Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen

In this time of global concern, if not crisis, we are reminded that our children need our care and attention. Tonight on Mediacy, Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus are, once again, by Glenys Vivian, an education and school-based wellness lead with the York Region District School Board.

In this time of global concern, if not crisis, we are reminded that our children need our care and attention. Tonight on Mediacy, Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus are joined by Glenys Vivian, an education and school-based wellness lead with the York Region District School Board.

In this episode, the team discusses ways of being attuned to the signs that our children are sending us, and how we respond.

Neil and Carol take a first look at the media being produced around COVID-19. It's been declared a global pandemic related to the virus, but is there also a growing pandemic of fear. A media literacy "first dive" into COVID-19.

Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus continue their look at the COVID-19 story and narrative through a media literacy lens

Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus welcome educators Chelsea Attwell and Ethan Andersen about mentorship——in education and, more specifically, in the area of media literacy!

How might we understand the uses of dogs in media experiences? What's the best advertising dog? Join media teacher (and dog lover) Bill Smart, Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen for a fun discussion of dogs in media.

Recently, Carol Arcus took her granddaughter to a local edition of The Medieval Times Banquet and Tournament. Not surprisingly, Carol couldn't resist bringing her media literacy lenses to the experience. She joins Neil Andersen to talk about what she saw through those lenses!

King Cosmos is a Calypso artist. His song Payback Time—a course in Black History and music—demands reparation for the centuries of slavery that built the American economy.

King Cosmos is a Calypso artist. His song Payback Time—a course in Black History and music—demands reparation for the centuries of slavery that built the American economy.

King Cosmos is a Calypso artist. His song Payback Time—a course in Black History and music—demands reparation for the centuries of slavery that built the American economy.