This paper discusses the role played by APTN in the development of aboriginal audiovisual industries. The question is whether or not APTN has contributed to fostering the right to wider communication for aboriginal communities. The right to…
Based on research conducted with Éric George on Aboriginal media in Canada and on various theoretical works dealing with the public sphere and informational activism, the author addresses the issue of Aboriginal people and the media. This research…
This article synthesizes the proceedings of a December 2010 seminar concerning the results of a long-term research project. Undertaken from 2007- 2010, the research project examined “The development of First Nations culture, information and…
Introduction to the special issue, "Autochtones et médias" (Indigenous peoples and Media), of the journal Recherches Amérindiennes au Québec. It addresses the emergence and importance of research about Indigenous media in Canada.
Akal Guardian Punjabi Newspaper is the leading Punjabi weekly newspaper published every Saturday from Surrey BC. It covers local, national, and international news. Akal Guardian provides a forum for scholarly debate over religious, political, and…
In the field of cyberspace studies, there has been growing interest in researching the implications of cyberspace on ethnic representations and relations, a subject of particular importance for increasingly diverse societies such as Canada. In this…
Community resilience in first Nations includes ties to people both inside and outside the community, intergenerational communication, the sharing of stories, and family and community connectedness. This study, based on a survey of Internet users in…
In the Canaidan Arctic where southern television programmes have been available by the Anik satellite system since 1972, almost every village has accepted the magic box. In a society where the oral tradition is dominant, it could be predicted that…
This study investigates (1) how immigrant consumers change their media consumption when they move across cultural boundaries and (2) whether media exposure relates to consumers' acculturation of the new social norms. A total of 938 respondents from…