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How can journalism support reconciliation with Indigenous peoples?

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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…