| A recent forum in Vancouver brought together a variety of speakers to address attacks on free speech, including SLAPP suits, press censorship and copyright pressures on artists.

| The fact that Vancouver Cooperative Radio still exists, 35 years after its founding, is no small accomplishment says Mordecai Briemberg.

| It is vital to create media institutions that allow grassroots social movements to engage in public discussion on their own terms says Dawn Paley.

| Despite the increasing reach of the internet, most of the world still relies on radio as its main form of mass communication says journalist Chris Arsenault.

| Marika Swan discusses how Redwire Native Youth Media has provided a space for native youth to discuss challenging and controversial issues that other publications avoid.