Recommend a Video/DVD for Library Purchase
(for faculty only)
Faculty are encouraged to recommend new videos and DVDs for the library collection. Please complete the Recommendation for Library Purchase form or contact Audio-Visual Services at your campus. Videos from Canadian distributors may sometimes be brought in for preview. Information on current videos available may be found by searching specific Film Distributor Online Catalogues listed below.
- Arts and Entertainment Channel Store (distributors for History, Biography channels also)
- Amazon.ca (mostly feature films)
- Ambrose Video Publishing, Inc. (educational documentaries)
- American Training Resources - Online Employee Training (HR)
- Annenberg Media (wide variety of tele-courses series)
- BBC Canada
- Canadian Learning Company (multi-disciplinary)
- CBC Learning Online
- CineFete (Canadian documentaries)
- Coastal Training Technology (business, HR, training videos)
- Concept Media (health sciences)
- CRM Films (business, HR, training videos)
- Discovery Channel Store
- Distribution ACCESS (multi-disciplinary, distributors for Classroom Video and Magic Lantern products)
- Educational Productions (ECE videos)
- Filmakers Library (independent documentaries)
- Films Transit International (documentaries)
- Films Media Group ( U.S. film distributor for many producers – distributed in Canada by Kinetic Video)
- Filmwest Associates (Canadian documentaries)
- First Run/Icarus Films Home Page (independent documentaries)
- High/Scope (ECE videos)
- Insight Media (big U.S. film distributor – handles many producers)
- International Telefilms (business, HR, training videos)
- Kinetic Video (social work, health sciences, business)
- Library Video Company (big U.S. film distributor – handles many producers)
- Library Video Network (LIT videos)
- Marlin Education (primarily business, HR videos)
- McIntyre Media (education, business, guidance – distributes PBS and CTV videos)
- McNabb and Connolly (Canadian documentaries, history)
- Magna Systems, Inc. (ECE videos)
- Media Education Foundation (videos on media issues / distributed by Kinetic Video)
- Medical Audio Visual Communications (nursing videos)
- Moving Images Distribution (Canadian independent films)
- NAEYC (ECE videos)
- NFB - National Film Board of Canada
- Owen Stewart Performance Resources (primarily business, HR videos)
- PBS Videos (includes NOVA – distributed in Canada by McIntyre Media)
- RGTRaining (primarily business, HR videos – distributor for Electro-lab Training)
- Visual Education Centre (multi-disciplinary, distributors for TVOntario)
- WGBH/Television (primarily public television programs)
Please note that programs aired on television are not always available for Canadian classroom use.