Celebrate Canada's Second Annual National Media Education Week
Ottawa, June 29, 2007
Media Awareness Network (MNet) and the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) are partnering for the second consecutive year to present National Media Education Week, November 5-9, 2007. The purpose of the week is to promote media literacy as a key component in the education of young people, and to encourage the integration of media education into Canadian schools, homes, and communities.
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Students challenge media labels – Winning entry in national podcast contest addresses the issue of youth stereotyping
February 27, 2007
Media Awareness Network today announced the winners of its first MyMedia video podcast contest for Canadian students in Grades 7 to 12. The MyMedia contest was designed to help young people consider ways in which certain members of society are portrayed in the media and how audiences perceive and respond to these representations.
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Challenging Cyber Bullying – Media Education Tools to Fight Meanness, Harassment and Hate on the Internet
February 12, 2007
For today's highly connected generation of young people, being "always on" means that there's no escaping the social peer pressures of the school yard. The anonymity of online communications means that kids feel freer to do things online they would never do in the real world. The challenge for parents is that cyber bullying often takes place away from the supervision of teachers and parents. Media Awareness Network, an organisation devoted to promoting media literacy, has developed tools to help teachers, parents and youth to better tackle the issue of cyber bullying.
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Resources for Journalists
MNet is a leading Canadian authority on young people and the media, and we're always happy to work with journalists to organize interviews, provide backgrounding, and help you find useful information and resources on our site or develop possible story ideas. Our media contact coordinates are:
Media Awareness Network
Tel: 613-224-7721 ext. 223
Fax: 613-224-1958
Email: info@media-awareness.ca
