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Misinformation, Disinformation, and Fake News

Resources

Government of Canada 

Online Disinformation 

The Government of Canada website on online disinformation provides educational resources and guides to help canadians understand the dangers of disinformation and how to strengthen media and digital literacy skills. 

MediaSmarts 

MediaSmarts is a division of Canada's centre for digital media literacy. They provide information and resources for educators and parents such as quizzes, educational games, tutorials, and various frameworks. MediaSmarts is well known for their famous advertisement campaign Break The Fake featuring the fictional animal the Canadian house hippo

University of Calgary

The University of Calgary offers an instruction toolkit for educators on teaching misinformation, disinformation and fake news. This can help you grasp the concepts in morth depth with the aid of powerpoint slides and quizzes.