Digital and Media Literacy Outcomes by Province & Territory
Alberta
Atlantic Provinces
This section comprises a curricular overview (below) and, in the sidebar, curriculum charts for Grades 1-12 that feature media education outcomes in the Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation Framework, with links to supporting MediaSmarts resources and lessons.
Photo credits: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
British Columbia
This section comprises a curricular overview of digital media literacy in British Columbia’s curriculum.
Manitoba
This section comprises a curricular overview, as well as curriculum charts for Grades K-12 that feature media education outcomes in the Manitoba curriculum, with links to supporting MediaSmarts resources and lessons.
New Brunswick
This section comprises a curricular overview (below), as well as information about professional development for media education, and about New Brunswick's provincial media education association, the Association for a Media Literate New Brunswick (A-4-ML-NB) (in the left menu).
Newfoundland and Labrador
This section comprises a curricular overview (below), as well as information about professional development for media education, and about Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial media education association, the Association for Media Literacy for Newfoundland and Labrador (AMLNL) in the left menu.
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a member of the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Education (WNCP), formed in 1995 for curriculum development by the four Western provinces and two territories. (Nunavut joined the WNCP in 2000.)
Nova Scotia
This section comprises a curricular overview (below), as well as information about professional development for media education, and about Nova Scotia's provincial media education association, Media Literacy Nova Scotia (MLNS) in the left menu.
Nunavut
In 2016 Nunavut launched a comprehensive K-12 curriculum that includes locally-developed courses and courses adapted from other provinces and territories.
Ontario
This section comprises a curricular overview (below), as well as information about professional development for media education, and about Ontario's provincial media education association, the Association for Media Literacy (AML), in the sidebar.
Prince Edward Island
This section comprises a curricular overview (below), as well as information about professional development for media education, and about media education associations in Prince Edward Island in the left menu.
Quebec
This section comprises a curricular overview (below), as well as information about professional development for media education, and information about media education associations in Quebec.
Saskatchewan
This section comprises a curricular overview (below), as well as information about professional development for media education, and about Saskatchewan's provincial media education association, Media Literacy Saskatchewan (MLS), in the left menu.
Yukon
Yukon follows the British Columbia (BC) English Language Arts curriculum for Grades K-12, which is based on the WCP framework. At the secondary level, Yukon is implementing the BC Integrated Resource Packages (IRPs). In this curriculum, media-related outcomes have been included within the three areas of Comprehend and Respond, Communicate Ideas and Information, and Self and Society.