Elementary

Congratulations to AML Director Chelsea Attwell on the publication of her innovative media literacy research in the Journal of Sustainability Education (May 4, 2020). This article outlines [...]

Glenys Vivian, education and school-based wellness lead with Ontario’s York Region District School Board, has a wealth of expertise in addressing children’s responses to trauma. She chatted with [...]

By Chelsea Attwell, Carol Arcus, Sarah Bayne and Diana Maliszewski In light of the Covid -19 pandemic many people are spending more time at home and engaging in various online and offline [...]

Special thanks to Ms. Keats for co-authoring this post. For many across Canada and North America, we are in the midst of a major shift because of a pandemic known as the novel coronavirus, or [...]

Listen to and read about Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus’ podcast chats at voicEd.ca Look for our latest conversations with Paul Levinson on pandemic links to Marshall McLuhan’s iconic ideas, [...]

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 [...]

We know that educators need fun, creative classroom conversations and activities on the intersection of media and our communities of African descent. Please peruse these resources AML has [...]

It’s February, which means that traditionally in Canada and the United States, discussion arises around the acknowledgement and celebration of Black History Month. Educators may visit their [...]

February 9, 2020 was the broadcast of the 92nd Academy Awards. There are many ways to include the Academy Awards as part of your Elementary media lessons. Here are a pair of ideas that [...]

Payback Time is a song by King Cosmos, a Trinidadian-Canadian calypso artist and teacher. The song is a comment on the centuries-old conflicts between Black and White cultures in the US, and in [...]