Information & Ethics committee  They would be almost identical to Mr. White's.

Information & Ethics committee  Obviously, we're terribly biased, but we believe 100% in education, and the evidence supports it. We need to have education for our citizens—our children, youth, adults and seniors. Over the past five years we've learned, with the support of evidence, that it really works and does make a difference.

Information & Ethics committee  Our reach is good, but it could be much better. We're a small organization with only 12 staff. We're project-funded, so we exist and survive by responding to calls for proposals for funding related to digital media literacy. That being said, our worst nightmare is that we create these phenomenal resources that sit on a website that no one sees, so we work very hard to build our audience.

Information & Ethics committee  We work with all of the departments of education in all the provinces and territories. We maintain an educational contact list that has over 1,500 educators at all levels of all ministries, and we promote our resources to them. We know we have thousands of teachers who are accessing our resources.

Information & Ethics committee  There is evidence from other nations that support such strategies that the strategies are working. It was mentioned earlier this morning. Finland is an excellent example. They have been doing this work for quite a long time. They have adopted an approach that is about educating all ages, from day care to seniors homes.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, we'd be thrilled to.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll start. I can't speak specifically to the work of parliamentarians per se, because we haven't researched that. We have looked at society writ large, all citizens, and we have made the assumption that parliamentarians are citizens as well; hence, what is valuable to citizens will be valuable to parliamentarians and their staff as well.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm sorry; can you just clarify that?

Information & Ethics committee  We have not done that work, no. Just to clarify—

Information & Ethics committee  I'll start, and my colleague may join. How has it changed? Everything has changed, really. I think one of the pieces that's really helpful to think about is that each one of us used to receive information. We were at the receiving end of media. It was fed to us. We basically trusted it.

Information & Ethics committee  Certainly. Would you like it around the digital media literacy strategy?

Information & Ethics committee  We know that most of us have not received education on how to verify information well. Certainly, those of us who are beyond a certain age have not received any, ever. However, additionally, the information environment is changing so rapidly, as are the volume and velocity of information that we're receiving.

Information & Ethics committee  Other nations in the world, we heard referenced earlier this morning, have had strategies in place, some for more than 15 years. However, certainly most countries in the world are adopting strategies that address this from a holistic perspective, appreciating that it's a complex problem.

Information & Ethics committee  Everything we do is free. Everything is available on our website. In English it's mediasmarts.ca—thank you for letting me do this—and in French it's habilomedias.ca. Everything is always fluently bilingual and available to educators, trusted guardians and parents. There are even some resources for youth themselves.

Information & Ethics committee  Good afternoon, members of the committee. My name is Kathryn Hill. I am proud to serve as the executive director of MediaSmarts. Our office is located on unceded Algonquin Anishinabe territory. We are grateful for the invitation to appear today as part of this study. I'm joined today by MediaSmarts' director of education, Matthew Johnson.