From the level of participation and the testimony of participants at NCM’s Ottawa event, the Canadian media landscape is primed to benefit from the experience of immigrant journalists.
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Urging journalists to be a catalyst for change, Dawson said: “Use your skills to highlight courage and creativity and not just conflict or crises”
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What hasn’t been widely discussed, however, is how creating a dependency situation risks undermining provinces over the long haul
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Three quarters of Brampton’s population are ethnic minorities, but local media has yet to catch up. A recent survey of diversity in Brampton newsrooms shows…
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An obvious part of solving this problem is diversifying mainstream newsrooms through the hiring of reporters from diverse communities
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Lucile Davier, currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa, has spent many years looking at journalism that relies on translating from a foreign…
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