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

Media Literacy Week 2016: Makers and Creators

This Oct 31^st to Nov 4^th, students, educators, parents and community organizations across the country will join MediaSmarts and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) in marking Canada’s annual Media Literacy Week.

We’re pleased to present MediaSmarts’ annual report. Check out the report to find out about all of our activities in 2015.

We’ve collected all of our resources for parents into one new and easy-to-browse section.

Visit For Parents now for great support, information, and tips!

Use, Understand & Create: A Digital Literacy Framework for Canadian Schools

Our comprehensive digital literacy framework now covers Kindergarten to Grade 12! Click here to see what we’ve added.

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Digital & Media Literacy Fundamentals

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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Excessive Internet Use

Maintaining a healthy balance between entertainment media and other activities in children’s lives has always been a challenge. The Internet has made this challenge even more difficult. This section explores how to recognize when excessive use has become problematic and how to address the issue.

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