May 6-8, 2010—Toronto, Ontario
Making Media Public
Academics, members of alternative media, and media union representatives came together for a conference held at York University, which looked to critique current models of media production, to problem-solve, and to envision new ways to facilitate democratric participation in media decision-making. The CMRC was a joint sponsor of this event.
In fulfillment of its mandate to promote public discussion of contemporary media issues in Canada, along with the support of this event, the CMRC has sponsored the Reinventing Canadian Media Symposium (a Public Policy Forum event) on May 18 and 19 in Ottawa, and the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Journalists on May 28 and 29 in Montreal.
Taken together, the three conferences brought together media activists and academics, policy-makers and new media theorists, and working journalists and journalism educators.
The following overview of the Making Media Public conference was prepared by Dawn Paley, freelance writer and master’s student at the University of British Columbia School of Journalism.
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