Defining Digital Media Literacy
Digital media literacy is the ability to critically, effectively and responsibly access, use, understand and engage with media of all kinds.

Digital media literacy is the ability to critically, effectively and responsibly access, use, understand and engage with media of all kinds.

In the 2022 Elementary Physical Education and Wellness curriculum, digital media literacy is represented in several categories of knowledge, skills and procedures and understandings. Students learn about growth and development, safety, nutrition, mental health, healthy relationships and financial literacy.

Each Atlantic Province follows closely the Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation Framework for English Language Arts. In this Framework, media literacy is integrated throughout the English Language Arts curriculum under the general learning outcomes of Speaking and Listening, Reading and Viewing and Writing and Other Ways of Representing.