With Earth Day just around the corner, many of you are thinking of ways to talk to your kids about the environment. It’s easy to take little steps the make a big difference – and kids can help too.

 

Youth Media Alliance (YMA) recently announced nominations for the annual Awards of Excellence and TVO received a total of 12 nominations for in-house and co-produced programs and digital content including 4 nominations within the Best Television Program category. Youth Media Alliance recognizes the importance of quality television and interactive content for Canadian kids. TVO received more nominations than any other kids media provider.
 

The TVO co-produced Wild Kratts website was recognized for digital innovation with the Best Companion Website Award in the Programming – Kids Category at the Kidscreen Summit in New York. The Kidscreen Awards recognize the year’s best work in children’s media from across the globe.
 

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TVO is pleased to welcome Alia Lachana as Director of Innovation and Business Development. In this entrepreneurial role, Alia will focus on leveraging TVO's digital capacity by identifying and pursuing opportunities to extract new value from TVO's educational media content and new sources of self-generated revenue for the organization.

 

Would you recognize the signs if your child was being bullied? And what would you do about it?
 

TVO’s "Smart Kids Now. Smart Adults Later" campaign is built on the idea that all kids have dreams of what they’ll be when they grow up, and with your financial contribution, TVO can help them get there. Donate today at TVOsmartkids.org.

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TVOParents.com and Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMHP) at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto are teaming up to provide content that teaches parents how to support early mental health and brain development in children. As the go-to education resource for Ontario parents seeking to help their kids succeed in school and in life TVOParents.com provides IMHP with a trusted forum to get these crucial resources into parents’ hands while encouraging engaged parenting.

As kids head back to school, TVOKids’ games Hop, Frog, Hop! and Ribbit, Frog, Ribbit! are a great way to strengthen children’s working memories and help improve learning across subject areas.

TVO is ensuring that even more kids can learn through our educational digital content. By partnering with Rullingnet Corporation, makers of the VINCI Tab and VINCI Kids Library, we’re bringing more exciting learning opportunities to more kids.

The readers of City Parent have voted TVO as the “Best Family TV Station” in the province for the 11th year in a row. TVO’s commitment to quality creates tremendous equity for our brand. Last year, Ontarians rated TVO the “most trusted” and “most educational” media brand for kids in the country. This reputation is earned through the rigour of our process.