Explains the reasons behind the 25 September 1918 Order-in-Council prohibiting the printing of "any publication in any enemy language," with special emphasis on German language newspapers in Western Canada, including 'Der Nordwesten' and 'Der…
Vancouver is not only the second most diverse city in Canada, but it is also the site of major ethnic specialty services. It is home to one of the four multilingual television stations in Canada and more than one hundred ethnic media outlets.…
This article explores the social and cultural roles of ethnic print media in the country within the prism of Canada’s multicultural policy. Specifically, the article examines how the ethnic groups are framed in the mainstream national media in Canada…
The First National Polish Canadian Youth Convention was held in October, 1969, at York University in Toronto. A major result of this meeting was the creation of Echo as a socio-cultural “Canadian Publication of Polish Youth,” which debuted in…
The vibrant ethnocultural press in the Greater Toronto Area is a testament to the multicultural reality of a metropolitan area where visible minorities are expected to be the majority by 2031. The GTA's ethnocultural and racialized communities are…
Includes nearly 300 newspapers, periodicals and newsletters published in Canada by approximately 40 ethnic groups. Alphabetically ranged by ethnic community. Entries include: title, address and telephone number, names of the publisher, and editor,…
For several years, the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages has received many complaints about federal institutions’ failure to use the official language minority press when placing advertisements in official language majority newspapers.…
Ethnic media, defined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (for the ethnic program specifically) as “one, in any language, that is specifically directed to any culturally or racially distinct group other than one that is…