The media coverage over the Gustafsen Lake standoff represents the paternalistic, dismissive attitude the Canadian government and police have of … More
Tag: income inequality
Media Representations of The Burnt Church Crisis
News coverage of the Burnt Church Crisis exposed deep fissures between Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the mainstream media. In late … More
Occupy Toronto: limitations to freedom of speech
The Occupy movement provided an extensive look into the deeply cemented problems and issues that are present in a democratic … More
Women’s Suffrage: The Difference between Prosecution and Persecution
Women suffragette’s organized themselves and protested against inequality and their lack of rights for a span of decades between the … More
Occupy Movement: Toronto
In September 2011, a Canadian non profit organization known as the “adbusters” proposed a peaceful protest and occupancy of a … More
“No negotiations, no compensation, no more clear cutting”: The Grassy Narrows Road Blockade, 2002
“No negotiations, no compensation, no more clear cutting” has become the slogan of the Ojibwa First Nations people of Grassy … More
“We are the 99%” – Occupy Toronto
Occupy Toronto is part of the global Occupy Movement which started off as the Occupy Wall Street Movement in New … More