Today is Safer Internet Day 2016(February 9), and the theme is “play your part for a better internet”. To help you play your part, we’d like to share a new tip sheet by and for Canadian youths on how to make the Internet safer and better for everyone.
Spam, online scams and frauds, identity theft and issues related to online purchases are a serious issue in the online world. Navigating the Web while avoiding these threats can be a challenging task.
March 2, 2011 (Ottawa) – Media Awareness Network (MNet), Canada’s leading media literacy and digital literacy organization, today launched From Consumer to Citizen: Digital Media and Youth Civic Engagement, a discussion paper outlining the important role digital literacy plays in ensuring youth become competent and engaged civic and political actors.
Media literacy key concepts Lesson 2: Media are constructions
Quebec Competencies Chart - Media literacy key concepts Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications
Quebec Competencies Chart - Can You Spot the Ad?
Quebec Competencies Chart - Put Your Best Face Forward
Quebec Competencies Chart - Media literacy key concepts Lesson 6: Each medium has a unique aesthetic form
This resource provides some practical first steps for communicating safely online to avoid common forms of online tracking and covers actions such as signing out of accounts, turning off location sharing, reviewing privacy settings, and changing passwords.
Ottawa, ON, February 19, 2004—The Canadian Library Association (CLA), in partnership with the Media Awareness Network (MNet) and Bell Canada, is proud to proclaim February 19, 2004, as the second annual Web Awareness Day, a day designed to build public awareness of Internet literacy and of the role being played by Canada's public libraries.