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CONTACT INFO The Association for Media Literacy 42B Shank St Toronto, Ontario Canada M6J 3T9 Phone: (416) xxx-xxxx
President: Carolyn Wilson |
The Association for Media Literacy is made up of teachers, librarians, consultants, parents, cultural workers, and media professionals concerned about the impact of the mass media in the creation of contemporary culture. AML is concerned with helping students develop an informed and critical understanding of the nature of the mass media, the techniques used by the media industry, and the impact of these techniques. Media literacy also aims to provide students with the ability to create their own media products. The AML has over seven hundred members from across Canada, throughout the United States, and from around the world. Our international membership is particularly strong in those English-speaking countries where the educational system has given some priority to media literacy, notably England, Australia and Scotland as well as the U.S. Founded in 1978, The Association for Media Literacy was the first comprehensive organization for media literacy teachers in Canada The AML serves the needs of its members through a variety of services: 1. AML provides a network for media literacy teachers throughout the world. 2. AML publishes the newsletter Mediacy three times a year. Several of our executive members have also published student textbooks widely used in Ontario and throughout Canada. 3. AML organizes workshops and conferences. We have held two international conferences in Guelph, Ontario and we organize about a half dozen workshops a year in the Toronto area. 4. AML publishes curriculum anthologies and other support material for media teachers. The Ontario Education Ministry Media Literacy support document has attracted world-wide attention and the writing team was made up primarily of AML executive members. The document has been one of the best-selling publications available through the Ontario government bookstore. It has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese. 5. AML lobbies and communicates with government, school boards and the media industry about mutual concerns. The AML and its affiliates successfully marshalled public opinion against the "Youth News Network," a proposed Canadian version of the U.S.A's "Channel One."
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