When we reluctantly put New Canadian Media on hiatus last year, it was to pause, reflect and rebuild. We said we would be unbowed.
Now we’re ready to renew.
We’re returning with a slimmer team, a tighter focus and a renewed commitment to telling the stories that matter most to Canadians — through the eyes of our nation’s immigrant, minority communities.
This time we’ll be publishing in English only, concentrating our energy on stories that inform, advise, surprise and energize readers across the country.
Our aim remains the same: To capture Canada from a perspective that is consistently overlooked by other media, with all the nuance, empathy, depth and humanity that this perspective brings.
We’re streamlining our operations, strengthening partnerships and focusing on what we do best: Bold original journalism rooted in real-life, lived experiences.
- From our files: Resilient, unbowed but changed
In these challenging times, the need for balanced, immigrant-led storytelling has never been greater — and we’re ready once again to meet this “hinge moment” as immigration is poised for yet another overhaul in response to what is becoming an uncomfortable or disquieting, national conversation.
Reconnecting
In the coming weeks, we’ll reconnect with our core reporters. Led by founding publisher George Abraham, executive editor Paul Bucci and deputy editor Wendy McLellan, we’ll resume publishing and continue to build on New Canadian Media’s legacy as a trusted voice for immigrant perspectives.
Breaking new ground
We intend to keep breaking new ground, fearlessly pursuing stories of triumph, success, challenge and transformation as Canada continues to be transformed socio-culturally by newcomers. When we stepped back last year, it was because our funding had become unstable, our editorial capacity stretched thin, and our small management team was no longer able to sustain the technical and administrative demands of running a national newsroom that aspired to do too many things.
However, we knew we had captured something essential in Canadian journalism: A publication about Canada from an immigrant’s perspective.
We became an incubator for dozens of newcomer journalists, many of whom have gone on to thrive in major newsrooms across Canada.
The potential of immigrant Canada
We remain deeply committed to the promise and potential of immigrant Canada — its courage, creativity and restless drive to belong and to succeed, while remaking this country in both subtle and obvious ways. That same drive will propel us forward.
Our mission continues: We want to hold up a mirror to Canada and make sure it reflects all of us.
We’re returning to do what journalism does best — tell the truth, ask hard questions, listen intensely and write grounded, compelling stories.
Paul Bucci is an award-winning journalist and editor who has worked in senior management positions at some of Canada’s largest media companies. A former legislature journalist with reporting stints in Somalia and Bosnia, Bucci has been executive editor of New Canadian Media since April 2023.
Wendy McLellan is Deputy Editor of New Canadian Media and an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years’ experience working in media. She has worked in newsrooms as an assignment editor; acting city editor; beat and general assignment reporter; and web/social media editor.
George brings 30 years of writing and newsroom management experience to New Canadian Media. He began his journalism career with The Times of India in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), followed by stints at the Khaleej Times in Dubai and as managing editor of The Peninsula in Qatar. A journalist with high ethical standards, George won the prestigious Nieman scholarship at Harvard University (1994-95), and more recently, pursued a Master’s in Journalism at Carleton University (2004).