About TFCN Canada
Welcome to the first, bilingual (English - French), Teen Fact-Checking Network in Canada!
The Teen Fact-Checking Network (TFCN) is an internationally renowned program that brings together teenagers to learn about digital media literacy with a focus on fact-checking skills. The program was started in 2018 by MediaWise, a nonpartisan, nonprofit initiative of the Poynter Institute in the U.S. The program expanded to Brazil, Germany, and India in 2023, and to Spain, Canada, and Bulgaria in 2024.
For more on how the program was developed in Canada, read our blog post.
Apply
We are looking for students ages 13 to 18 who are interested in fact-checking popular posts appearing in their social media feeds to create a minimum of two fact-checking videos between January and June 2025. For their time and efforts, participants will receive an honorarium per video and a certificate of completion at the end of the program.
he deadline to apply has been extended to January 14, 2024. More information here!
Fact checks
The following fact-checking videos have been produced by teens for teens. The viral claims they chose to fact-check touch on a range of topics from the environment, health, science and food to beauty products, social media trends and even presumed “weird” local bylaws that caught their attention.
Click here to watch
Contact us
Want to learn more? Contact us at info@mediasmarts.ca with any questions about the program.
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