by Amanda Ghazale Aziz in Toronto When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in…
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Niche, Ethnic Media Struggle to Compete
by Leah Bjornson in Vancouver When you turn on your TV, answer your cell phone or read an advertisement online, chances are more and more…
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Harper’s Debate Move Opens New Avenues for Media Coverage
by L. Ian MacDonald Welcome to the debate about the debates. The world of federal election leaders’ debates as we know it went kaboom last…
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by Chantal Braganza, Associate Editor for J-Source In the early ’90s, Ryerson University professor emeritus John Miller conducted a study on the visual representation of…
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Canada Earns ‘C’ for Political Engagement
by Abbas Somji (@AbbasSomji) in Toronto Is politics ‘broken’? For a growing number of Canadians, the answer appears to be ‘yes’ – and there may…
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Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship
by Adrienne Clarkson, 26th Governor General of Canada (@APClarkson) Imagine the shock I felt when I looked at a document that was sent to me this…
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by Paul de Silva Seven years ago, I was part of an application process to the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) for a digital…
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Sports: a Social Equalizer
by Brian Wong (@wongwaichung) in Calgary Growing up in a working class neighbourhood in Calgary, there were only a handful of entertainment choices our family could afford,…
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by Toronto Editor Ranjit Bhaskar (@ranjit17) It was a true reflection of the Canadian mosaic — multi-hued and textured, but coming together as one single…
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The Invisibility of Canada’s Diversity
by Amira Elghawaby “The world we inhabit is a world of representation. Media do not merely present a reality that exists ‘out there;’ nor do…
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