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Shaw and EVERFI bring free digital literacy course to B.C. and Alberta schools


CALGARY — Shaw Communications announced today students and teachers in British Columbia and Alberta now have access to Ignition, a digital literacy course developed by social impact education innovator EVERFI Inc. that is “designed to help students in grades 6-9 develop the skills they need to navigate online content and social media safely and confidently,” says a press release. The curriculum for the six-lesson course is being made available to B.C. and Alberta schools at no cost through support from Shaw, according to the release. “As the ability to learn, play and access information through technology becomes seamless across devices...