Media Literacy Week starts today, theme “Fact or Fake: Help the World Stop Misinformation in Its Tracks”
OTTAWA, Nov. 5, 2018 /CNW/ – The 13th annual Media Literacy Week officially kicks off today!
Media Awareness Network Celebrates 1st Anniversary of New Site with International Awards, Record Number of Visitors
www.media-awareness.ca site traffic up by almost 2 million unique visits a year
Site traffic jumps 139%. Now attracts more than 3.2 million visitors a year.
OTTAWA, March 31, 2004 — Media Awareness Network (MNet), Canada’s leading Internet education organization, is celebrating new levels of success for its bilingual media education Web site, which has attracted more than 3.2 million unique visits since its re-launch in March 2003. This represents a dramatic 139% increase in unique visits in one year.
Teens produce videos, share digital media literacy tips in Canada’s first Teen Fact-Checking Network
By Susana Mas, TFCN Manager
The Teen Fact-Checking Network (TFCN) is an internationally renowned program that brings together teenagers to learn about digital media literacy with a focus on fact-checking skills.
Quebec Competencies Chart - Media literacy key concepts Lesson 6: Each medium has a unique aesthetic form
Quebec Competencies Chart - Media literacy key concepts Lesson 6: Each medium has a unique aesthetic form
FOUR OTTAWA AREA LEADERS IN ADVANCED INTERNET WIN AT 2001 CANARIE IWAY AWARDS
Awards celebrate Canadian contributions to advanced broadband technology
OTTAWA, April 23, 2001 - The Honourable John Manley, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Randall Gibson and Farhad Shafai, Founders of SiberCore Technologies, and the Media Awareness Network were honoured for their contributions to the advancement of broadband technology and innovation tonight at the 2001 CANARIE IWAY Awards in Vancouver.
Kids learn online smarts through new game
Hedy Fry calls CyberSense and Nonsense a "creative approach" to combating online hate
Ottawa, Ontario, April 6, 2000 - The Media Awareness Network (MNet) launched CyberSense and Nonsense today, a new interactive computer game to help "cyberproof" kids.
CyberSense and Nonsense is designed to help children between the ages of nine and eleven learn how to:
Fact Checker
To find out if a story has already been fact-checked, use the search bar below. It’s a custom search engine that lets you search several fact-checkers at once, including: Snopes.com, Agence France Presse Canada, FactCheck.org, Politifact, Washington Post Fact Checker, Associated Press Fact Check, HoaxEye and Les Decrypteurs.
Board of Directors
MediaSmarts is governed by an elected, volunteer Board of Directors.
Break the Fake Tip #1: Use fact-checking tools
Sometimes a single search can Break the Fake if a professional fact-checker has already done the work for you.