Race relations activists and observers say it is time to take off the masks that prevent people from acknowledging that systemic racism exists and police brutality happens.
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Canadian Media Incapable of Covering Race
The last time anybody studied the demographics of Canadian newsrooms was in 2004. It showed that only 3.4 per cent of reporters were non-white, writes the author of the study, editor and academic John Miller
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A Less-than-Diverse Media Workforce
When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in the journalism and communications program,…
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When you turn on your TV, answer your cell phone or read an advertisement online, chances are more and more likely that the same company…
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Harper’s Debate Move Opens New Avenues for Media Coverage
Welcome to the debate about the debates. The world of federal election leaders’ debates as we know it went kaboom last week, when the Conservatives…
View More Harper’s Debate Move Opens New Avenues for Media CoverageHow Stats and Hiring Strategies Can Help Address Newsroom Diversity
In the early ’90s, Ryerson University professor emeritus John Miller conducted a study on the visual representation of minority groups in Canadian newspapers. He looked…
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Canada Earns ‘C’ for Political Engagement
Is politics ‘broken’? For a growing number of Canadians, the answer appears to be ‘yes’ – and there may not be an easy fix. The…
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Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship
Imagine the shock I felt when I looked at a document that was sent to me this year: a photocopy from a register in British Columbia’s archives…
View More Belonging: The Paradox of CitizenshipAttention CRTC: Cultural Diversity is Long Overdue
Seven years ago, I was part of an application process to the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) for a digital channel focusing on broadcasting…
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Sports: a Social Equalizer
Growing up in a working class neighbourhood in Calgary, there were only a handful of entertainment choices our family could afford, one of which was…
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