Canada’s shrinking media environment
A shrinking news universe is bad news for our democracy.
In this issue of the Monitor, we look at Canada’s shrinking media environment and the role that Canada’s public broadcaster could play under a renewed mandate.
Heading into the spring federal election, the CBC’s fate was in the balance. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to defund the CBC. Given the shrinking presence of privately owned media in Canada, that didn’t make sense. Now that the Liberals have been re-elected, the CBC has a reprieve.
The sun isn’t setting on the CBC, but will it rise to its potential—and the moment—in the coming months and years?
This issue of the Monitor examines multiple facets of the CBC/Radio-Canada—and offers suggestions for improvement.
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Is the sun setting—or rising—on the CBC?
About the authorTrish HennessyTrish is the Director of the Think Upstream project and a senior communications strategist with the CCPA National Office. She is focused…
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Local news media is declining in Canada—we have to reverse the trend
About the authorSonja MacdonaldSonja Macdonald is a Principal with Civicplan a firm specializing in participatory planning, public engagement, and community strategies.
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CBC’s road to [ir]relevance runs through cities like Hamilton
About the authorsSonja MacdonaldSonja Macdonald is a Principal with Civicplan a firm specializing in participatory planning, public engagement, and community strategies.Paul Shaker
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CBC/Radio-Canada: a trusted Canadian symbol
About the authorTrish HennessyTrish is the Director of the Think Upstream project and a senior communications strategist with the CCPA National Office. She is focused…
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What is CBC/Radio-Canada’s role in the future of Quebec media?
About the authorMaxim FortinMaxim Fortin holds a PhD in Political Science at Laval University.
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The truth about the CBC in Northern Canada
About the authorL.E. FoxL.E. Fox is a freelance environment and social justice reporter and the author of This Has Always Been a War and This…
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The Liberals have a mandate to improve CBC funding—here’s the case for it
About the authorGeoff Bickerton
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Quality, not just quantity, of news outlets matter—especially in rural Canada
About the authorSimon EnochSimon Enoch is the senior researcher for Saskatchewan issues and policies. He holds a BA in Political Science, a Masters in Labour…
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The promise of social planning: revisiting the CBC’s Citizens Forum
About the authorAnton ClarkAnton Clark is a SSHRC-and FRQ-funded doctoral researcher at Concordia University’s Media History Research Centre, working under the supervision of Haidee Wasson.…
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The case for a reimagined Radio Canada International
About the authorWojtek GwiazdaWojtek Gwiazda is the spokesperson of the RCI Action Committee. He was a host-producer with the English section of Radio Canada International…
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Trish Hennessy
Trish is the Director of the Think Upstream project and a senior communications strategist with the CCPA National Office. She is focused on social determinants health, sustainable development goals, income inequality, decent work, an inclusive economy, and wellbeing budgeting. Trish was the founding director of the CCPA Ontario and co-founded the Ontario Living Wage Network. She was the founding director of the CCPA National Office’s growing gap project, which began in 2006. Trish was a former newspaper journalist, originally from Saskatchewan but she now lives in Ottawa. She has a B.A. Sociology from Queen’s University, a B.S.W. from Carleton University, and an M.A. in Sociology from OISE/University of Toronto.
