Resources

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 [...]

Looking for a Lesson about ‘privilege’ as part of Black History Month? This essay by Scott Russell Sanders written in 1984 and published in The Milkweed Chronicle still resonates [...]

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

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 [...]

What roles do gifts play in people’s lives? Where do children get their ideas for wish lists? How do advertisers target children while staying within the code for advertising to children? [...]

These slides (click here) were part of a presentation by AML Director Diana Maliszewski for newly-hired permanent contract teachers in the Toronto District School Board during their Beginning [...]

. Global Television has cancelled Bomb Girls by pretending that a made-for-TV movie tying up plot ends is good news. The cancellation is for the usual reasons: low ratings. Lots of other shows [...]