Who Steals My Purse Steals Trash
“Who steals my purse steals trash,” Shakespeare wrote, “but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed.”

“Who steals my purse steals trash,” Shakespeare wrote, “but he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed.”

From the tablet to the TV screen, media are a huge influence on how we see ourselves and our world. Nowhere, perhaps, is that more true than when it comes to gender: media provide many of our ideas of what “male” and “female” are, and many of our models of how to behave, what to avoid doing, and whom to emulate in order to play the role we’ve been assigned.

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Senior 1 (Grade 9) English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Technology Education Grade 9

CIRA and MediaSmarts have partnered on a series of five tip sheets to educate Canadians about online security issues. The 5th tip sheet in the series, Socializing and Interacting Online, looks at negative issues that can come up when interacting with others through networked technologies including phishing scams and hoaxes, and strategies for dealing with them.

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Curriculum for Communications Technology, Grade 12, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Grade 11 Computer Science curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Health and Physical Education Kindergarten

GLO 2.2: Develop understanding of culture within clothing/textiles.
5.2.2.1 Identify factors that influence clothing/ textile choices (e.g., family, peers, media, culture, role, environment, religious, social, ethical, economics).

Quebec Competencies Chart - Learning Gender Stereotypes