Google Canada is investing $500,000 toward teaching Canadian elementary and high school students how to be news literate. The program, called News Wise, wants to highlight the importance of journalism in a democracy, as well as give students the tools and the know-how to find and filter information online. The program is a partnership with the Canadian Journalism Foundation and Civics Canada (CIVIX), the group behind the popular Student Votes school program. This initiative provides an arena to engage a younger audience and to ensure they're equipped with the skills to identify reliable sources of information." The partnership aims to roll out the program by next year's Ontario provincial election, which comes just before the end of the province's academic school year.

Source: CBC News September 20, 2017 12:54 UTC