CyberSafe Seniors: Preventing AI Fraud and Scams

CyberSafe Seniors addresses the growing threat of AI-enabled online fraud and scams targeting older Canadians. As AI tools become more accessible, scammers are using tactics such as voice cloning, deepfake videos, and highly convincing techniques to impersonate loved ones and fabricate financial emergencies. Older adults are more likely to be targeted by these scams, often losing large amounts of money as well as feeling shame, anxiety, and social isolation.      

The Price of Happiness

In this lesson students answer a brief questionnaire related to self-image, self-esteem, and advertising, and then work as groups to create and act in mock television commercials that parody advertising techniques.

Landlines, dumb phones and a return to simpler tech

We got rid of our landline phone years ago. This means we all had to have cell phones and ways to contact each other. It’s not a perfect system; when the power goes out we are relying on our cell network for communication, but it has worked well for the most part. 

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Sports Personalities in Advertising

In this lesson students explore the relationship between athletes and advertising through a number of different activities.

Looks Good Enough to Eat

This lesson looks at food photography and the different techniques used by food stylists to make foods look appealing in advertisements.

Pay For Play

In this lesson, students discuss their experiences playing free online games and then learn the costs of these “free” games in the form of paying with money, sharing personal information or providing attention to advertising or branded content. Students then learn a variety of techniques for mitigating the risks and drawbacks of online games and communicate their learning by describing one of these techniques in video-game terms.