Fake news!
With the upcoming election on October 21st, our theme for the next few weeks is about literacy and civic engagement. Continuing this theme today, we are talking about Media Literacy. This week October 7-11th, is Media Literacy Week. This topic is perfect for election season with the flood of advertisements, social media posts and news reports about the election, and the messages that political parties and lobbyists are trying to spread to get your attention. We discuss what is media literacy, why it is essential to read and view with critical and questioning eyes and ears. We are speaking with Matthew Johnson, the Director of Education from MediaSmarts and Angelina Leggo from theGaspesie Literacy Council. Our guests give us some insights and tips on developing our Media Literacy. We strengthen our ability to know what are facts and what are misleading messages during this election season and our everyday lives. How do we know what sources to trust? Literacy Lowdown Matthew helped us to define media literacy and why it is so important to develop skills to understand “fake” news and the truth. This year to celebrate Media Literacy Week, MediaSmarts has started Break the Fake campaign, which offers resources to help strengthen our media literacy skills. From Break the Fake’s campaign, below is a great video to get us to start thinking about how easy it is now to make something as absurd as a house hippo seem real. Makes us wonder what else is out there that I assume is real just because it is circulating in the news or on my Facebook feed? Here are some fact-checking websites: factscan.ca and snopes.com Member's Moment In this week’s member’s moment, we are speaking to Angelina Leggo from our member organisation, Gaspesie Literacy Council (GLC). Angelina is working hard to developinfographics that help to explain issues, topics or concepts like Media Literacy. She talks about the connections between the GLC’s work and the importance of developing critical reading and media skills.
Election How-to Special: Advance Voting
Feeling inspired?As we mentioned that week, to be able to vote there are a few things to keep in mind
1. Vote on advance polling days Vote at your assigned polling station from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on:
2. Vote at any Elections Canada office There are over 500 Elections Canada offices open across Canada. Vote at any one of them before Tuesday, October 15, 6:00 p.m. You will vote using the special ballot process. Theoffices are open seven days a week. Find the Elections Canada office nearest to you. 3. If you are a student you can vote on select campuses across Canada Vote on select campuses from Saturday, October 5, to Wednesday, October 9, 2019. Find the Vote on Campus office nearest to you. You will vote using the special ballot process. 4. Vote by mail To vote by mail, apply online or at any Elections Canada office across Canada before Tuesday, October 15, 6:00 p.m. If you live abroad, you can also apply through any Canadian embassy, high commission or consulate. You will vote using the special ballot process. Source: https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=vote&document=index&lang=e
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With the upcoming election on October 21st, our theme for the next few podcast episodes will be about literacy and civic engagement. We will feature special guests who will talk to us about the importance of participating in the election, why you should vote, and what some of the barriers and opportunities there are to civic engagement.
Did you know that the voter turnout in the last federal election in 2015 was 68.3%? On this week’s episode, the first of our election special we speak with the Honourable David Lametti, who is the Member of Parliament for LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of Canada. We learn about his role and the perspective of civic engagement from a candidate’s perspective We also talk with Melanie Valcin from Frontier College about the connections between literacy and civic engagement and the national Forum on Literacy and Civic Engagement that is taking place on September 17th across Canada and online.
Are you registered to vote? How can you check? As part of our election series, we will be talking about voting basics. We chat about how to register or check if you are registered to vote.
Links Mentioned in the Episode
Upcoming Events
Every two weeks our hosts Chris Shee and Jaimie Cudmore from Literacy Quebec explore topics around community building, lifelong learning and literacy for English-speakers in Quebec. Want to help out with the podcast? Have a story you want to share? Contact us at admin@literacyquebec.org or call our office (514) 508-6805 or Toll-Free: 1-855-890-1587
Happy International Literacy Day! Welcome to our extraordinary episode as part of our celebrations! We learn why it is important to reflect, advocate and celebrate all of the work that is going into promoting literacy worldwide. We talk to international, Canadian and Quebec guests for the celebration about this year's theme "Literacy and Multilingualism."
Did you know that they are over 7000 languages in the world and only about 5% are represented on the internet? First, we talk with representatives from UNESCO, Borhene Chakroun, Director of the Education Division of Policies and Lifelong Learning systems and Gabriela Cieploch, Project Officer / Communication, Section of Youth, Literacy And Skills Development, Division for Policies and Lifelong Learning, Education Sector. We learn more about the ILD and a global perspective on literacy and about this year’s theme of Literacy and Multilingualism and the year of Indigenous languages. Then we talk with Canadian researchers, who work on Literacy and Multilingualism, Dr Becky Chen and Diana Burchell at the University of Toronto. We learn about the value and challenges that come with knowing more than one language in a child’s development with the right support. We also chatted about the importance of parents’ leadership in the family when it comes to learning more than one language, especially when a different language is spoken at home than in school. And of course we couldn’t miss an opportunity to chat with Gabrielle Thomas from LQ on how we are celebrating International Literacy Day with a week of events!
Links mentioned in the episode:
1) UNESCO's International Literacy Day · UNESCO’s website for International Literacy Day · UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2019 · What UNESCO does for literacy · Subscribe to UNESCO’s education newsletter: Monthly Digest · Read more about UNESCO’s work in Education · Follow and share information about ILD on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram with the #LiteracyDay 2) Multilingualism and Literacy Lab at University of Toronto https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/chenlab/index.html 3) Literacy Quebec's International Literacy Day Events https://www.facebook.com/literacyquebec.org/photos/rpp.205750747010/10156451341442011/?type=3&theater 4) Frontier College's Forum on Literacy and Civic Engagement https://www.frontiercollege.ca/Get-Involved/Events/2019-National-Forum-Literacy-and-Civic-Engagement ------ Every two weeks our hosts Chris Shee and Jaimie Cudmore from Literacy Quebec explore topics around community building, lifelong learning and literacy for English-speakers in Quebec. Want to help out with the podcast? Have a story you want to share? Contact us at admin@literacyquebec.org or call our office (514) 508-6805 or Toll-Free: 1-855-890-1587 |
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