My Voice is Louder Than Hate

My Voice is Louder Than Hate is a multimedia lesson resource designed to empower students in Grades 9 to 12 to push back against hate and prejudice in their online communities.

MediaSmarts Teen Fact-Checking Network (Spring 2024)

MediaSmarts, Canada’s centre for digital media literacy and a registered charity, is excited to be launching the Teen Fact-Checking Network (TFCN) in Canada! This international project was started in the U.S. by MediaWise and has since been adopted in countries across the globe including Brazil, Germany, India and Spain. 

Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Mathematics 11

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Nova Scotia Mathematics 11 curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Social Studies 7

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Grade 7 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Social Studies 8

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Grade 8 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Economics CIC4E: Making Personal Economic Choices

This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Economics CIC4E: Making Personal Economic Choices, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Applied Design, Skills and Technologies 6-7

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the BC Applied Design, Skills and Technologies 6-7 curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Study finds only 10% of Canadian youth intervene when they see hate online

Platforms and parents both have critical roles to play in changing cultures of hatred for young people online

OTTAWA, May 29, 2019 – While Canadian youth think it’s important to speak up when they see hate online, only 10% frequently do so, according to a new research study conducted by MediaSmarts, Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy.

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - English Language Arts 12

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Senior 4 (Grade 12) English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

The Privacy Dilemma: Balancing Privacy and Online Life

It's been widely said that attention is the currency of the 21st Century. In an age where media occupy an increasingly central role in our lives, the need to have that media focused on you becomes intense. For no-one is this more true than for children and teens, who now expect to be connected twenty-four hours a day and for whom the Internet and cell phones are essential parts of their social lives. An interesting Facebook page, amusing Tweets, outrageous YouTube videos, even shocking photos sent by cell phone -- most of us are aware of the ways that young people seek their peers' attention. In today's media environment, is it still possible to teach young people the value of privacy? What, indeed, does the idea of privacy even mean to today's children and teens?