Are students you know re-evaluating their use of screens? Share your experiences and see what others are discussing by clicking 'Join the Conversation' above. On the app? Join here . Cutting out social media. Setting timers that lock out apps. Using a flip phone, a physical map or taking notes with pen and paper. Some young Canadians are becoming more intentional with their technology use and opting for digital minimalism — paring down all-encompassing devices like smartphones — of their own volition.  Gen Z, the demographic stretching from mid-teenagers to not quite 30-year-olds, have grown up in a web-focused world being "inundated — like a fire hose — with social media: the constant connectedness, the social pressures of posting and sharing and answering right away," said neuroscience researcher Emma Duerden, an associate professor in the faculty of education at Western University in London, Ont.…