Diversity

Legacy media can learn something from the student press when it comes to building representative newsrooms.
Read More Continue Reading Canadian campus newspapers offer a study in diversity

The Varsity editor hopes Chinese language edition will serve University of Toronto’s 10,000 Chinese students.
Read More Continue Reading The Varsity launches Chinese-language edition

La Presse s’est tourné vers des programmes universitaires francophones hors de journalisme pour s’attaquer au problème de la diversité au sein du journal.
Read More Continue Reading Voici pourquoi La Presse a organisé un stage destiné aux journalistes de minorités culturelles

To improve newsroom diversity, La Presse recruited outside of francophone journalism schools.
Read More Continue Reading Why La Presse started an internship geared towards minority reporters and First Nations people

It’s time for change, writes Amira Elghawaby.
Read More Continue Reading Quebec media has perpetuated stereotypes about Muslim Canadians

New research suggests that although media coverage of refugee issues has improved, it still needs work.
Read More Continue Reading Canada’s Syrian refugees ill-served by media coverage

Founder Sana Malik said the site is about “people who want to express themselves.”
Read More Continue Reading This is Worldtown is dedicated to telling the stories of women of colour

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By Michael Ott

“We couldn’t find any expert women,” cannot be an excuse.

That’s the mantra of a new… Continue Reading New database seeks to amplify women’s voices in the news media

By George Abraham

I recently spoke to a great class of graduate students at Carleton on the topic of diversity in journalism. I anticipated the students would be… Continue Reading Ingrained diversity

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By Dylan C. Robertson

Data collected late last year suggests Canada’s columns have grown even more unrepresentative since a similar… Continue Reading Updated columnist diversity survey shows representation has not improved since 2014