Milestones

Milestones

1978

  • AML founded
  • First media literacy conference: The Media: How To Talk Back
1986
  • media education becomes part of the Ontario curriculum
  • first Additional Qualifications courses offered for teachers
1990
  • The New Literacy Conference (Guelph 1)
1992
  • CAMEO (The Canadian Association of Media Education Organizations) founded
  • Constructing Culture Conference (Guelph 2)
1994
  • AML Summer Institute 1
1995
  • AML Summer Institute 2
1996
  • AML Summer Institute 3
1998
  • The World Council on Media Education named AML the “most influential media education organization in North America.”
2000 
  • Summit 2000: Children, Youth and the Media: Beyond the Millennium  – the world’s largest media education conference, with over 1500 participants from 54 countries
2003-04 
  • The AML celebrates its 25th Anniversary