Independent Canadian journalism centring, Black, Indigenous and people of colour voices and stories. No longer active on Twitter/X
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Today’s the day! We’re launching The Resolve’s founding members campaign to support independent journalism centring and celebrating Black, Indigenous and racialized communities. theresolve.ca/support-the-re…
31 per cent of respondents in a 2021 Toronto-wide homelessness assessment identified as Black, even though Black people make up only 7.5 per cent of the city’s population. theresolve.ca/toronto-plans-…
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How do you create journalism that doesn’t cause harm? @mdimera from @TheResolveNews talks about doing things more slowly and respectfully! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
“Some people may become whole without confronting their stories and identities. But I don’t know of any myself.” Essayist @LynnLauWrites writes about the year she became a person of colour. theresolve.ca/the-year-i-bec…
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Amazing vibes at yesterday's Toronto unrigged picnic w/ @midnightsunmag's @JoyAndDefiance @TheGrindTO's @dgrdon @TheHoserMedia's @KevinTaghabon @citedpodcast's @gordonkatic @bigshinytakes' @ES_Wickham @thompsonian_m @TheResolveNews @CdnFreelanceU + @greenmajority's @Steho_ 💕
“There’s an incredible loss of culture,” says Ashley Cummings. “That is the fault of massive corporations polluting our planet. And mismanaged policy.”
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We’re here! The Mary Ann Shadd Cary Centre for Journalism and Belonging is based at @JSchool_CU. Our Centre builds on the principles of her legacy. We focus on more inclusive journalism in Canada through research, education & more.
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While the environmental impacts of plant-based foods are much lower than animal products, issues caused by intensive agriculture such as deforestation, land degradation, and worker exploitation remain unaddressed, reports @XiMeNaKa. theresolve.ca/can-plant-base…
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“There’s always going to be something to mine, or something to harness, or something to dig up, where we’re often blamed for the places where we live, even though that’s where we were put,” says Sonya Ballantyne.
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A major problem with environmental law is the significant degree of discretion involved, says law prof Angela Lee. “This perpetuates a system that ends up addressing symptoms in a reactive fashion, as opposed to targeting the root causes.”
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“We don’t need allies, we need good journalists,” says @WriterWong. Jan Wong stresses the need to have good journalists in newsrooms to avoid perpetuating anti-Asian hate while covering stories about the Chinese government. #RISEconference2023 #RISE2023
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Meanwhile in another workshop, a conversation about Sinophobia in Canada’s mainstream media is ongoing with @joannachiu, @WriterWong and @_jackiewong. #RISEconference2023 #RISE2023
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“Corporate media doesn’t want to have an antagonistic relationship with the police that is needed to hold them accountable,” says @DesmondCole during the conversation about crime reporting in Canadian newsrooms. #RISEconference2023 #RISE2023 #CABJ
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“We don’t have a good practice in Canada of holding the police to account,” says @DesmondCole. Cole talks about how critiquing the police is a major but often overlooked part of crime reporting. #RISEconference2023 #RISE2023 #CABJ
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The second day of the @RISEConCA has begun and we are starting with a conversation about crime reporting in Canadian newsrooms and what needs to change with @DesmondCole and @mdimera. #RISEconference2023 #RISE2023 #CABJ
“Eco-anxiety has to do with the understanding that the earth is being destroyed, particularly by the generations in power right now, and that there will be very little left to inherit as an earth,” says Dr. Farah Shroff. theresolve.ca/the-mental-tol…
“It is even impacting our reproductive health. And we have respiratory problems, and we have high cancers. You would never see this kind of refinery in Justin Trudeau’s backyard, or in Doug Ford’s,” says Beze Gray. theresolve.ca/living-in-the-…
“When you look around and see where all of these cancer-causing plants are located — they’re located in communities that don’t have the power, the strength and the support to be able to fight against them,” says Corey Beals. theresolve.ca/nova-scotias-l…
“Indigenous people are often seen as disposable in order to advance exploitive projects like the oilsands,” says Annysa Baldeo. theresolve.ca/the-impact-of-…
“In order for there to be any meaningful change, we need to listen to the people who are directly impacted.” theresolve.ca/confronting-th…