Category Archives: Reconciliation
Six-week investigation found no evidence of meeting in First Nation where B.C. government claims community voted 244 to three in favour of LNG development proposal, and raises questions about whether legal obligation to “free, prior and informed consent” was achieved LAX KW’ALAAMS, B.C. — Despite B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s repeated claim that the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation voted in favour of a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on Lelu Island in…
What is journalism doing to carry out reconciliation with Indigenous peoples? This was the question I was invited to ponder earlier this month at “Reconciliation Journalism,” a conference sponsored and hosted by the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation on Wasan Island, Ont. But what are Indigenous people doing to understand journalism? That is my overriding thought after attending. The small conference brought together journalists, academics and community activists to discuss and…
Focusing on strength and solutions translates to more nuanced coverage and challenges negative stereotypes VANCOUVER, B.C. – “DEAR MEDIA, I AM MORE THAN JUST VIOLENCE,” writes Billy-Ray Belcourt on his personal blog. Belcourt is from the Driftpile Cree Nation, a student at the University of Alberta and President of the Aboriginal Student Council. He calls for journalists to do a better job at representing Indigenous people, following a damaging experience he…
Survey of students about police checks builds case for more transparent policing data VANCOUVER, B.C. – Indigenous students are more likely to be stopped by police than non-Indigenous students, and staying away from illegal activity does not shield them from unwanted police attention, indicates a survey of over 850 students in Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg conducted by Discourse Media and Maclean’s. The survey, conducted with financial support from the Canadian…
*Republished from: The Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Credit: AJ Batac, Flickr Earlier this Fall, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) announced Erin Millar, co-founder of Discourse Media, as the inaugural recipient of the new Bob Carty Free Expression Fellowship. CJFE’s support gives our team at Discourse Media the resources to pursue an important project we’re calling the Diversity Source Network and Methodology. Our aim? To help break down barriers…
