Join the World's Longest Chain, 2007!

It's easy to take part in the JOIN UP! campaign. Here's How:

Create a paper-chain (Template [.doc]) or make a human chain

Teachers: See Activity 9 [.doc] in the free CGCE curriculum kit

Register your Chain Online! You can upload text, videos and pics!

How to Register Online:

• Click on Join The Online Chain Now to open the online chain
• Click on 'Join The Chain' link
• Create an image of yourself by choosing a head, a top, legs and shoes
• Register your contact details and how many people were in your chain
• Add drawings, photos, sounds and video to your 'JOINED UP' page
• See yourself and other Canadians in the international chain!
• You can log back into your 'JOINED UP' page later and add more items.

Join The Online Chain Now!

Safety tips

Things to remember when adding yourself into the chain:

• Do not include any contact information in your message, such as your full name, home address, work or school name or address, email or phone numbers.
• If you are under 16, make sure you have a parent or teacher's permission to use the website.
• If you upload a photo or video of yourself, make sure you do not include any contact information within it.
• Do not give your username and password to anyone.
• Use a combination of letters and numbers in your password, to make it more secure.

Uploading pictures, sounds and video

• Any drawings or photos you upload should be no more than 1MB in size, in .jpg format.
• Any sounds you upload should be no more than 5MB in size, no longer than 5 minutes and in MP3 format.
• Any videos you upload should be no more than 100MB in size, no longer than 5 minutes and in any of these formats: 3gp, asf, avi, dv, flv, mov, mp4, mpeg, qt, wmv.

Click here for a quick guide to making a JOIN UP video (from the UK website!)