Racism is a barrier to achieving cultural diversity in media and a culturally diverse media is important for civil society constitution, community engagement, and public discourse formation. The “Building an Anti-Racism Strategy for Canadian Broadcasting: Conversation & Convergence” consultative events will confront barriers experienced by Racialized Canadians (including Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) in media access, representation, and employment-related practices. The deliberative process guiding these events will develop and disseminate an anti-racism strategy that aims to impact the future of media practices by reducing barriers to participation in broadcasting policy-making for Racialized Canadians.

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SCHEDULE

10:00am – 10:30am

Opening Statement from Project Steering Committee

10:30am – 11:30am

Keynote by Dr. Karim H. Karim – Identifying the Principles for an Anti-Racism Strategy

11:30am – 12:15pm

Doreen Manuel – Decolonizing the Film, TV & Media Industry

12:15pm – 1:00pm

Programmers from Campus and Community Radio – Inclusion vs Exclusion

1:00pm – 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm – 2:15pm

Barbara Lee, President & Founder of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival and Founder of the Racial Equity Screen Office, Nilesh Patel, Interim Executive Director of the Racial Equity Screen Office and, Sarah Spring, Executive Director Documentary Organization of Canada – Why We Need Mandated Racial Equity. A Case Study On the Failures of The Knowledge Network

2:15pm – 2:45pm

Dalya Al Masri – Tackling dehumanizing reporting in Western journalism: The Middle East and North Africa

2:45pm – 3:00pm

Coffee

3:00pm – 4:00pm

CMAC – Open Forum on the Guiding Questions