Neil Andersen – OCT, M. Ed.
President of The Association for Media Literacy (Ontario)
@mediasee

Neil has taught primary to post-secondary media studies for over 30 years, including Media Studies Additional Qualifications courses for Mount Saint Vincent University, York University, the University of Toronto and the Toronto District School Board. He has given keynotes and workshops across Canada, in the US, Japan, India, China, Australia, England and Sweden.

He has made movies and videos, authored student textbooks, journal articles, teacher resource books, over 200 study guides, and designed T-shirts, posters, interactive CDs, websites, online courses and programs. He co-hosts Mediacy, a weekly media literacy podcast on VoiceEd Radio.

His awards include the Jesse McCanse Award (International Council for Media Literacy) and The Magic Lantern Award (The Association for Media and Technology in Education).

Carol Arcus – B.A, B.Ed, M.A.
Director in The Association for Media Literacy
@arc3

Carol taught secondary level Media Studies and English in Ontario for 20 years. She has also taught Additional Qualifications courses for teachers in Media Studies for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and for the Toronto District School Board. She currently serves on the Advisory Committee and Board of the McLuhan Foundation, and co-podcasts Mediacy regularly with Neil Andersen.

Carol has published articles in the Journal of Media Literacy and the Media Education Research Journal and given numerous workshops and presentations on how to integrate media literacy into curriculum. She served on the writing and review committees for two iterations of Ontario’s media literacy curriculum.

Michelle Solomon – B.A, M.A.
Director in The Association for Media Literacy

Michelle Solomon (she/her) is a Media Specialist currently teaching in the TDSB. She received her M.A. in English from McMaster University, and is interested in both Library and Cultural Studies. Michelle has facilitated workshops and has presented at numerous conferences in Canada and the United States. Her work in the last several years has focused on Antibias and Antiracism, Decolonization and addressing the Right to Read report through Media Studies. Her work has been most recently published in Media Literacy for Justice: Lessons for Changing the World by Belinha S. De Abreu.