Research & Policy

Recent Presentations

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board: Board-wide Secondary English teachers professional development day
February 15, 2013, Ottawa
Director of Education Matthew Johnson presented Let's Talk: A mental health program for Canadian youth

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education: Media Education Research Workshop
February 15-16, 2013
Co-Executive Director Jane Tallim participated in this international gathering of academics and experts to brainstorm around the current state of media education research.

Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) Annual Conference: A Safer Internet For All
November 15, 2012, Washington
Co-Executive Director Jane Tallim participated in the Teaching Generation Digital panel.

Government of Alberta: Cyberbullying Prevention worldwide webcast
November 13, 2012, Edmonton
Director of Education Matthew Johnson led a panel discussion on cyberbullying for Bullying Awareness Week.

House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI): Privacy and Social Media
November 1, 2012, Ottawa
Co-Executive Director Jane Tallim and Director of Education Matthew Johnson spoke on privacy research and education interventions.

Current Research Partnerships

Young Canadians in a Wired World
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Criminology: Phase III Project

The e-Girls Project
University of Ottawa, Centre for Law, Technology and Society

Digital Literacy Curricula in Canada Project
Lakehead University, Faculty of Education


  • Young Canadians In A Wired World: Phase I Parent and Youth Focus Groups
    A summary of the report on the Summer 2000 focus group sessions conducted by Environics Research Group for the Media Awareness Network (MNet). The sessions, funded by the Government of Canada, focused on how kids use the Internet, as well as on how parents view their children’s Internet use.

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