Media Democracy Day

There are media democracy day events happening all over Canada next week.

You can see what is going in Vancouver, Kingston, Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto at
[url=http://mediademocracyday.org]mediademocracyday.org[/url]

I mentioned in another post that rabble's relaunch is on media democracy day, and concludes a full day of action, a media fair and workshops at 33 St George Street.

Here is the list of workshops and presenters for the Toronto event: International Student Centre, 33 St. George

[b]Citizen Journalism panel[/b] Featuring Dale Mugford (Bravenewcode and matthewgood.com), Michael Tippett (NowPublic), Michelle Langlois (rabble.ca), Leanne Allen (CBC Radio/Online called Citizen Janes) and Roz Allen (therozblog.com).

[b]Thinking About Anti-oppression and Alternative Media: From Intent to Practice.[/b] Facilitated by Sharmeen Khan (Upping the Anti and OPIRG-York)

[b]Effective media coverage of the recent changes to Ontario’s Human Rights system.[/b] Presented by Human Rights Advisory Services

[b]Documentary film-making. Resourcing sharing for documentary filmaking.[/b] Facilitated by Liisa Schofield (OpirgTO and filmmaker), Malinda (Be:Collective) and Carmelle Wolfson (independent filmmaker)

[b]Latin American Issues in the Media.[/b] Presented by Lisa Makarchuk, Co-chair of Free the Five Cultural Committee and Alex Grant from Hands Off Venezuela

[b]Beyond CBC-Pravda and media blackouts: Finding the real news about Canada’s war in Afghanistan and the homelessness crisis”.[/b] Presenters: Derrick O’Keefe (rabble.ca, StopWar Vancouver)and Andrew Mindszenthy (TDRC, Housing not War)

[b]Reporting on poverty.[/b] Presented by Josephine Grey, Low Income Families Together

[b]Investigative Research on the Web: Skills for Activists and Independent Journalists.[/b] Presented by Tim Groves

[b]Open Source and New Media: Opportunities and Challenges.[/b] Presented by Darren Alexander

[b]Indigenous Solidarity 101.[/b] Presented by Corvin Russell (EnJOI)

[b]The Free Press on Campus.[/b] Facilitated by Rebecca Granovsky-Larson (Ryerson Free Press)

[b]Podcasting 101.[/b] Presented by Meagan Perry (rabble.ca)

[b]Left punditry: doing and presenting political analysis.[/b] With Justin Podur (zmag.com and killingtrain.com)

[b]Campus Community Radio in Canada.[/b] Facilitated by Carmelle Wolfson and Susy Alvarez

[b]On-Line Video 101.[/b] Presented by Tor Sandberg (rabble.ca)

[b]Geeks versus Gatekeepers: How to Save Canada’s Open Internet.[/b] By Matt Thompson (Free Press, Savethenet.ca)

[b]Strategy Session: next steps for MDD Toronto.[/b] Facilitated by Kim Elliott (rabble.ca)

Closing plenary, pre-action [b]Maude Barlow[/b] (Council of Canadians) introduced by Sharmeen Khan

[b]5:30pm - 7pm Action! Speaker’s Corner, University & College[/b]

[b]8pm Doors open at Steamwhistle Roundhouse 255 Bremner Avenue[/b]

A Roundtable discussion with Maude Barlow (Council of Canadians), Murray Dobbin, Linda McQuaig (author), Jessica Yee. Moderated by Duncan Cameron (rabble.ca)

9pm-midnight: Concert! LAL, Mraya, Autorickshaw

» Download this Oct 23 Schedule as a PDF at [url=http://www.missinginthemedia.ca]www.missinginthemedia.ca[/url]