Media Literacy Week: Protecting and empowering students in the digital age
Guest blog by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
The AI industry
The AI industry encompasses both major technology companies that integrate algorithms into existing products and firms focused primarily on developing and deploying specialized AI services, primarily Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative tools.
Teaching Privacy Ethics
With younger children, the best approach is to have a clear and consistent set of rules, both at home and at school, about sharing other people’s content.
Violence - Overview
Questions about media violence have populated the headlines for almost as long as mass media has existed. Every few years, there’s a new line up of suspects: music, social media platforms, video games, television shows and movies.
Body Image: Introduction
Body image concerns have been documented in children as young as three,[2] but it’s adolescents who appear to be most at risk for developing unhealthy attitudes towards their bodies based on this perception.
Media Awareness Network receives $1.5 million in CRTC tangible benefits
May 29, 2008 (Ottawa) – Media Awareness Network (MNet), Canada’s leading not-for-profit media education organization, is pleased to announce $1.5 million in new funding over the next seven years, from two of the country’s largest broadcast companies.
Quebec Competencies Chart - Authentication Beyond the Classroom
Quebec Competencies Chart - Authentication Beyond the Classroom
Quebec Competencies Chart - Online Cultures and Values
Quebec Competencies Chart - Online Cultures and Values
Break the Fake: Critical thinking vs. disinformation
People who share false or misleading information sometimes use the language of critical thinking and media literacy, telling followers to “do your research” and “think critically” in one breath and then to “trust the plan” in the next. So how can we tell if we’re really thinking critically?