Resources

The Digital Citizenship Continuum from Kindergarten to Grade 12 provides age appropriate learning ideas for teachers to help students build an understanding of safe and appropriate online practices in the key areas of privacy protection; rights and responsibilities; and respectful online behaviour.

Digital Citizenship Education in Saskatchewan Schools is a policy guide developed for school division staff to work with school administrators and teachers to help students build an understanding of safe and appropriate online behaviour. The guide offers a roadmap to develop division-wide digital citizenship policies and school-specific digital citizenship guidelines and procedures; tools and resources to support digital citizenship education; and a digital citizenship continuum for Kindergarten through Grade 12 students.

Gay-Straight Alliances in Saskatchewan Schools is a handout prepared by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education to help establish a GSA in your school.

Ignition is an online course for grades 5-8 students. The resource addresses digital citizenship topics including: cyberbullying, Ignition online course aligns with Saskatchewan’s Digital Citizenship Continuum. Available in English and French.

A resource for educators and families of preschool aged children of children’s literature to promote social-emotional development in preschool aged children.

MediaSmarts’ educational K-12 resources cover a wide-range of issues in “traditional” media and digital media. The resources align with provincial curriculum and the majority of the resources are free. There are supports to help students learn how to address cyberbullying, strategies, overview of Canadian laws, resources for parents and for teachers.

The Ministry of Education has a policy statement regarding student alliances for gender and sexual diversity in Saskatchewan schools that encourages and supports school division discussions, policy development and safe school practices for all students.

MyGSA.ca is Canada’s website for safer and inclusive schools for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) community. The site contains resources for parents and educators.

needhelpnow.ca provides information to youth who have been negatively impacted by a sexual picture/video being shared by peers. The website outlines what information should be included when contacting a website to request the removal of content, sample complaints and step-by-step information for contacting popular websites.

PREVNET provides information about what teens need to know and what they can do if they are a bully, if they are bullied, or if they witness bullying. This site also helps young people understand the difference between teasing and bullying.