Taking Charge of TV Violence

In this lesson, students become aware of the types and amounts of violence in children's programming, and how media violence influences young viewers.

Suffragettes and Iron Ladies - Lesson

This lesson considers how the media portrays women in politics. Students explore capsule biographies of female political leaders, from ancient times to current events – crafted from snippets of media coverage such as newspapers, magazines, TV news and encyclopedias – to understand bias in how female politicians are portrayed.

Tourism 12

Curricular Competencies

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Applied Design

Applied Technologies

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Digital Literacy 10-12

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Digital Literacy 10-12

Prince Edward Island - Physical and Health Education 7PHEA

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Prince Edward Island Physical and Health Education 7PHEA with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

MediaSmarts provides guidance to teens for living in a connected world

Ottawa, ON (November 5, 2015) MediaSmarts -- a Canadian centre for digital and media literacy -- today launched a new resource to help students transitioning onto high school navigate the digital dilemmas they may encounter in their online interactions and activities.

Kids learn to defend their data with new privacy game

OTTAWA, March 28, 2018 – A new game is coming to Canadian classrooms and homes, designed not just to entertain children but also to teach them how to protect their privacy. Data Defenders, produced by the not-for-profit digital literacy organization MediaSmarts, shows kids how ad brokers try to collect their personal information and offers strategies to keep that information private.

Law Studies 12

Curricular Competencies

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

New research from MediaSmarts shows educational videos encourage people to fact-check

April 30, 2025

Ottawa, ON - New research released from MediaSmarts shows that educational videos like the ones featuring the house hippo as part of the Break the Fake campaign encourage people to fact-check and avoid sharing false information.

Young Canadians in a Wireless World, Phase IV: Trends and Recommendations

Young Canadians in a Wireless World (YCWW) is Canada’s longest running and most comprehensive research study on young people’s attitudes, behaviours and opinions regarding the internet, technology and digital media. This report brings together findings from the qualitative and quantitative portions of Phase IV and offers a series of recommendations based on this data. We end this report with some reflections and conclusions on Phase IV of YCWW, including lessons learned and offer some next steps regarding the development of Phase V and the state of digital media literacy in Canada.