MediaSmarts

Learn about the complex social pressures and decision-making process teens face when sharing a photo online

Read To Share or Not to Share: How teens make privacy decisions about photos on social media

We’ve partnered with Facebook to help identify and combat false content online.

Learn more and read our new tip sheet!

Our new guide gives consumers the tools to talk back to media companies.

Getting the Most Out of Video Games Guide

Our new guide provides information on video game ratings, ways to pick good games for your kids, tools for avoiding unexpected charges, and tips for managing game playing in the home.

Girls and young women face unique challenges and situations that can be difficult for adults to explain and provide support. That’s why we’ve partnered with YWCA Canada to create A Guide for Trusted Adults.

Consult our Digital and Media Literacy outcomes by province & territory for how you can use our resources in your classrooms.

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Welcome to the “fundamentals” section of our website, where we bring together the various concepts and competencies that define what it is to be literate in today’s complex media culture. Here we explore digital literacy and media literacy and their underlying aspects and principles.

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Male or female: Seems simple enough, but these categories which were assigned to us at birth carry with them a whole lot of social and cultural meanings and expectations. In this section, we look to unpack some of the media’s baggage around what it means to be a boy or girl, man or women.

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