Board of Directors

MediaSmarts is governed by an elected, volunteer Board of Directors.

History

Learn more about our organization’s history.

Media Literacy Week

Media Literacy Week is an annual national campaign to promote digital media literacy, with activities and events taking place in classrooms, libraries, museums and community groups from coast to coast to coast. Find out how you can get involved!

Digital Literacy

British Columbia’s Digital Literacy Framework, introduced in 2015, defines digital literacy as “the interest, attitude and ability of individuals to use digital technology and communication tools appropriately to access, manage, integrate, analyze and evaluate information, construct new knowledge, and create and communicate with others.” It is divided into Research and Information Literacy; Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making; Creativity and Innovation; Digital Citizenship; Communication and Collaboration; and Technology Operations and Concepts, and provides targets in e

Career and Technology Foundations

Career and Technology Foundations

Career and Technology Studies

Career and Technology Studies (CTS) is a complementary program designed for Alberta's secondary school students.

Music 9-12

The Manitoba Curriculum Framework of Outcomes for Music 9-12 (2014) identifies four essential learning areas:

Making (M-M) The learner develops understanding of and facility with language and practices for making music.

Creating (M-CR) The learner generates, develops, and communicates ideas for creating music.

Connecting (M-C) The learner develops understandings about the significance of music by connecting music to diverse contexts.

Visual Arts 9-12

The Manitoba Curriculum Framework of Outcomes for Visual Arts 9-12 (2014) identifies four essential learning areas:

Making (M-M) The learner develops understanding of and facility with language and practices for making visual art.

Creating (M-CR) The learner generates, develops, and communicates ideas for creating visual art.

Connecting (M-C) The learner develops understandings about the significance of music by connecting visual art to diverse contexts.

Career Development

The Manitoba Ministry of Education defines Career Development in this way:

The new realities of the contemporary workplace and the contemporary worker have changed our perception and use of the concept of career. Career development is now viewed as complex and multidimensional, involving growing through life and work - an interweaving of learning, experiencing, living, working, changing, and identifying and discovering pathways. Thus career development can be seen as the creation of an individual's life/work designs.

Career Education

According to the document Career Education 9, “The Career Education curriculum is designed to develop the competencies required by all people to successfully manage their work and life.” Media and digital literacy skills and mostly found in the Change and Growth strand.