The media literacy education policy in Finland is published
A broader international shift is emerging at the same moment: Finland’s new national media literacy education policy strengthens Sámi visibility and participation, while Canada’s newly drafted national AI strategy highlights the role of Indigenous peoples in AI governance, Indigenous data sovereignty, and culturally grounded knowledge systems.
Indigenous perspectives are no longer treated as an “add-on” to digital and media policy but increasingly recognised as part of the strategic core of media education, data governance, and AI policy.
In Finland, the Sámi Parliament is now explicitly recognised as both a media education actor and an implementation partner in national policy. In Canada, Indigenous participation is increasingly framed as essential to ethical and sustainable AI futures.
These developments suggest an important transition: digital and AI futures cannot be built without Indigenous languages, knowledge systems, cultural continuity, and rights.
One of the contributors to Finland’s new policy, Outi Laiti (University of Helsinki), works now as a researcher at the MultiBEING CoE.
Learn more about the policy
The English version is available here. The Finnish version is available here.
