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WEBSITES
Social Media Resources to Support Your Mental Health - Kids Help Phone
Article with resources that can help individuals learn more about social media and set boundaries around when and how to use it.
GetCyberSafe.Ca - Government of Canada
Website for the national public awareness campaign created to inform Canadians about cyber security and the simple steps they can take to protect themselves online.
How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers - Child Mind Institute
Article about social media effects on teenagers.
Social Media: What Parents Should Know - Canadian Paediatric Society
Foundational information on social media, safe usage, limits, online privacy, cyber bullying, and sexting.
VIDEOS
Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences - Common Sense Media
Video about both the positive and negative experiences teens have had with social media, told by teens.
EDUCATIONAL MODULES
Break the Fake: How to tell what's true online - MediaSmarts
Online workshop to help differentiate real from fake information online.
These resources were gathered and reviewed by a mental health professional as part of the Building Service Capacity for Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Primary Care and Pediatrics project in partnership with Alberta Health Services, the Edmonton Zone Primary Care Networks, and CASA Mental Health.
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