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.
This section comprises a curricular overview of digital media literacy in British Columbia’s curriculum.
In 2016 Nunavut launched a comprehensive K-12 curriculum that includes locally-developed courses and courses adapted from other provinces and territories.
At the elementary level in Manitoba, media-related objectives can be found in foundational outcomes for speaking, listening, writing, reading, and, most frequently, under viewing and representing.
At the elementary level in Manitoba, media-related objectives can be found in foundational outcomes for speaking, listening, writing, reading, and, most frequently, under viewing and representing.
In Manitoba Physical Education/Health Education, media components are included under the broader categories Safety; Personal and Social Management; and Healthy Lifestyle Practises.
Media-related objectives can be found in all of the General Learning Outcomes in Social Studies in Manitoba.
Identity, Culture, and Community
The social studies program in Alberta contains expectations that complement the critical thinking approach of media education. The Alberta social studies curriculum states,
In our changing society, students will need to be practised at using a variety of skills and strategies. Students will need to be able to acquire knowledge, to interpret and communicate information, and to solve problems and make decisions. In doing all of this, students require a wide range of critical and creative thinking skills and strategies that they can apply to a variety of situations.
In 2016, British Columbia rolled out a redesigned English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum, one that is centered on teaching that “questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens”.
In 2016, British Columbia rolled out a redesigned English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum, one that is centered on teaching that “questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens".