Backgrounder - Ongoing Support for Research and Media Literacy Projects as Canada Continues to Fight Online Disinformation
Backgrounder
The Government of Canada supports more than 50 projects to help counter online disinformation
| Organization Name | Project Name | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Centre d’études sur les médias | Développement et expérimentation d’outils éducatifs pour contrer la désinformation en ligne chez les jeunes adultes | $40,292 (2019–2020) $165,450 (2020–2021) |
| NorQuest College | Engaging New Canadians through Digital and Civic Literacy | $96,931 (2019–2020) $238,796 (2020–2021) |
| CIVIX | Evaluating Digital Civic Literary Education-Contemporary Skills in a Canadian K12 Context | $184,990 (2019–2020) $309,330 (2020–2021) |
| Emily Taylor | Mechanisms of Virality: A comparative stufe of organic engagement and advertising in disinformation campaigns | $19,500 (2019–2020) $13,750 (2020–2021) |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | Visual Media Literacy for Combatting Disinformation: Analysing How Teachers Used the Questioning Images Resource During the 2019 Canadian Federal Elections | $41,249 (2019–2020) $173,588 (2020–2021) |
| Concordia University - Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies | Mapping Online Hate in Canada | $33,246 (2019–2020) |
| The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University | The Digital Media Observatory | $345,000 (2019–2020) $207,000 (2020–2021) |
| Ryerson University | Candian Disinformation Research Network | $99,460 (2019–2020) $125,840 (2020–2021) |
| Upstream | Information in the Age of COVID-19 | $75,000 (2019–2020) $20,000 (2020–2021) |
| MediaSmarts | Critical Thinking in the Digital Age: Countering Coronavirus Misinformation | $654,134 (2020–2021) |
| Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick | Portail de vérification des faits sur le COVID-19 / Fact-Checking portal on COVID-19 | $82,225 (2019–2020) $352,500 (2020–2021) |
| Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec | COVID-19 : Dépister la désinfo / COVID-19: Track the facts | $330,164 (2020–2021) |
| Institute for Canadian Citizenship | Supporting New Canadian Citizens: Dispelling Discriminatory Disinformation Around COVID-19 | $490,880 (2020–2021) |
| Digital Public Square | Countering Disinformation Relating to COVID-19 | $13,442 (2019–2020) $665,734 (2020–2021) |
| Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic | Empowering, Engaging and Equipping Canadians to Combat Anti-Asian Racism through Online Resources and Social Media: A Study to Advance Policy Development and Systemic Change | $301,904 (2020–2021) |
| Asian Environmental Association (Hua Foundation) | Combatting COVID-19 disinformation in Vancouver's Chinese and Vietnamese language communities | $64,660 (2020–2021) |
| ACCT Foundation | Mobilizing community capacity and community research to address the collateral damage of COVID-19 pandemic- Anti-Asian Racism | $309,000 (2020–2021) |
| Centre de recherche action sur les relations raciales | COVID-19: Say No to Discrimination: Civic Information and Mobilization Initiative / LA COVID-19: Dites non à la discrimination – une initiative civique d’information et de mobilisation | $68,100 (2020–2021) |
| Bilal Community and Family Centre Inc. | Countering Digital Disinformation on COVID-19 to the Black and Newcomer communities | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| Calgary Animated Objects Society | Disinformation Warriors | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| Centennial Centre of Science and Technology (operating as Ontario Science Centre) | Virtual Science Center - Covid Content and Critical Thinking | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| City of Toronto | Social Inclusion Through Facts During COVID-19 | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| Clear Sky Connections | The AtHoc Communications Solution | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| Club Ami | Lutte contre la désinformation en ligne par le développement des compétences numériques | $21,000 (2020–2021) |
| Concordia University-Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies | Canadian Coalition to Counter COVID Digital Disinformation | $39,270 (2020–2021) |
| Corporation of the County of Northumberland | Cybersecurity in Northumberland County | $27,400 (2020–2021) |
| Discovery Centre | Bias Busters | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| Evidence for Democracy | Combatting misinformation through evidence-based tools for digital literacy and scientific knowledge transfer, and development of policy options | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| First Peoples Radio Inc - ELMNT FM | COVID-19 PSAs | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| Grandir sans frontières | Citoyenneté 3.0 | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| La voix acadienne | Qui dit vrai? La COVID-19 et la désinformation en ligne | $39,900 (2020–2021) |
| Latincouver Cultural and Business Society | Latinos Moving Forward | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| Mouvement des intervenants et des intervenantes en communication radio de l’Ontario (MICRO) | Contrer la désinformation / mésinformation sur la COVID-19 | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| New Canadian Media | Bridging the Mainstream-Ethnic Digital Divide in COVID-19 Literacy | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| Publications Senior inc.-Bel Âge | Citoyen branché - Ma sécurité, j’y tiens! | $33,460 (2020–2021) |
| Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association | SK SPOT Fake News Online – COVID | $39,908 (2020–2021) |
| Science North | Teaching Audiences to Recognize and Address Online Disinformation through Hands-on Science Learning at Science North | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| Science Timmins Inc. | Facts and Myths about COVID-19 in the Digital World | $40,000 (2020–2021) |
| SUPRE Incorporated | SUPRECITIZEN001 | $38,552 (2020–2021) |
| The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs | Spreading the Virus: Combatting the Dissemination of Antisemitism through Online Disinformation | $38,000 (2020–2021) |
| Toronto TechWorks, Inc | Project Kate--The COVID Crusader | $39,500 (2020–2021) |
| United Cultures of Canada Association | Strengthening Commitment to Canada Among New Canadians in the Face of COVID | $39,654 (2020–2021) |
| Institute on Governance | An Examination of How Social Media Narratives Affect Trust in Government | $100,000 (2020–2021) |
| Iris Communications | Mapping & pre-empting COVID-19 disinformation in Canada | $99,500 (2020–2021) |
| Kingdom Acts Foundation | Evaluating the Impact of Disinformation on Diverse and Marginalized Communities in Canada | $70,500 (2020–2021) |
| MacEwan University | Misinformation across Social Media Platforms and across Countries | $69,000 (2020–2021) |
| Ryerson University- Democratic Enngagement Exchange | Mitigating disinformation at the front lines - Building open source Canadian tools to research and counter misinformation and disinformation in both official and non-official languages | $97,407 (2020–2021) |
| Simon Fraser University- International CyberCrime Research Centre | Deploying Artificial Intelligence to Combat Covid-19 Disinformation on Social Media | $96,600 (2020–2021) |
| York University | Tracking the Social Impacts of Disinformation through Images Shared on Social Media | $99,956 (2020–2021) |
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Association ISOC Qu ébec |
Diversité, Visibilité et Découvrabilité | $70,094 (2020–2021) |
| Concordia University - Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies | Canadian Women Leaders’ Digital Defence Initiative | $55,634 (2020–2021) |
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