Continue Reading... Call Us Crazy: Mad movements organize against ableism, mentalism and more
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Call Us Crazy: Mad movements organize against ableism, mentalism and more

PDF versions (for offline reading, use as handouts): Four 8.5×11 pages (single- or double-sided printing) Two 11×17 pages (double-sided printing…

Continue Reading... Residential Schools: Addressing a Lasting Legacy
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Residential Schools: Addressing a Lasting Legacy

— TRIGGER WARNING: some of this content may be emotionally distressing. For support, the 24-hour Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line…

Continue Reading... Campus activism at Carleton under threat
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Campus activism at Carleton under threat

Later this week, undergraduate students at Carleton University will vote to decide the future of OPIRG-Carleton, a social justice organizing…

Continue Reading... Naandwedidaa (healing one another): a poem
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Naandwedidaa (healing one another): a poem

This poem was recently published in Honouring Indigenous Women: Hearts of Nations vol.2, put out by IPSMO – Indigenous Peoples…

Continue Reading... Idle No More: What does Chief Spence’s hunger strike mean?
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Idle No More: What does Chief Spence’s hunger strike mean?

Native peoples in this country have endured much worse than the disrespect Prime Minister Harper showed on Dec 21, tweeting…

Continue Reading... Issues in and about the media
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Issues in and about the media

So what do people talk about when they meet for six consecutive weeks to discuss media issues? Such were the…

Continue Reading... Media Ecosystem: Growing better media gardens
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Media Ecosystem: Growing better media gardens

How to create better, more ‘organic’ media culture The Media Ecosystem: What Ecology Can Teach Us About Responsible Media Practice…

Continue Reading... Supporting Independent Media to Grow
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Supporting Independent Media to Grow

Innovative financial models along with public policy support are key by Greg Macdougall OTTAWA—If independent and alternative media are important…