Canada’s federal public safety minister, Marco Mendicino, is inviting G7 representatives next year to a forum designed to create programs and tools to educate and fight against misinformation, according to CityNews.

“Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino extended the invitation to his counterparts this week at a meeting in Germany of interior ministers from G7 countries.”

Mendicino told the G7 that young people need to be better educated about the dangers of fake news and learn how to spot it.

At the G7 he called disinformation, “one of the most pervasive threats to all our democracies right now,” according to an article by the Globe and Mail.

I couldn’t agree more! My newest book, Can You Believe It? How to Spot Fake News and Find the Facts, is a great tool to help young people learn how to spot fake news and to understand how real news is created.

There is also a free Teaching Guide for use in the classroom, which you can download here: https://joycegrantauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/CanYouBelieveIt_Teaching_Guide.pdf

Links for a Deeper Dive into this Topic

CityNews article about proposed G7 forum on misinformation next year: https://ottawa.citynews.ca/national-news/canada-invites-g7-ministers-to-meeting-on-tackling-disinformation-6124227

Globe and Mail article about Mendicino’s remarks at G7 this year re: misinformation: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-high-school-students-should-be-taught-to-spot-fake-videos-and/

Purchase Can You Believe It? How to Spot Fake News and Find the Facts: https://joycegrantauthor.com/books/can-you-believe-it-how-to-spot-fake-news-and-find-the-facts/

Download the free Teaching Guide for CYBI: https://joycegrantauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/CanYouBelieveIt_Teaching_Guide.pdf

Free Fake News Resources: https://teachingkidsnews.com/fakenews/

Joyce Grant’s award-winning news website, TeachingKidsNews.com, features weekly kid-friendly news articles and is free to use: https://teachingkidsnews.com/

Download these free journalism explainers for teachers and students, written by Joyce Grant for The Star’s Classroom Connections: https://www.classroomconnection.ca/for-the-record.html