In the Nova Scotia Health Education curriculum, media literacy outcomes are included under the general outcomes requiring students to think critically and make informed decisions to enhance health of self, those around oneself, and to demonstrate within a global context and effective communication and interpersonal skills that facilitate positive relationships between themselves and the world.
In Alberta, the following strands in the Mathematics curriculum have connections to digital and media literacy:
K-9:
10-12:
In the Atlantic Canada Social Studies Framework, media literacy outcomes are included under the broader categories of Citizenship, Power and Governance; Culture and Diversity; Interdependence; Time, Continuity and Change; Individuals, Societies and Economic Decisions; and People, Place and Environment.
The British Columbia Français langue seconde – Immersion program aims “to motivate all students to become educated citizens capable of questioning the world around them.”
Financial Literacy 10 is a required course in the Core Curriculum.
In the Newfoundland and Labrador Art curriculum, media components are found throughout the K-12 grades under the Key Stage Curriculum Outcomes in which students are expected to demonstrate critical awareness of and the value for the role of the arts in creating and reflecting culture and analyse the relationship between artistic intent and the expressive work. Within the individual courses media components are found in the strands Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community and Perception, Culture, Technology.
The Nova Scotia English language arts curriculum includes expectations that incorporate media education themes. These are found throughout the three strands: Speaking and Listening, Reading and Viewing and Writing and Other Ways of Representing.
In the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Education Framework, media literacy outcomes can be found in General Curriculum Outcome 1(Students will demonstrate an understanding of the aspects of their health and the issues and challenges which impact health and well-being) and General Curriculum Outcome 2 (Students will demonstrate the capability/ability to use skills, resources, and processes to create conditions and take actions that promote their health and that of the family) as well as many specific curriculum expectations.
Many curricular expectations in B.C. Social Studies courses relate to media and digital literacy. The core historical and geographical thinking concepts include a consideration for evidence, perspectives, and ethics, all of which are required for teaching students to be digitally literate citizens. Thus, media and digital literacy skills and concepts can be found in many of the Big Ideas, Curricular Competencies and specific course content.