Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.

When: Saturday, March 4th, 2017
Time: 11:15 am — 12:30 pm
Location:Richcraft Hall, Second floor conference rooms
Audience:Alumni, Carleton Community, Current Students, Faculty
Cost:Free

This panel is a part of the Visions for Canada, 2042 Conference. You can learn more about the conference and register by visiting the conference webpage.

News media — print and broadcast, mainstream and marginal — are important objects of study because they not only serve as portals of political and social communication, they help constitute the very communities they serve. Two presenters here are concerned with the preservation and study of media artifacts from the past, and ensuring liberal access by 2042 to robust digital and other archives safeguarding Canada’s stories — the familiar and the yet-to-be told. A third presenter envisions the rise of multilingual radio as a critical information source and bonding agent for diverse Canadian cultures, building on a historical foundation of multicultural media that has proven essential in a nation shaped by immigration.

Presenters:

  • Randy Boswell is Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. He has been shortlisted for the Pierre Berton Award, Canada’s top prize for popularizing Canadian history. He was also the 2010 winner of the Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award and was co-writer of a 1997 National Newspaper Award-nominated special project on Gatineau Park. He continues to write history-related news stories on a freelance basis.
  • Kirsten Kozolanka is Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. Her research expertise on the publicity state, political communication, alternative media, and media literacy can be seen in her numerous publications, including a forthcoming edited collection on publicity and the Canadian State. Kozolanka is also a faculty associate with the Institute of European and Russian Studies and a member of the Board of Management for the Centre for Indigenous Research, Culture, Language and Education, both at Carleton University.
  • Elena Kaliberda is a PhD candidate in the School of Journalism and Communications at Carleton University. She is also the producer and host of the Russian Program Channel CHIN Radio Ottawa, and an independent media expert and consultant.