Videotron announced last week it has partnered with the Centre pour l’intelligence émotionnelle en ligne (CIEL) to offer practical tools to help Quebec families adopt informed digital practices.
With the beginning of the new school year, parents and kids are having to adjust to new rules on the use of mobile devices in schools, making Videotron’s long-term collaboration with CIEL timely, said a Videotron press release.
CIEL is a Montreal-based non-profit organization dedicated to the digital well-being of children and youth. It educates thousands of young people across Quebec about best practices for screen use through workshops in schools, talks and science outreach on social media.
Under their partnership, Videotron and CIEL are making a number of resources available to families, including:
- Digital compass: A free tool designed to spark family discussion of digital habits. Intended for all family members who own a phone, it includes a questionnaire to determine each family member’s relationship to screens. Filling it out lets parents and teens see how much they have in common.
- Digital well-being workshops: Designed for elementary and high school students to promote healthy digital habits and prevent the harmful effects of excessive screen use.
- Educational videos: Accessible and engaging content on topics such as cell phone use and back-to-school.
“As a major player in connectivity in Québec, we want to help our customers use technology in a healthy way,” said Chantal Querry, Videotron’s general director of marketing, in the company’s press release. “This partnership with CIEL lets us offer Québec families practical, evidence-based tools to address the new challenges of cell phone use.”
“On tablets, phones and television sets, screens are here to stay, and we need to work together to promote best practices,” said CIEL co-founder Emmanuelle Parent, who has a PhD in communication. “We thank Videotron for giving us the opportunity to equip kids for the digital world and provide parents with practical support.”
