Media@McGill 2008-2009 /ahcs/taxonomy/term/287/all en The Role of Community Radio in Times of Crisis /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/role-community-radio-times-crisis <p><strong>Join David Barsamian in a Keynote Presentation</strong><br /> Friday, June 12th, 2009 21:00-22:00<br /> Ballroom, Shatner Building (3480 McTavish, 㽶Ƶ)<br /> Part of the annual National Campus-Community Radio Conference (June 7-13)</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:05:57 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42407 at /ahcs Angela Davis | Media, Race and Power: The Case of Oscar Grant /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/angela-davis-media-race-and-power-case-oscar-grant <p><img height="106" width="160" style="float: left;" class="file-default lt" src="/ahcs/files/ahcs/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/angela_davis.jpg?itok=Z2Ft-axI" alt="" /><a href="http://bcooltv.mcgill.ca/ListRecordings.aspx?CourseID=3094">A recording of the talk is available. </a></p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:21:32 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42414 at /ahcs Media Ethics: From Information to Markets /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/media-ethics-information-markets <p>17-18 April, 2009<br /> University of Montreal<br /> Room 1035, J-Armand Bombardier Pavillion<br /> 5155 Decelles Ave., behind the main building (map)<br /> Friday 8:30 am – 7:00 pm<br /> Saturday 10:00 am – 4:30 pm</p> <p>Event Program: <span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="PDF icon" title="application/pdf" src="/ahcs/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="/ahcs/files/ahcs/pdf_programme_03.12.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=90857">pdf_programme_03.12.pdf</a></span></p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:02:21 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42404 at /ahcs Citizens SLAPPed /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/citizens-slapped <p>Media<span>@</span>McGill and Parole Citoyenne / CitizenShift present:<br /> <strong>La Parole citoyenne SLAPPée</strong></p> <p>20 May 2009, 6h30pm<br /> Centre d'archives de Montréal<br /> 535, avenue Viger Est (Auditorium) (map)</p> <p>Film presentation by Julien Fréchette</p> <p>Moderator: J-C Lauzon</p> <p>Invited participants:</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:04:13 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42405 at /ahcs Voices from the Underground: Women's Voices, Women's Power /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/voices-underground-womens-voices-womens-power <p><strong>Women in Radio Keynote Presentation by Audrey Redman</strong><br /> Ballroom, Shatner Building (3480 McTavish, 㽶Ƶ)<br /> Thursday, June 1, 2009 – 17:00-18:30<br /> Part of the Women in Radio Conference (9h00 to 18h30)</p> <p>Audrey Redman, Host of Honour the Earth a First Nation's news and music program (formerly aired on CKLN community radio at Ryerson University in Toronto).</p> <p>The lecture is co-presented with Media<span>@</span>McGill and CKUT Radio, <a href="http://ckut.ca">http://ckut.ca</a></p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:05:14 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42406 at /ahcs Writers in Peril /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/writers-peril <p>Wednesday April 22 through Sunday April 26, for the second consecutive year, Media<span>@</span>McGill, Reporters Without Borders, and the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival are sponsoring the “Writers in Peril” series. There are eight Media<span>@</span>McGill events, scattered throughout the Blue Metropolis programme.</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:00:15 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42403 at /ahcs Another voice, another bridge? Al Jazeera English and Canada’s news spectrum /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/another-voice-another-bridge-al-jazeera-english-and-canadas-news-spectrum <p><img height="106" width="160" style="float: left;" class="file-default lt" src="/ahcs/files/ahcs/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/aljazeera_2.jpg?itok=TOqfx2Z3" alt="" />The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is considering an application to distribute Al Jazeera English (AJE), the Qatar-based, 24-hour international news network, in Canada. As reporting on international news raises increasingly complex political and ethical challenges, what would the presence of AJE mean for the diversity and quality of the news available to Canadians?</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:54:03 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42402 at /ahcs Catherine Orenstein | Whoever Tells the Story Writes History /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/catherine-orenstein-whoever-tells-story-writes-history <p>The Department of Art History and Communication Studies, Media<span>@</span>McGill and the Office of the Dean of Students at 㽶Ƶ invite you to a public talk by CATHERINE ORENSTEIN, Founder and Director of <a href="https://www.theopedproject.org/cms/">The Op-Ed Project</a> on Monday, 23 March, 6pm, Beaverbrook Seminar Room (230), 840 Dr. Penfield (Ferrier Building), McGill Campus.</p> <p>The title of the talk is <strong>"Whoever Tells the Story Writes History:  Public Debate  and the Politics of Persuasion."</strong></p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:52:20 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42401 at /ahcs Tamara Vukov | Noborder Media /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/tamara-vukov-noborder-media <p>Public talk by Dr. Tamara Vukov, FQRSC Postdoctoral Fellow based in the Dept. of Art History and Communication Studies and Media<span>@</span>McGill. All are welcome!</p> <p>Monday, April 6th, 4-6 pm,  Ferrier Building, Rm. 230 (Ferrier's street address is 840 Dr. Penfield, although there is also an entrance on campus. (map)</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:49:38 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42400 at /ahcs James Love | NGO efforts to reform the World Intellectual Property Organization /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/james-love-ngo-efforts-reform-world-intellectual-property-organization <p><img height="182" width="160" style="float: left;" class="file-default lt" src="/ahcs/files/ahcs/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/jlove_0.jpg?itok=ZM6mKkx-" alt="" />7 April, 2009<br /> James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International, a Media<span>@</span>McGill event, co-sponsored with the Department of Art History and Communication Studies and the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy.</p> <p>Time and Location: 5:30 pm in Arts W215</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:48:25 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42399 at /ahcs Sara Ahmed, "Killing Joy: Feminism and the History of Happiness" /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/sara-ahmed-mcgill <p><img height="110" width="100" style="float: left;" class="file-default lt" src="/ahcs/files/ahcs/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/ahmed.jpg?itok=JGhdIYAN" alt="" />In collaboration with McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women (MCRTW), Media<span>@</span>McGill is proud to host the international speaker Sara Ahmed who will be presenting a public talk entitled, <em>Killing Joy: Feminism and the History of Happiness</em>.</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:47:20 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42398 at /ahcs M@M public lecture: Lisa Parks ‘Digging into Google Earth’ /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/mm-public-lecture-lisa-parks-digging-google-earth <p>Lisa Parks is Beaverbrook visiting scholar this term. She will be visiting McGill on 3-17 March 2009. On 12 March, she will give a public talk, in collaboration with the AHCS Speaker Series at 5h30pm, in Lecture Arts, W215.</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:43:54 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42397 at /ahcs The Canadian and U.S. elections: did the media do their job? /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/canadian-and-us-elections-did-media-do-their-job <p>In the wake of both the Canadian and the US elections, Media<span>@</span>McGill is pleased to present a special event which aims to provide a space for public exchange concerning the role of media in both elections. Each speaker will center her or his presentation on the role of media during the U.S. and Canadian election campaigns and in the post-election period.</p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:39:35 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42396 at /ahcs Big Diva, Disco Music and Bad Habits: A Look at Quebec Pop Culture /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/big-diva-disco-music-and-bad-habits-look-quebec-pop-culture <p>The McGill Alumni Association invites you to attend a Panel Discussion on the 24th of November. This is an Alumni event, in collaboration with Media<span>@</span>McGill's Culture on Mondays. Acting M<span>@</span>M Director Will Straw is participating, along with Professors Erin Hurley and Jarrett Rudy.</p> <p>Date/Time: Monday, November 24, 2008 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM</p> <p>Location(s): Room 232, Leacock Building, 855 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec CANADA</p> <p>RSVP/Pre-Register: November 3, 2008 to November 24, 2008 </p> Tue, 09 Apr 2019 19:32:12 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42395 at /ahcs 25th Anniversary of AMARC: Development and Empowerment through Community Radio /ahcs/mediamcgill/2008-09/25th-anniversary-amarc-development-and-empowerment-through-community-radio <p>The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, <a href="http://www.amarc.org/">AMARC</a>, in collaboration with Media<span>@</span>McGill, partners and stakeholders, organises the international symposium « 25th Anniversary of AMARC : Development and Empowerment through Community Radio » in Montréal, Quebec, Canada on November 7th, 2008. It will take place at the McGill Faculty Club and Conference Centre.</p> Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:51:09 +0000 caitlin.loney@mcgill.ca 42379 at /ahcs