CONTACT INFO
Association for
Media Literacy
President:
Carolyn Wilson
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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.
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