Students get smart about marketing messages at launch of Media Literacy Week

Ottawa, ON (November 1, 2013) – To kick off the eighth annual Media Literacy Week, high school students from across Canada spent the morning discussing marketing and consumerism with a panel of experts. The students, who are taking part in the Encounters with Canada youth forum program, explored a wide-range of marketing issues affecting youth, including food advertising, body image, marketing practices on cell phones and apps and alcohol and tobacco promotions.

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Media Arts 11 (Open)

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Media Arts 11 (Open)

Outcome Chart – Prince Edward Island - Writing 10: 421A

Overall Expectations:

Students will be expected to write, both independently and collaboratively, for a variety of audiences and purposes.

Specific Expectations:

Students will be expected to:

Outcome Chart – Prince Edward Island - Writing 11: 421A

Overall Expectations:

Students will be expected to write, both independently and collaboratively, for a variety of audiences and purposes.

Specific Expectations:

Students will be expected to:

Outcome Chart – Prince Edward Island - Writing 12: 421A

Overall Expectations:

Students will be expected to write, both independently and collaboratively, for a variety of audiences and purposes.

Specific Expectations:

Students will be expected to:

Outcome Chart – Nunavut - Communications 10

Strand: Uqausiliriniq

Overall Expectations: 

Module 1: The essentials of working with others 

2. Students will increase self-awareness by:

  • discussing and exploring how others perceive them in relation to how they perceive themselves

3. Students will examine through the use of media the factors that affect inclusive, respectful communication by:

Outcome Chart – Nunavut - Communications 12

Strand: Uqausiliriniq

Overall Expectations: Module 2: Essential Writing

Working independently, cooperatively with a partner and as a member of a large/small group…

Specific Expectations:

1. Students will investigate various forms of communication by:

Graphic Arts 12

Curricular Competencies

Explore and create

Studio Arts 2D 12

Curricular Competencies

Explore and create

Studio Arts 3D 12

Curricular Competencies

Explore and create