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Children in grades 4-6 will love learning how to defend their data with this fun new game, brought to you by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

How do the attitudes, experiences, knowledge and moral beliefs of young people impact their decisions to share or not share sexts they have received?

Help the world stop false news in its tracks. Here are three tips to help make you a savvy reader – and sharer – of online news.

Internet Time Capsule (Grades K-3) In this lesson, students learn about the concept of “time capsules” and then apply the idea by selecting time capsule contents to represent both the time they live in and their own lives and tastes.

The Digital and Media Literacy Outcomes section of our website shows how our resources meet curriculum outcomes for different subjects in each province and territory.

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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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