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25 Jul

Write up to women, not down: A response to a study that shows women don’t care about ‘current affairs’

<p><strong>By Shannon Rupp for <a href="http://thetyee.ca/"><em>The Tyee</em></a></strong></p><p>News of a <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/02/women-especially-in-canada-are-more-ignorant-of-politics-and-current-affairs-than-men-says-uk-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.K. government study</a> that claims women are less informed than men about current affairs, particularly in liberal, egalitarian western countries, has been making the rounds, much to the irritation of my female friends and colleagues.</p>

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11 Jul

Journalists for Human Rights launches new program in northern Ontario

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Journalists for Human Rights is turning its attention to Canada for the first time in its 11-year history.</p><p>While the Toronto-based NGO has trained journalists mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa, it launched a new program in northern Ontario that seeks to increase Aboriginal-Canadian participation in local and national media.</p>

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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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26 Jun

Cars swept away, newsroom evacuated — how Calgary newsrooms dealt with the worst flood in Alberta’s history

<p dir="ltr"><em><span id="docs-internal-guid-143ccfd7-857d-f901-955b-2507a4a5648f">Three journalists from the Calgary Herald watched their cars get swept away by floodwaters while reporting on the scene. The entire CBC Calgary newsroom was evacuated and found a temporary home elsewhere so that broadcasts could continue. Those are just a couple of examples of what news organizations and their journalists went through to cover the worst flood in Alberta’s history. </span></em></p>

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14 Jun

Access granted: AMI makes media available for all Canadians

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13 Jun

Opinion: Why Canadian media should not shy away from religion reporting

<p><strong>By Vanessa Santilli</strong></p><p>Regardless of your religious affiliation — or whether you're a believer or not — it's hard to deny that many Canadians believe in something greater than themselves.</p><p>According to recent data from the 2011 National Household Survey, 76 per cent of Canadians still identify with a religion. But the number of beat reporters covering religion for secular publications has declined over the years, says Joyce Smith, graduate program director for the Ryerson School of Journalism.</p>

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5 Jun

All native: How Turtle Island News grew from its launch in a basement to an award-winning weekly

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Turtle Island.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p>

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28 May

Do ethnocultural newspapers have a future in Canada?

<p><strong>By April Lindgren</strong></p><p>If you walk for three short blocks along Bloor Street in my neighbourhood, just west of downtown Toronto, you can stop in shops and restaurants and collect more than 10 different newspapers in three or four different languages.</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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1 May

Opinion: The CBC’s ‘no whites’ policy is a mistake, but no accident

<p><strong>By <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/index.html">Matt Gurney</a>, for the <a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/04/30/matt-gurney-the-cbcs-no-whites-policy-is-a-mistake-but-no-accident/"><em>National Post</em></a></strong></p><p>On Monday, a job ad was posted seeking a new host for a CBC children’s program. They were seeking a male between 23 and 35 years of age who could carry a tune. Oh, and “Any race except Caucasian.”</p>

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