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Reporting in Indigenous Communities

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Peter Mansbridge, Chief Correspondent - CBC The National
"...a must-read for all current and future reporters..."
Jean LaRose, CEO - Aboriginal Peoples' Television Network
"...Fantastic site! RIIC touches upon issues not often talked about in covering Indigenous news..."
Jamie Monastyrski - Communications - Chiefs of Ontario
"...put into words some of the things I just 'knew' but couldn't really vocalize..."
Deneze Nakehk'o, CKLB Radio

Lessons for news media in Glen Coulthard’s Red Skin, White Masks
Are there lessons for news media in Indigenous scholar Glen Coulthard’s Red Skin, White Masks? This blog was written by Sophie Woodrooffe – a fr...
On #TRC #86 & how to get more Indigenous reporters into newsrooms
In late 2015, Erin Sylvester of Ryerson Review of Journalism interviewed me for an article she was writing on the Indigenous Reporters Program from Jo...
On Canadian media coverage of #MMIWG – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Late in 2014, I had a lengthy conversation with Stefana Fratila, a graduate student in political science at the University of British Columbia, who wa...
VIDEO Seeing Each Other: The role of media & Indigenous voices in reshaping relationships
Why did a Letter to the Editor in a small-town newspaper prompt angry local protest, and cries of ‘Racism’ from across North America ̵...
Stopping media stereotypes in Aboriginal health and education
When students cite RIIC in their work, hope is rekindled at RIIC HQ. And who doesn’t appreciate a shout out, like this article in The Martlet &#...