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The long road to reconciliation

| January 27, 2018

One town, two worlds: Reconciliation in Port Alberni

| January 27, 2018

Reconciliation in small towns: Is it happening?

, | January 27, 2018

Discourse Media joins Trusting News project: Tell us how we can earn your trust

| January 27, 2018

#SustainableDiscourse: Share your water pollution stories and photos with us

| January 27, 2018

We set out to build a new media company for Canada. Here's what we learned.

| January 27, 2018
Be part of the impact

Discourse Media is an independent journalism company dedicated to in-depth reporting on complex issues facing Canada and the world. We are building a home for new approaches to storytelling that look beyond conflict-driven daily news cycles. We tell stories Canadians need in ways they can trust.

Introducing Radiyah Chowdhury, Discourse Media's new associate producer

| January 27, 2018

Reporting in the DRC: 'As soon as I started...the lights went out'

| January 27, 2018

No electricity, no problem: How this reporter stays connected in Nigeria

| January 27, 2018

Reporting on Zimbabwe's resilient women

| January 27, 2018

Why nobody seems to know Canada’s total number of diesel spills

| January 27, 2018

We shouldn't wait for someone else to save Canadian journalism

| January 27, 2018

Introducing Discourse Media’s latest hire

| January 27, 2018

Discourse Media unveils fellowship aimed at boosting local investigative journalism

| January 27, 2018

How reporters should approach stories about vulnerable youth

| January 27, 2018

Data reveals many provinces and territories are not tracking child welfare delays

| January 27, 2018

When child protection cases get delayed, who's keeping track?

| January 27, 2018

4 strategies for building strong relationships with our communities

| January 27, 2018

Announcing the Local News Fellowship

| January 27, 2018

What it's like to report on child welfare

| January 27, 2018

Legal heroin needed to save lives and money, experts say

| January 27, 2018

Discourse is hiring editorial and other staff to support national growth

| January 27, 2018

Reporter, Discourse Media

| January 27, 2018

Investigative producer, Discourse Media

| January 27, 2018

Associate producer, social & digital, Discourse Media

| January 27, 2018

Sales manager, Discourse Media

| January 27, 2018

Executive assistant, Discourse Media

| January 27, 2018

Announcing Discourse Media's new sustainable development reporter

| January 27, 2018

In search of Canada's elusive shadow population

, | January 27, 2018

Women voice Site C concerns as impacts stay hidden

| January 27, 2018

Camp life takes toll on Canada's transient workers

| January 27, 2018

Sources and methodology for mapping work camps in B.C.

| January 27, 2018

'No free, prior and informed consent': Rape culture in boom and bust towns

| January 27, 2018

Here’s the future of profitable public service journalism in Canada

| January 27, 2018

Bridging the empathy gap with VR

| January 27, 2018

How to unlock the Canadian government's secrets

| January 27, 2018

B.C. families in limbo due to severe court delays

| January 27, 2018

Q&A: Ojibway artist on what it’s like to visualize addiction and trauma

| January 27, 2018

What happens when a child loses a parent to an overdose

| January 27, 2018

Kids of addiction

| January 27, 2018

Where’s the accountability around gender equity in Canada?

| January 27, 2018

From Togo to Benin: Reporting on energy in the dark

| January 27, 2018

Manitoba’s surprising stake in Nigeria’s energy sector

| January 27, 2018

One man’s trash: Could garbage solve Nigeria’s energy crisis?

| January 27, 2018

Mining for energy: The DRC’s unlikely power solution

| January 27, 2018

Togo and Benin pin energy hopes on this controversial dam

| January 27, 2018

How solar energy is helping brighten childbirth in rural Zimbabwe

| January 27, 2018

The quest to power sub-Saharan Africa

, | January 27, 2018

Discourse is hiring a sustainable development reporter

| January 27, 2018

Cree elder reflects on one dam, worries about the next

| January 27, 2018

The struggle for reconciliation in a small Canadian town

| January 27, 2018

How to read and create data visualizations responsibly

| January 27, 2018

Are you a journalist? Join our child welfare reporting workshop series

| January 27, 2018

Reconciliation: Breaking down the buzzword

| January 27, 2018

Real talk with artist Vivek Shraya: On womanhood, allyship and fighting white supremacy

| January 27, 2018

Parents with kids in government care: We hear you

| January 27, 2018

Addictions expert Mark Haden: 'It's not a fentanyl crisis — it's a policy crisis'

| January 27, 2018

Indigenous activist Lorelei Williams on giving interviews: ‘I need to do a lot of self-care’

| January 27, 2018

Old enough to vote, but too young to speak on the record?

| January 27, 2018

How are Indigenous women affected by resource extraction?

| January 27, 2018

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Is Canada living up to its commitment?

| January 27, 2018

Lip service or endgame: Trans Mountain Expansion Project gets Indigenous oversight committee

| January 27, 2018

What does a reconciled town look like?

| January 27, 2018

5 tips for reporting on gender — as told by you

| January 27, 2018

Meet Discourse's youth media fellows for 2017

| January 27, 2018

Pacific Northwest LNG is dead — what happens to court challenges now?

| January 27, 2018

How we're fighting factory-farm journalism

| January 27, 2018

Breaking tradition

| January 27, 2018

Feminist Media Club: Stories of (in)visibility edition

| January 27, 2018

A non-tragic story about B.C.’s child welfare system

| January 27, 2018

Give us your take: Should we get rid of objectivity in journalism?

| January 27, 2018

Dear young Indigenous writers, I owe you an apology

| January 27, 2018

Pacific Northwest LNG court battle: 'At jeopardy is our whole tribal system'

| January 27, 2018

Suppressed science report revealed in court battle over Pacific Northwest LNG

| January 27, 2018

Will Canada become a big player in Africa's energy sector?

| January 27, 2018

Ways to fix B.C.’s broken anti-violence sector — from the women who know it best

| January 27, 2018

The promised land

| January 27, 2018

A blueprint for how to achieve universal energy access

| January 27, 2018

Remembering Larry Guno: B.C.'s forgotten Indigenous politician

| January 27, 2018

Why we aren’t reporting on who ‘won’ the B.C. election

| January 27, 2018

We asked 3 Indigenous candidates in the B.C. election about Indigenous rights

| January 27, 2018

Everything you want to know about the Site C dam — answered

| January 27, 2018

How party promises on child welfare in B.C. stack up

, | January 27, 2018

Site C fact-check: Will B.C.'s $8.8-billion dam power the province or be sold for cheap?

| January 27, 2018

How Site C entered the murky world of political donations and lobbying loopholes

| January 27, 2018

Lawsuits and land rights: Next B.C. government has its hands full with First Nations

| January 27, 2018

Fact-checking the BC Liberals’ ‘accomplishments’ on gender equity

, | January 27, 2018

Life, interrupted: How B.C. youth are fighting for stability in a broken child welfare system

| January 27, 2018

We analyzed the platforms of B.C.’s big 3 parties through a gender lens

, | January 27, 2018

Is the Site C dam worth all that money?

| January 27, 2018

Everything we know about the Trans Mountain Expansion Project so far

| January 27, 2018

It's 2017 — but some rape survivors in B.C. are waiting two years for counselling

| January 27, 2018

Do you think the media can do a better job of covering child welfare?

| January 27, 2018

Do you think the media can do a better job of covering gender-based violence?

| January 27, 2018

Discourse Media eyes national growth with key hires

| January 27, 2018

First Nations members on Site C: 'You don’t consult after you make the decision'

| January 27, 2018

Discourse Media wins prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award

| January 27, 2018

Amid oil-spill fears, First Nations and cities are uniting to fight the Trans Mountain Expansion Project

| January 27, 2018

What do you know about the Trans Mountain Expansion Project?

| January 27, 2018

Here's why people are still questioning BC Liberals' review of Site C

| January 27, 2018

What’s Canada’s role in ending energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa?

| January 27, 2018

Meet the journalists reporting on energy access in sub-Saharan Africa

| January 27, 2018

Is Site C ‘past the point of no return’?

| January 27, 2018

Discourse is looking for a Data Reporter

| January 27, 2018

What are the best practices for media reporting on child welfare?

| January 27, 2018

Why the only First Nation in Canada to win an Aboriginal title claim is still fighting to protect their land

| January 27, 2018

What do you need to know about the Site C dam? Let's investigate together.

| January 27, 2018

Federal government to announce up to $50 million in 2017 budget to get remote communities off diesel. New investigation by Discourse Media finds it’s not nearly enough

| January 27, 2018

What will it take to get Canada’s Arctic off diesel?

| January 27, 2018

Who owns the land — the people or the chief?

| January 27, 2018

We’re looking for a 2017 summer intern

| January 27, 2018

Deal with B.C. government is “bribery more or less,” says prominent B.C. chief who accepted public money in exchange for pipeline approval

| January 27, 2018

Twenty years after historic Delgamuukw land claims case, pipeline divides Gitxsan Nation

| January 27, 2018

Foundations and philanthropic organizations should be allowed to support journalism in Canada

, | January 27, 2018

What Discourse is tackling in 2017

| January 27, 2018

We're looking for a digital producer

| January 27, 2018

Improving our media coverage of northern B.C. will take time

| January 27, 2018

Why we investigated media rules in First Nations communities

| January 27, 2018

Building a home for new approaches to journalism

| January 27, 2018

The new press on the block

| January 27, 2018

The freedom to limit freedom of the press

| January 27, 2018

FOI laws don’t apply to most First Nations

| January 27, 2018

The unreported

| January 27, 2018

In First Nations, freedom of the press is unclear

| January 27, 2018

Being the bearer of bad news

| January 27, 2018

Discourse Media announces second Access to Energy Journalism Fellowship

| January 27, 2018

Positions on PNW LNG

| January 27, 2018

Energy projects fuel tension between Trudeau and First Nations

| January 27, 2018

Why telling a grey story matters

| January 27, 2018

Powering self-determination at Kanaka Bar

| January 27, 2018

Government greenlights PNW LNG, but will the project be stopped?

| January 27, 2018

Journalists are looking for more meaningful ways to connect with communities

| January 27, 2018

Funding in-depth journalism in a time of scarcity

| January 27, 2018

How do we talk about success in childhood?

| January 27, 2018

What made this Haida clan potlatch so historic?

| January 27, 2018

Documents raise questions about negotiations between Enbridge and Haida hereditary chiefs

| January 27, 2018

Guide for pitching ideas to Discourse Media

| January 27, 2018

Decentralized energy management brings changes in power and poverty struggle in Africa

| January 27, 2018

Empower women to tackle energy poverty in India

| January 27, 2018

‘It’s like writing a blank cheque’: poll raises questions about First Nations consultation

| January 27, 2018

What is the role of government in providing energy access to citizens?

| January 27, 2018

Discourse Media expands with new hires in editorial, business development and marketing

| January 27, 2018

Will renewable energy bury Africa’s potential billions from oil?

| January 27, 2018

Accusations of misinformation at First Nations’ community meetings about Pacific Northwest LNG

, | January 27, 2018

Hold the line: a taste of energy access — or lack thereof — in Kiribati’s capital

| January 27, 2018

First Nations Reporting 101: Take the time to listen

| January 27, 2018

Energy access could power conflict resolution dialogue in Nigeria

| January 27, 2018

Saskatchewan police may soon be subject to FOIP laws

| January 27, 2018

From Bucharest to the Romanian countryside, reporters follow the challenging fight for rural energy access

| January 27, 2018

Seven ideas for reconciling journalism

, | January 27, 2018

In Cameroon, the national grid faces power outages while sustainable energy blossoms

| January 27, 2018

Power struggle in northern B.C. deepens as pressure to approve LNG builds

| January 27, 2018

An enlightening reporting trip reveals the promise of solar microgrid plants

| January 27, 2018

Divide and conquer

, | January 27, 2018

Press freedoms in treaty country

| January 27, 2018

Discourse Media wins 2016 CJF Innovation Award

| January 27, 2018

Who has authority over Lelu Island?

, , | January 27, 2018

Investigation finds no vote occurred in Lax Kw’alaams First Nation supporting Petronas deal, despite B.C. premier’s claim

| January 27, 2018

How can journalism support reconciliation with Indigenous peoples?

| January 27, 2018

Reporter aims to catalyze discussion about climate change and Zimbabwe's energy crisis

| January 27, 2018

Can 21st-century journalism solve Canada’s 21st-century problems?

| January 27, 2018

How a mobile phone revolution is bringing (some) power to the people

| January 27, 2018

The diesel funding gap in Canada

| January 27, 2018

Reconciling journalism

| January 27, 2018

Healing the Canadian justice system

| January 27, 2018

A difficult search for "the truth" in northern B.C.

| January 27, 2018

Calling partners and collaborators: Help us in reconciling journalism

Technical Summary

| January 27, 2018

How long are Indigenous people staying in school?

| January 27, 2018

Youth programs lower barriers to university

| January 27, 2018

Indigenous distrust of police persists

| January 27, 2018

How race impacts interactions with police

| January 27, 2018

Clean energy is collaborative

| January 27, 2018

Travelling the backroads to Latin America's volcanic energy source

| January 27, 2018

What are journalism schools doing?

| January 27, 2018

Books, media and analysis

| January 27, 2018

Online resources for reporters

| January 27, 2018

Race affects perceptions of police

| January 27, 2018

Discourse Media at the International Journalism Festival

| January 27, 2018

Discourse Media presents Power Struggle

| January 27, 2018

How Africa and India are hacking the grid

| January 27, 2018

Collaborative journalism: How you can get involved

| January 27, 2018

The struggle to provide power to all

| January 27, 2018

Growing pains: The black footprint of Cerro Prieto

| January 27, 2018

In Zimbabwe, a struggle between climate change and energy poverty

| January 27, 2018

North America Access to Energy Brief

| January 27, 2018

Europe Access to Energy Research Brief

| January 27, 2018

Southeast Asia Access to Energy Research Brief

| January 27, 2018

The Middle East & North Africa Access to Energy Research Brief

| January 27, 2018

East Asia Access to Energy Research Brief

| January 27, 2018

Latin America & the Caribbean Access to Energy Research Brief

| January 27, 2018

Russia Access to Energy Research Brief

| January 27, 2018

South Asia Access to Energy Research Brief

| January 27, 2018

Sub-Saharan Africa Access to Energy Research Brief

| January 27, 2018

Will a geothermal experiment in Costa Rica and Mexico overcome the industry's dark past?

| January 27, 2018

Can we provide energy to all without hastening climate change?

| January 27, 2018

Why the South Pacific island Kiribati is making a big bet on solar

| January 27, 2018

Is universal access to electricity possible?

| January 27, 2018

Why a northern Canadian community's hopes for the future rest on one power line

| January 27, 2018

The new business case for providing electricity to the world's poorest

| January 27, 2018

Who gets to light their cities at night?

| January 27, 2018

Power Struggle: Sub-Saharan Africa

| January 27, 2018

One northern Canadian town's four-decade battle to ditch diesel

| January 27, 2018

In Transylvania, energy poverty persists in the developed world

| January 27, 2018

Five fascinating facts about energy access

| January 27, 2018

How Africa could leapfrog fossil fuels to clean energy alternatives

| January 27, 2018

Mozambique needs a community-driven approach to electrification

| January 27, 2018

Coal isn’t good for humanity, but renewables aren’t the only answer to energy poverty

| January 27, 2018

Expecting poverty, Eric Bombicino found beauty and generosity in a remote First Nation town

| January 27, 2018

On the (bumpy) road in Nepal

| January 27, 2018

A solar revolution is bringing light and opportunity to the Bangladeshi countryside

| January 27, 2018

Oceania & Pacific Islands Access to Energy Research Brief

| January 27, 2018

Can Nepal defeat its deepening energy crisis?

| January 27, 2018

Discourse Media earns CJF Innovation Award nomination for Moving Forward

| January 27, 2018

How solar energy is helping Cameroon tackle poverty

| January 27, 2018

Journalism and geography: Discourse Media talks changing media space on Sense of Place

| January 27, 2018

The case for covering resilience when reporting on Indigenous issues

| January 27, 2018

How Discourse Media tracks the long tail of an investigation’s impact

| January 27, 2018

The more we get together, the more (solutions-oriented?) we become

| January 27, 2018

Survey indicates Indigenous people targeted by police in Prairie provinces

| January 27, 2018

About Toward Reconciliation

| January 27, 2018

Meet the journalists reporting for the Access to Energy Journalism Fellowship

| January 27, 2018

About Power Struggle

| January 27, 2018

Police in Western Canada don’t collect, release racial data

| January 27, 2018

Can universities lead the movement toward reconciliation?

| January 27, 2018

How can Indigenous voices be better represented in the media?

| January 27, 2018

How do we change who we’re really voting for?

| January 27, 2018

How do we build community in our cities?

| January 27, 2018

How do we bridge the engagement gap?

| January 27, 2018

How the Bob Carty Fellowship is helping journalists listen to communities from the ground up

| January 27, 2018

How can we make bachelor’s degrees worth it for students?

| January 27, 2018

How affordable housing can reduce emissions

| January 27, 2018

Where are we now?

| January 27, 2018

A vision from the future: Canada in 2035, if young people were in charge

| January 27, 2018

Why Possible Canadas?

| January 27, 2018

Possible Canadas: What do young people want Canada to be?

| January 27, 2018

Business case: How the public realm and the urban economy go hand in hand

| January 27, 2018

Rebooting the 'burbs of San Jose, one urban village at a time

| January 27, 2018

Why a Wichita developer invests in public space before he even invests in a building

| January 27, 2018

How Portland's beloved food carts transform public space and ask, "What's next?"

| January 27, 2018

Inside Discourse Media: A reflection on how journalism can promote more active citizenship

| January 27, 2018

Is road pricing in Metro Vancouver’s future?

, | January 27, 2018

What does the "no" vote mean for the future of transportation in the region?

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Discourse Media project Moving Forward finalist in international data journalism awards

| January 27, 2018

No such thing as too small

| January 27, 2018

Sole Food

| January 27, 2018

How Melbourne transformed its tiny laneways into a pedestrian mecca

| January 27, 2018

Schoolyards to playgrounds

| January 27, 2018

Walkability: Creating great cities by putting pedestrians first

| January 27, 2018

Plan B

| January 27, 2018

Hidden assets: Creating public spaces in unlikely places

| January 27, 2018

The fused grid

| January 27, 2018

The Underline

| January 27, 2018

Network connections: Getting where we need to go

| January 27, 2018

Pavement to plazas

| January 27, 2018

Walk [Your City]

| January 27, 2018

Bringing the street to life by making innovation easier

| January 27, 2018

Creating public places for health and cohesion by opening streets for everyone

| January 27, 2018

How Saint Paul turns an everyday maintenance regime into public art

| January 27, 2018

Strength in numbers

| January 27, 2018

How Vancouverites are finding room for more rental housing, right in their backyards

| January 27, 2018

Getting kids walking to school again with Safe Routes to School

| January 27, 2018

Making change: How small actions have big impact

| January 27, 2018

Building a better block — overnight

| January 27, 2018

What we've learned so far

| January 27, 2018

How will the region’s growth impact transit?

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How does Metro Vancouver move?

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What is the full cost of your commute?

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What does it cost to run the transportation system?

, | January 27, 2018

Road pricing data

| January 27, 2018

Cost of Commute Calculator & data

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Cost of bus data

, | January 27, 2018

Do we need more money for transportation?

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Why Moving Forward?

| January 27, 2018

Why we need your help to fund independent data journalism about transportation in Metro Vancouver

| January 27, 2018

Why journalists need to listen to communities

| January 27, 2018

How we’re using new digital storytelling forms for solutions journalism

| January 27, 2018

What questions does this reporting raise for you?

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