This essay examines how Dutch and Canadian news media represented ethnic difference through reports on the marriage of Johanna van Dommelen and Angus Montour and how the spouses influenced this news coverage (1906-1928). The analysis shows that the…
With the aim of developing a better understanding of the history of the Arab presence in Canada, this analysis of the first forms of collective expression in ethnic journals brings to light traces of identity construction as well as the political…
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…
This thesis reconstructs Indigenous activism in the era of Red Power, 1972-1976, by examining three newspapers, the Native Youth Movement (NYM), The Native Voice (TNV) and The Native People (TNP). By linking these newspapers, the overarching themes…
There are two major perspectives on ethnic group institutions, each of which is responsible for producing a different set of expectations about the role of ethnic media in immigrant political involvement. According to an integrative perspective,…
Studies the decline in ethnic media use over time between immigrant and Canadian-born generations and among various immigrant groups. Also examines levels of education and other atemporal factors that may influence ethnic media use, based on a 1983…