By Anna Augusto Rodrigues and Phil Raby What does reconciliation mean to me? This is a question we have reflected on since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action were announced in 2015. As professors who teach media courses at Durham College, we felt an urgency and responsibility to address the calls, especially number…
Errol SalamonErrol Salamon is a contributing editor at J-Source. He is a senior lecturer in digital media and communication in the department of media and performance at the University of Huddersfield. He taught in the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. Salamon is also co-editor of the book Journalism…
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Jane Gerster The first time Patti Sonntag tried to pitch a hands-on investigative class about resource extraction companies to Canadian journalism schools she was met with enthusiastic but noncommittal interest. It was 2014 and while schools were interested in the topic, Sonntag said, the project was…
Our summary of a one-day conference in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action. H.G. WatsonH.G. Watson was J-Source’s managing editor from 2015 to 2018. She is a journalist based in Toronto. You can learn more about her at hgwatson.com.
Stephen MaherStephen Maher spent 10 years covering federal politics, first for The Chronicle Herald then for Postmedia News. He recently finished a year as a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. His second novel, Salvage, will be published in August
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Come May, the only way you will be able to read The Gateway is by visiting its website or picking up its new monthly paper. The University of Alberta’s campus paper announced on Feb. 3 it would end its weekly print publication at the end of April and start prioritizing…
Kids make nutritious snacks. Snappy headline? Case of cannibalism? Or, a misplaced modifier? A modifier is an adverb, adjective or phrase that, ideally, clarifies or adds detail to your sentence. But, put it in the wrong place and you can have the opposite effect. In the fourth in a five-part series of open-source learning videos on…
Amid declining enrolment numbers, the Stephenville, Nfld., program is moving to the province’s capital after 30 years. Many
In an effort to combat declining enrollment, Concordia University is considering a graduate program aimed at training students to report for international NGOs. Education columnist Janice Tibbetts asks if that’s wise. Tamara BalujaTamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for…