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A new study on Canadian journalism examines the impact of audience data on journalistic roles and journalists’ perceptions of their audience
Contrary to what some ‘denialists’ believe, research shows that Canadian media outlets did not help circulate a ‘mass grave hoax’ regarding unmarked graves at former Indian Residential Schools.
Meta’s blocking of Canadian news reveals how reliant Canada’s media industry is on the U.S. The government must create a better funding model to provide support for Canadian media.
A new law in Canada attempts to force big tech to pay for the news stories on its sites. But big tech isn’t playing ball, which is a huge problem for journalism.
A series of crises in the Canadian media sector will become a crucial test for what the country’s media landscape could and should look like in the 21st century.
A new study of digital news consumption shows Canadians are avoiding the news more and trusting it less —especially in English Canada.
A hundred years ago, civic organizations of all stripes came together to demand a new Canadian approach to media policy. Canada has done it before — it must do so again.
The Online Streaming Act is set to soon become law in Canada. The act is a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done to support BIPOC content.
The Online News Act could result in the formation of new agreements between news organizations and digital platform giants, which could give rise to a number of worrying developments.
The Rogers-Shaw decision is proving to be a legally significant case for Canada by setting a precedent that might make merger challenges harder in the future.
Local media ownership brings a level of accountability to the news business and offers benefits to communities by increasing voter turnout, reducing polarization and saving communities money.
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Canadian journalist institutions have failed to address their ongoing colonialism and that has meant that urgent Indigenous issues have been ignored or sensationalized.
There’s no evidence that news outlets are worse off because of Google, Facebook and other aggregators. If anything, evidence shows that, overall, news outlets would be in worse shape without them.
For many men, grey hair is just part of getting older, but for women, going grey can have major consequences.
Canada is home to a growing number of new digital-born journalism organizations, even though government policy aimed at helping the news industry has focused mostly on the decline of legacy media.
From prioritizing diversity to a bottom-up editorial process to using traditional marketing practices to develop journalistic stories, HuffPost Canada was a digital-first innovator.
Existing racism and implicit bias in Canadian media downplayed the terrorist attack by a white accused while exaggerating and staying silent on the reasons behind a hit-and-run by Muslim teens.
Facebook recently removed Australian news stories from its site. If Ottawa follows Australia’s lead, Facebook might do the same in Canada.
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Associate Professor, Communication Studies, McGill University
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing and Media, University of British Columbia
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor and Director, Centre d'études sur les médias, Université Laval
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Professor Emeritus, School of Journalism; Senior Fellow, Centre for Free Expression, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Concordia University
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PhD Candidate in Aging, Health, and Well-Being/Director of Programs, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor & Vice-Dean Research, Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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PhD Candidate in Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo
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Ph.D., Communications and Culture, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, Smith School of Business, Queen's University, Ontario
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Research Fellow, Technology, Communication and Policy Lab, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University
