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4 Jul

Shades of language: Looking into Canadian media coverage of Quebec

<p><strong>By Shannon O’Reilly, </strong><strong>for <a href="http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/557432"><em>Convergence</em></a></strong></p><p>Pauline Marois hadn’t even been sworn in as Quebec’s new premier before debate began that a move to ensure French as the predominant language would mean a lesser voice for the En­glish speaking population.</p>

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1 May

Spirit Dancing: How two UBC students gained access to report on this secretive Aboriginal tradition

<p><em>The University of British Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism offers a one-of-a-kind class on Reporting in Indigenous Communities.</em> <em>Developed in partnership with several B.C. Aboriginal communities, the course is designed to elevate Canada's not-so-great coverage of</em> <em>Aboriginal issues and focuses on a specific theme.

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30 Nov

Discussion on The Agenda: When it comes to gender representation in media, do we need binders full of women?

<p>When Mitt Romney made his now-infamous “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_LQ3eHSZ9c">binders full of women</a>” comment during the second U.S. Presidential debate back in October, the Internet latched on. As with most viral things these days, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/10/binders-full-of-women-drive-major-twitter-traffic-in-presidential-debate.html">Twitter exploded</a>, <a href="http://bindersfullofwomen.tumblr.com/">a tumblr was quickly created</a>, and <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/binders-full-of-women">memes were born</a>.</p>

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24 Apr

A quick look at news mediums and international development

<p> </p><p>Newspaper subscriptions may be waning in places where digital technology has been widely adopted and online news is quite literally at your fingertips at all times by means of smartphone technology, but this isn’t the case across the globe.</p>

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23 Aug

North Saskactchewan radio gets government support

The Federal government has announced funding for the Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation to produce radio programming in English, Cree and Dene for communities in Northern Saskatchewan. Broadcaster Magazine reports: “The funding […]

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26 Jan

To be or not to be ethnic media

Panelists at a recent Toronto event weigh in on the use of the term “ethnic” to refer to the growing phenomenon that is multicultural media. Is it a label to […]

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2 Oct

The Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA)

Formerly the Canadian Ethnic Journalists’ and Writers’ Club. An organization for professionals engaged in the field of print and electronic journalism and creative writing.

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2 Oct

UNITY: Journalists of colour, inc.

A strategic alliance of minority journalists in the United States with two main goals: to raise awareness and participation of the media industry in understanding the diverse cultures represented by […]

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2 Oct

The Canadian Association of Black Journalists

Founded in 1996, its 50 members are dedicated to both diversifying Canada’s newsrooms, and promoting journalism as a viable career for African-Canadian youth.

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2 Oct

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

The world’s first national television network serving Aboriginal people. Its launch in 1999 represented a significant milestone for Aboriginal Canada — for the first time in broadcast history, First Nations, […]

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