Media Awareness Network's news releases are a great source for what's new in our world... whether it's the launch of new media education initiatives, news about research related to the media and youth, or our latest online resources to help parents, educators and young people tackle today's media issues. See below for our releases from this year. Past news releases will soon be accessible through the archives listed under MNet Resources in the right hand menu.

Recent News Releases

March 8, 2010

Alberta students to acquire digital literacy skills through new online game

Media Awareness Network (MNet) announced today that Alberta Education has licensed its award-winning interactive game – Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8) – making the resource available to 1,800 elementary and middle schools in the province.

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March 1, 2010

Media Awareness Network Launches Enhanced Web Site to Help Parents "Be Web Aware"

In honour of Calgary's Online Safety Week, Media Awareness Network (MNet) launched an enhanced Be Web Aware Web site today, to better reflect changes in digital media that have occurred in recent years.

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