2025 Canadian Screen Awards.

NOMINEE
Best Picture Editing, Children's or Youth

Emily Gilhooley

Media Stamped

"Screentime is Yummy"

Synopsis:

Media Stamped is a media literacy level-up for age 9-14. Each fun, fast, pop-culture-filled episode playfully decodes crucial topics, shares the science, and interviews real, hilarious tweens. Learn catchy tips to outsmart ads, decode tricky headlines, and interrupt doomscrolling. You’ll even learn to re-train your own social media accounts so they improve your mental health! Before high school even starts, the average kid has already spent an entire YEAR of their life online, in a flood of advertising, social media and fake news. For adults, it can be tempting to turn off the screens. But that’s like building a fence around a swimming pool… Media Stamped teaches tweens how to swim! Creator Nicole Stamp is a renowned TV writer who peels back the curtain with Media Stamped, to show how the media is made. It’s time to level-up your screentime: from a procrastination zone into a powerful tool for skill-building, creativity, and connection!

Episode Synopsis:
Is "screen addiction" a real thing? Once you understand WHY gaming, social media, and scrolling are so hard to stop, you can finally become the boss of your phone. This episode will teach you to transform your screens: from procrastination machines into tools that help you connect with friends, improve your skills, and level-up your life!
Nominees:

Emily Gilhooley

Channel:

TELUS Optik TV

Production Company:

Sinking Ship Entertainment