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National Media Education Week 2008 Encourages Youth to "Think Critically and Act Ethically"

Media Awareness Network (MNet) and Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) are once again partnering to present Canada's third annual National Media Education Week, under the theme Think Critically, Act Ethically.

National Media Education Week is an initiative to promote media education and encourage all Canadians to participate in media literacy activities throughout the country. This year's week, which takes place between November 3 and 7, will focus particularly on the issue of ethical and responsible online citizenship while promoting media literacy as a key component in the education of young people.

Media literacy outcomes are in the curricula of every province and territory in Canada. There is an increased awareness among educators that for young people to be truly literate today, they need to develop rigorous critical thinking skills to sift through and make sense of everything they see, hear and read, in school and in the wider community - including in media.

MNet and the CTF, both long-time supporters of media education in Canada, are working with a diverse group of collaborators to develop and promote a wide-range of media literacy activities during the week.

This year's collaborators include: National Film Board of Canada; Canadian Association of Principals; Association for Media Literacy; Media Education Project (Guelph University); McGill University, Faculty of Education; Canadian Association for Media Education Organizations; Ontario Library Association; Historica Encounters Canada; Pacific Cinémathèque; London Public Library; YOUCAN; TVO; Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, Prime Minister's Awards of Teaching Excellence, Office of the Privacy Commissioner and Girl Guides of Canada.

We encourage everyone to mark their calendars now and plan to get involved. There are many excellent activities that can be implemented in your school or community.

Throughout the week, CTF and MNet will be looking for innovative media education initiatives by educators and youth to feature in newsletters and on the NMEW Website. Anyone interested in having their activity profiled should contact MNet at info@media-awareness.ca

For more information on how you can take part in National Media Education Week 2008, visit www.mediaeducationweek.ca. Please contact Media Awareness Network at nmew@media-awareness.ca with your ideas and plans for celebrating the week so we can add them to our list of activities and events.

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Media Awareness Network is a Canadian not-for-profit centre of expertise in media education. Its vision is to ensure children and youth possess the necessary critical thinking skills and tools to understand and actively engage with media. (www.media-awareness.ca)

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