Carol Arcus

A group of us from the AML attended Ron Deibert’s talk at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, on November 9. Deibert is the Director of The Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at [...]

On October 5, a small but plucky band of wanderers paid tribute to AML’s founder and mentor, Barry Duncan, by walking through Canoe Landing Park in Toronto and the surrounding environments. Here [...]

by Carol Arcus, AML. I attended the Media Ecology Conference (MEA) on June 28 and 29, 2019 in Toronto. Here are some of the highlights, and my take on the event. 1. The keynote speaker for the [...]

I attended one of the McLuhan Salons recently – talks/discussions that are co-sponsored by St. Michael’s College at U of T and the Estate of Marshall McLuhan. On November 9 at the ROM, we [...]

Carol Arcus is the current Vice-President of the Association of Media Literacy and has been involved with the organization for over twenty years. She is a retired media studies teacher and [...]

The following is an outline of a field study I do with my Grade 11 Media Studies students. They always love doing it, and learn a great deal. The world never looks the same again.

by Neil Andersen, Carol Arcus, Margie Keats, Diana Maliszewski and Michelle Solomon     How could victims need rescuing without villains to abuse them? How could a hero demonstrate [...]