News coverage of the Burnt Church Crisis exposed deep fissures between Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the mainstream media. In late … More
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Media Analysis: Kingston Penitentiary Riot 1971
The news media plays a significant role in our society, which is perceived as a neutral, balance and substantive source … More
Kingston Penitentiary Riot, April 1971: Media Analysis
Remarkably, however expectedly, mainstream media has found numerous ways to depict the events that had transpired during the four-day riot … More
Toronto G-20 Summit Protests: Confusion, Secrecy and the Media
Do you remember when you were a child and a game called broken telephone was played? It involved passing a … More
Violent, Disruptive, and Lawless – Depictions of Six Nations Protestors
Over the past six years there has been considerable media coverage concerning the Six Nations land reclamation in Caledonia. The … More
The “Othering” of Natives in the Caledonia Dispute
On February 28, 2006, a group of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory set up barricades on the disputed … More