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Visible Minorities Keen to Engage Online Despite Untruths

Ranjit Bhaskar September 27, 2019 No Comments #jagärhär 6 Degrees Toronto 2019 Alena Helgeson CANADIANS fake news Federal Election Kate Rowswell Memetix Misinformation Scott Young social media The Institute for Canadian Citizenship and Leger

Despite disinformation spread online about “people like them”, visible minorities in Canada are more likely to believe that social media and online platforms provide a…

Are the Most Prolific Tweeters on Canadian Politics Real or Bots?

Ahmed Al-Rawi September 12, 2019 No Comments bots Canadian politics elections hacker social media Twitter

The top user, for instance, tweeted 5,345 times promoting anti-Conservative views using the hashtag #CDNpoli

Government Concerned Over Fake News in Hispanic-Latino Communities

Isabel Inclan August 24, 2019 No Comments fake news Federal Election Hispanic Latin American Latino social media

Tech giants such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft promised to remove fake social media news content

Commentary

Taking On Online Hate Speech

Anita Bromberg June 25, 2016 No Comments CRRF FBI hate speech Orlando shootings social media terrorism Toronto

As the husband of murdered British MP Jo Cox reminded the world in his pain, hate is poisonous. Whether the recent Orlando massacre was a hate crime or a…

Mohamed Fahmy Speaks About Release

Lin Abdul Rahman November 5, 2015 No Comments Egypt Fahmy Imprisoned journalist Mohamed Fahmy PRISON Release social media

“It’s very important to love your job from day one,” Egyptian Canadian journalist Mohammed Fahmy said to a packed room at the Toronto Public Library’s…

Maintaining Momentum for Syria

Leah Bjornson October 5, 2015 No Comments Activism Chris Alexander refugee refugee crisis refugees social media sponsorship Syria Syrian refugees Vancouver

It’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…

Politics Youth

Getting Millennials, New Citizens to the Polls

Ranjit Bhaskar September 11, 2015 No Comments federal elections Maryam Mirza millennials NCM Election Desk new Canadians new citizens newcomer youth Newcomers social media voters

Ayesha Syed didn’t vote in the 2011 election. It wasn’t because she took her civic duty of voting for granted or isn’t interested in politics…

Arts & Culture

Taking Immigration and Settlement to Twitter

Erica Gruszczynska September 4, 2015 No Comments ALBERTA Calgary immigrant services Immigration media mitchell kutney Newcomers settlement Settlement Organizations social media

Patricia Gallagher admits it is hard to keep up with social media in her line of work. As the Operations Manager at the Calgary Catholic…

Politics

Going Where the Fish Are: Leaders Venture into Non-traditional Media to Reach Millennials

Selina Chignall September 1, 2015 No Comments Federal Election federal elections iPolitics millenials NCM Election Desk social media voter engagement voters

Political candidates have been risking their composure, their message control and their dignity to court the youth vote since long before Bill Clinton answered the “boxers…

Arts & Culture

How to Get Mainstream Media to Cover Immigrant Issues

Susan Korah June 30, 2015 No Comments immigrant services immigrants john ibbitson Journalism journalists mainstream mainstream media media mitchell kutney settlement Settlement Services social media

Getting the mainstream media to cover more immigrant issues is something many settlement and advocacy agencies grapple with. The first of a series of workshops…