaabe woodsman
- Transcribe historical documents for the Fredericton Regional Museum - need to join their Facebook page
- Transcribe historical documents for the Nova Scotia Archives. https://novascotia.ca/archives/transcribe/
- Free photography classes from Nikon
- Worksheets for kids from Preschool to Grade 5. https://www.greatschools.org/gk/worksheets/?grade=5th-grade
- Khan Academy is a non-profit that provides personalized learning on a vast number of subjects – for free! It’s also currently offering daily schedules for students ages 5-18. https://www.khanacademy.org
- Yale is offering one of their most popular classes for free (unless you want a certificate of completion). It takes about 20 hours to complete and has flexible deadlines, too. You can join the 10-week program at any time. https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being#enroll
- Pearson Canada is now offering free supplementary math resources for students in grades K-3.
- Scholastic has videos, books, science and literacy resources for grades K-12.
- Grand Council Treaty #3 has a list of online learning, educational resources, First Nation education links and virtual tours.
- Rosetta Stone is offering 3 months of learning free (also available from NB Public Library website).
- The Royal Ontario Museum is teaching kids 8-14+ how to write in hieroglyphs.
Apps to Try:
- Explore.org - Live animal cameras from around the world.
- Gratitude App - A personal online journal to track moments of daily gratitude.
- Simple Piano - Follow along to learn to play the piano.
- Duolingo - Easy step-by-step lessons to learn a new language.
Apps to Stay Connected:
- Houseparty: Video-chatting app that allows you to connect in a “virtual party” with up to eight people. There are also some games built into the app that you can play with your friends!
- Google Hangouts: Set up a voice (up to 150 people) or video hangout (up to 25 people). Users don’t need to have a Gmail account to join, but the host/organizer does.
- Zoom: Typically used for business, it offers video/audio-conferencing as well as chat and webinar features. For those looking to host a video chat with a larger group, it works great. The basic tier allows for up to 100 participants to video chat for 40 minutes at a time.
Mental Wellness Apps:
- Clear Fear - Clear Fear uses a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) framework to help change anxious thoughts and emotions, alter anxious behaviours and calm fear responses. It has helpful descriptions of the different ways in which anxiety can show up, resources and a ‘grit box’ to boost resilience.
- Calm Harm - Using the basic principles of an evidence-based therapy called Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Calm Harm provides tasks to help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm.
- Calm - Take a Deep Breath: Calm is the #1 app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation. You can sign up for their seven-day free trial or access their list of resources.
- Breathe - The Breathe app guides you through a series of deep breaths, and it reminds you to take time to breathe everyday.
- Headspace - One of the most well-known meditation resources, this also offers tools to help you fall and stay asleep. They’re currently offering free resources under the content library called “Weathering the Storm” to help users through these uncertain times (sign up for an account for the free content).