SIS Director Prof Kimiz Dalkir to collaborate on a project helping Canadian citizens critically assess and become resilient against harmful online disinformation
Prof. Kimiz Dalkir will be part of a collaborative project to help Canadian citizens critically assess and become resilient against harmful online disinformation: 鈥滵茅veloppement et exp茅rimentation d鈥檕utils 茅ducatifs pour contrer la d茅sinformation en ligne chez les jeunes adultes鈥�. The $205,742 project is funded for two years (2019-2021) by Canadian Heritage under the Digital Citizenship program and will be led by PI Prof. Colette Brin (D茅partement d鈥檌nformation et de communication, Directrice, Centre d'茅tudes sur les m茅dias) at Universit茅 Laval. Project team members include: Marc Ladouceur (MediaSmarts/HabiloM茅dias), Prof. Normand Landry (TELUQ), Val茅rie-Anne Mah茅o (Post-Doc, 91社区 Political Science and Universit茅 de Montr茅al), Prof. Philip Jackson and Prof. Thierry Giasson (Universit茅 Laval). Given the current pandemic, we will focus on how to combat COVID19 pandemic misinformation received by young adults.