Newswise Media Literacy Campaigns

NewsWise

Helping Canadians get wise to media literacy since 2017.
 

NewsWise

Launched in 2017, NewsWise is a news literacy program originally created to help Canadian students cultivate habits of news consumption and critical thinking that support informed citizenship. The program expanded in 2018/2019 with a renewed focus on delivering the resources to voting-age Canadians across the country.

NewsWise events and tools were developed to provide Canadians with the skills to find and filter accurate information online, increase their ability to analyze media messages, and expand their knowledge of how news is produced. NewsWise educated Canadians on decoding what they read and hear, and how and why “fake news” is produced and disseminated.

In 2019, the CJF launched the second phase of our NewsWise news media literacy initiative: Doubt It? Check It. Challenge It.

 

The CJF partnered with Canadian journalists and personalities to produce a series of short, funny PSAs looking at the moments when fake news is shared. We  also launched microsites in English and French at DoubtIt.ca & Doutez.ca, featuring easily sharable resources to help identify misinformation and a quiz to test your skills.

Our October 2, 2019 Doubt It? launch event featured newsleaders from Global News, The Globe and Mail, CTV News, Postmedia, Toronto Star, and CBC News.

Keep Truth Well

Launched in 2017, NewsWise is a news literacy program originally created to help Canadian students cultivate habits of news consumption and critical thinking that support informed citizenship. The program expanded in 2018/2019 with a renewed focus on delivering the resources to voting-age Canadians across the country.

NewsWise events and tools were developed to provide Canadians with the skills to find and filter accurate information online, increase their ability to analyze media messages, and expand their knowledge of how news is produced. NewsWise educated Canadians on decoding what they read and hear, and how and why “fake news” is produced and disseminated.

Keep Truth Human

A 2022 study released by the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) found that most (58%) Canadians believe they’ve personally encountered misleading or false online/social media information generated by AI over the past six months—even though half (48%) admit they’re not confident in their own ability to distinguish the difference between online/social media content generated by AI versus content created by humans.