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by Sarah Gilpin, OCT; Director in Association for Media Literacy “It’s not about apti-tude. It’s the way you’re viewed!”   I first saw Wicked in London’s Apollo [...]

AML is pleased to kick off the school year with a new “Media Literacy Moment #3” video. Neil Andersen and Sarah Gilpin explore concrete ways that found media experiences, like visual [...]

* On October 5th, Chelsea Attwell and Míchílín Ní Threasaigh presented at NAMLE’s Media Literacy Resource Showcase, a day of showcases featuring resources from NAMLE members, partners, and [...]

AML Director Míchílín Ní Threasaigh reflects on the benefits of attending the virtual NAMLE conference June 12-13, highlighting COVID safety, affordability, reduced carbon footprint, and the [...]

Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture—and the Magic That Makes It Work – A review by AML President Neil Andersen I am a long-time comedy enthusiast. How long? I bought and shared Tom [...]

Ontario is one of several jurisdictions currently enacting smartphone bans in public schools. It might seem strange to see this legislation arise some 15 years after the smartphone became [...]

Through & About A December, 2023 meta-research paper from Sage, Do New Forms of Reading Pay Off? A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Leisure Digital Reading Habits and Text [...]

AML is once more pleased to offer new Grade 11 Visual Arts curriculum from Director Irene Faiz, a Visual Arts teacher at Weston C.I. in Toronto (TDSB). Here is an example of how media literacy [...]

l to r: Nina Silver; Carol Arcus; Wayne Arcus; Chelsea Attwell; Neil Andersen; Irene Faiz; Don Kwan   As a tribute to our leader and past mentor Barry Duncan, inspired by the teachings of [...]