Quebec Competencies Chart - That's Not Cool: Healthy and Respectful Relationships Online
Quebec Competencies Chart - That's Not Cool: Healthy and Respectful Relationships Online
Quebec Competencies Chart - Reality Check: Getting the Goods on Science and Health
Author: Matthew Johnson, Director of Education, MediaSmarts
Level: Secondary Cycle Two
Lesson Length: 1-1.5 Hours, plus time for assessment/evaluation activity
Subject Area: English Language Arts, Visual Art, Ethics and Religious Culture
Lesson Link: https://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources/reality-check-getting-goods-science-health
Reporting Platforms and Changing the Vibe
Written by Dr. Samantha McAleese
Here at MediaSmarts, we’ve just wrapped up another research project called Reporting Platforms: Young Canadians Evaluate Efforts to Counter Disinformation. This project created space for youth from across Canada to examine and assess reporting processes on popular social media apps (like Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube). We wanted to learn more about how young people feel about current efforts to counter misinformation and disinformation and what solutions they might have to address this particular online harm. To do this, we facilitated three focus groups with 36 participants ages 16 to 29, talked to them about how often they see misinformation and disinformation online and what they do about it, and asked them to comment on whether they trust platforms to keep them safe and informed while scrolling and sharing.
Outcome Chart - Nunavut - Grade 1
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Nunavut curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Introduction to Business 9/10 Open (BBI1O/2O)
Business Fundamentals
Overall Expectations:
By the end of this course, students will:
- demonstrate an understanding of ethics and social responsibility in business
Specific Expectations:
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility:
By the end of this course, students will:
Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 5
This outcome chart contains media education learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
How to Talk To Your Kids About Body Image During the Olympic Games
In ancient times the Olympics were a time when all nations – all Greek nations, anyway – would put away their differences and compete in almost every human activity, from poetry to the ferocious no-rules wrestling event called pankration. Being the very best that humans could be was seen as the best way to honour the gods of Olympus. Though we’ve dropped the poetry and the blood sports, people watching the swimming or volleyball events might wonder if we're on the way to bringing back the ancient tradition of competing in the nude. Revealing outfits – like those designed by Lululemon for the Canadian beach volleyball team – may be practical for those events, but they also shine a light on how dressing for sports can make us feel about ourselves. After all, it's hard to feel good about your own body when you've just spent an hour watching the most perfect physiques in the world nearly naked.
New findings from Young Canadians in a Wired World study:
OTTAWA, May 29, 2012- A new Canadian report highlights a dramatic shift in views toward the Internet, and a remarkable dichotomy between children and parents. The report, titled “Talking to Youth and Parents about Life Online”, is part of an ongoing study – Young Canadians in a Wired World. It is the most comprehensive investigation into the role of the Internet in the lives of Canadian children.
Outcome Chart - Ontario - Geography CGF3M: Forces of Nature: Physical Processes and Disasters
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Geography CGF3M: Forces of Nature: Physical Processes and Disasters, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.