2026 Shadd Cary Lecture with Eden Fineday

The Annual Mary Ann Shadd Cary Lecture:

From Listening to Understanding: Indigenous Journalism as a Force for Change

Featuring Eden Fineday
Publisher, IndigiNews and CEO, tâpwêwinmedia

Presented by the Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication and the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Centre for Journalism and Belonging. Supported by generous individual donors, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the Certificate in Journalism in Indigenous Communities program.

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Eden Fineday poses for a portrait in downtown Vancouver, B.C. on Dec. 2, 2025. Kayla Isomura/The Tyee

Eden Fineday is a nêhiyaw (Cree) journalist from Sweetgrass First Nation in Treaty 6 territory and the publisher of IndigiNews, an award-winning Indigenous-led newsroom. She is the CEO and co-founder of tâpwêwin media, a national Indigenous media nonprofit that became the home of IndigiNews in 2025. She’s also a co-founder of the Indigenous Media Association of Canada, a national association for Indigenous journalists and broadcasters. As a writer, Eden has been published in the Washington Post and her writing has been recognized by her peers, including the City Mike Award from the Jack Webster Foundation and First Place for Best Column from the Indigenous Journalists Association. She lives with gratitude on the lands of the the Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-speaking Peoples. Eden approaches her work with a commitment to cultural safety, both within newsrooms and in relationship with community. She is passionate about supporting Indigenous storytellers and making space for stories that reflect lived experience and uphold Indigenous worldviews.

About the Shadd Cary Lecture Series

Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication is proud to launch its first-ever lecture series named for a woman, honouring the legacy of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first Black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher in Canada. The Annual Mary Ann Shadd Cary Lecture Series: Voices of Change in Canadian Journalism features leading women and non-binary journalists from historically under- and mis-represented communities, who share their stories and expertise.

Learn more about the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Lecture Series and how you can support it.

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