Tag / Indigenous Peoples
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![“What Brings Us Here” showcases activism by local grassroots organizations in Winnipeg. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
NFB Instagram project brings Indigenous stories to the mobile screen
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Tennessa Wild The Instagram profile “What Brings Us Here” is filled with real stories in real time. The collection of photographs on the…
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![Reporters Karyn Pugliese, Tanya Talaga and Connie Walker speak on covering Indigenous community at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Photo courtesy Jasmine Bala.]()
Indigenous stories are mainstream stories, say panellists
By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre When Indigenous people share their stories with journalists, it is a part of the reconciliation process and not about assigning blame, the executive…
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Meet the Press: Angela Sterritt
By Nadine Tousignant for CNW Angela Sterritt is an award-winning Gitxsan journalist, artist and writer, from British Columbia. Sterritt has worked as a journalist for close to twenty years and has been with CBC since…
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![The Independent reports on journalist and editor Justin Brake being named in an arrest order. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
What led to a journalist covering Muskrat Falls being named in a court order?
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor When a group of protesters in Muskrat Falls in Labrador cut the locks on the gate of a controversial hydroelectric project and marched in, journalist Justin Brake…
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![This is a Canadian Issue, a microsite created by Ryerson Masters students as part of their digital reporting class. Screenshot by J-Source.]()
Ryerson reporting project on Truth and Reconciliation makes waves
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor In a recent article in The Atlantic, Kieran Delamont tells the story of how Indigenous people have had a difficult history of representation in video games. It’s…
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How journalism students are taught to tell Aboriginal stories
By Meagan Gillmore The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s mandate ended last year. Among its 94 items believed crucial for reconciliation is a call for journalists to tell Aboriginal history well—beginning…
