Meet Canadian-born activist and former UN official, Jill Carr-Harris. She sat down with NCM to discuss how she is helping empower indigenous women in India fight at the frontlines of the pandemic.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a “shadow pandemic” of intensified domestic violence and violence against women. Activists from two Ontario non-profits talk about their observations and what needs to change to achieve a violence-free society.
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Journalists can pay a high price with their reputations for reporting on the polarizing, decades-old Israel-Gaza conflict. That was the message journalist and author Max Blumenthal delivered at Embattled Truths: Reporting on Gaza, a presentation…
View More No Avoiding Bias When Covering Gaza: BlumenthalIt’s been over one month since images were published showing three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on Turkish shores and Canadian support for intervention in the Syrian refugee crisis seems to only be gaining momentum.…
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When the series of revolutionary protests and riots – dubbed the “Arab Spring” – broke out in late 2010, news outlets worldwide were quick to highlight the role of social media in bringing these demonstrations…
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