Getting media access to the G8 and G20 summits seemed simple: just upload a letter of assignment, a mugshot, and a scanned passport on an online form. In fact, it was easy, it just turned out not to mean much.
Journalists
The winner of the Not Rex contest
Introducing Humberto DaSilva, the winner of rabble.ca's Not Rex Murphy competition. Check out his Rexless rant!
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Alexander Cockburn's journalism from the margins
I've spent recent days on an island north of Huntsville pondering the death from cancer, at 71, of the Irish-American left-wing journalist Alexander Cockburn. He's often paired with Christopher Hitchens, whose death last December got far more media attention, surely because Hitchens made a well-trod journey to the right in the final phase of his career. Cockburn never did.
Montreal uprising for freedom in Syria
Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, Montrealers marched through downtown calling for peace and democracy in Syria. Organized by the Collective for Syria in Montreal, many gathered at Norman Bethune Square to call attention to the human rights abuses and atrocities being committed on non-violent protesters in the Middle Eastern nation.
Journalists for Human Rights (jhr) was there to bring local media attention to this Arab Spring uprising, which is continuing despite state repression. A jhr-CUTV collaboration.
Reporting on the Arab Spring
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location
Common Room, Massey College
4 Devonshire Place
Toronto, ON
M5S 2E1
Canada
43° 39' 52.7256" N, 79° 23' 49.6824" W
See map: Google Maps
Access to information denied: Interview with Dean Beeby
Ottawa Deputy Bureau Chief Dean Beeby of the Canadian Press discusses the weakening of freedom of information policy. Beeby offers journalists and activists some advice: "Don't file one request, file 20 requests because it's going to take that many to get a story. Myself, I'm experienced in using it. I have to probably file ten requests to get a story. That's how the system has broken down.... Be a pitbull about it! Insist on your rights. Don't give up because that's exactly what a government wants. They want you to give up and go away. So, perseverance counts a lot."
Lia Tarachansky of the Real News Network at Ryerson University
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location
Ryerson University
55 Gould Street SCC 115 in the Ryerson Student Centre
Toronto, ON
M5B 2K3
Canada
43° 39' 27.8028" N, 79° 22' 41.2968" W
See map: Google Maps
Middle East Peace. You've probably heard about it your whole life. Negotiations and wars, wars and negotiations. It seems endless and complicated, so what should you give a care?
Israeli-Canadian journalist Lia Tarachansky of the independent video news network, The Real News, will be touring Canadian campuses speaking about Canada's involvement in the Middle East conflict.
Why has Canada evolved a special relationship with the Israeli government? What is the Canada-Israel public security agreement and how does Canada's foreign policy in Israel affect its international standing?
