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Ryan McMahon has big plans for his Indigenous media platform Indian & Cowboy

This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Meagan Gillmore Ryan McMahon wants to create Canada’s next Vice — “minus the weed,” he adds. But for this to happen, he’s challenging all Canadians to confront what he calls one of this country’s greatest addictions: colonialism. McMahon has been steadily building an Indigenous media platform…
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 with students. Of the three items directed to the media, one calls on post-secondary journalism and media programs to require all students to…