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Commentary

Taking On Online Hate Speech

Commentary by Anita Bromberg in Toronto, Ontario As the husband of murdered British MP Jo Cox reminded the world in his pain, hate is poisonous. Whether the recent…

Mohamed Fahmy Speaks About Release

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

by Lin Abdul Rahman in Toronto “It’s very important to love your job from day one,” Egyptian Canadian journalist Mohammed Fahmy said to a packed…

Maintaining Momentum for Syria

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

by Leah Bjornson in 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…

Politics

Getting Millennials, New Citizens to the Polls

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

by Maryam Mirza in Ottawa Ayesha Syed didn’t vote in the 2011 election. It wasn’t because she took her civic duty of voting for granted…

Arts & Culture

Taking Immigration and Settlement to Twitter

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

by Erica Gruszczynska in Calgary, Alberta Patricia Gallagher admits it is hard to keep up with social media in her line of work. As the…

Politics

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

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

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

Arts & Culture

How to Get Mainstream Media to Cover Immigrant Issues

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

by Susan Korah (@waterlilypool) in Ottawa, Ontario Getting the mainstream media to cover more immigrant issues is something many settlement and advocacy agencies grapple with.…

Ontario High School Teacher Accused of Racist Tweets

Marcus Medford June 26, 2015 No Comments EDUCATION Islamophobia Islamophobic racism racist Richmond Hill social media teacher THORNHILL York Region

by Shenaz Kermalli (@mskermalli) in Richmond Hill, Ontario A Richmond Hill high school teacher has been accused of posting Islamophobic tweets against his own students,…

Health

Parenting and the Prevention of Radicalization

Marcus Medford June 23, 2015 No Comments Christianne Boudreau internet Islam Parenting parents radicalization religion Shakeel Haider social media terrorism youth

by Shakeel Haider (@shakeel1259) in Ottawa, ON Christianne Boudreau isn’t the first parent in history to wonder how her child ended up on the path…

Books

Tell Everyone: A Sharing Renaissance?

Marcus Medford May 19, 2015 No Comments Alfred Hermida book book review books critical thinking diversity Facebook Journalism Marco Campana Sharing social media technology Twitter

by Marco Campana (@MarcoPolis) in Toronto In Tell Everyone: How the Stories We Share Shape What We Know and Why It Matters, author Alfred Hermida…