Pat Kipping
2701 Fuller Terrace
Halifax, NS B3K 3V9
Tel: (902) 453-2479
E-mail: kipper@ns.sympatico.ca

Media Literacy Nova Scotia (MLNS) – formerly the Association for Media Literacy–Nova Scotia (AML-NS) – is struggling. This diverse group of parents, journalists, activists, filmmakers, teachers and academics joined together in 1992 to stop the Youth News Network (YNN) from selling its commercial news service to Nova Scotia schools. At its peak (in 1994) AML-NS had over a hundred members and actively supported media education in Nova Scotia through workshops, in-service training for parents and teachers, and a semi-annual newsletter, The Mediator. At present, the executive has disbanded and the organization is in the process of regrouping. Two resources produced by MLNS members are Think TV, a program for adult learners produced by Pat Kipping for the Department Education and Culture, and Media Sense, for Grades 4, 5 and 6, by Debbie Reeves, with David Booth, Kathy Lewis and Steve Powrie.

Last updated July 2002