Outcome Chart - Atlantic Provinces - English Language Arts 1-3
Outcome Chart - Atlantic Provinces - English Language Arts 1-3

Outcome Chart - Atlantic Provinces - English Language Arts 1-3


The strength and weakness of the internet as a research source is just how much information there is: a badly-phrased search can drown you in irrelevant, misleading or unreliable results. This is why some research has shown that companion reading can actually backfire if people don’t have effective search skills..

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English as a Second Language 1205

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English as a Second Language 3205

Much of what we believe about the world comes from the media products we see and hear. This is especially true of places and things we might not have actually experienced, such as developing nations and global development efforts. Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development looks at how the media influences our views of developing nations and global development efforts, how we can learn to read or view media portrayals critically and how we can become media authors to promote democratic citizenship.

OTTAWA, January 22, 2018 – Soon-to-be teachers in faculties of education across Canada will learn how to develop their students’ digital literacy skills in a special training program from MediaSmarts, Canada’s centre for digital and media literacy, as part of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s CanCode program.

Overall Expectations
GLO A: Build and maintain a positive self-image.
Specific Expectations
1.A.1 Recognize how positive characteristics are the basis of a positive self-image.
1.A.2 Describe and practise how self-image influences behaviour.
1.A.3 Describe and recognize how personal behaviours influence the feelings and behaviours of others.
1.A.4 Demonstrate behaviours that will build self-esteem in self and others.

November 21st marks World Television Day, as chosen by the United Nations in 1996. Naturally, my first reaction is to want to celebrate this day – I love television. TV has been a big part of our lives for a long time, but it has changed a lot since my children (and maybe even yours) were younger. It’s certainly changed since I was a kid.

On November 5, 2009, MNet Media Education Specialist Matthew Johnson participated in the Association of Canadian Studies' conference Knowing Ourselves: The Challenge of Teaching History of Canadian Official Minority Language Communities, speaking on the topic Media, Diversity and Our History. What follows is an expanded version of his remarks.