Category: Writings
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Finding out more about interdependent media
In the pre-school room at the Glebe Community Centre this fall, a group of people are meeting to see how…