CMG celebrates Pride : Five questions with our LGBT members
Five questions with Kate Zieman Senior Media Librarian, CBC Q1: What does Pride week mean to you? How will […]
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Harry Mesh is the recipient of the President’s Award for 2013
Congratulations to Harry Mesh, this year’s recipient of the President’s Award. A respected and admired CMG member from Newfoundland and Labrador,
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CMG celebrates National Aboriginal Day 2013
The media are key in educating and informing other Canadians about their Aboriginal neighbours.
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Study finds pervasive gender inequality in film and TV production
A new report by Canadian Unions for Screen Equality, “Focus on Women,” points to a major gap between the opportunities
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Wake up journalists! Let’s stop muzzling ourselves
By Lise Lareau I was happy to see Rob Ford got a reaction when he called reporters “maggots”. There were
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Reporting in Indigenous Communities 101
We can do better than calendar journalism.
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Bill C-60 threatens the independence of CBC/Radio-Canada
The relationship over many decades between the CBC/Radio-Canada and successive federal governments is based on an understanding of how a public broadcaster operates: the government provides most of the funding but the politicians are historically, culturally and legally restricted in how much control they have over what the broadcaster does.
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Defeated Conservative candidate blames CBC for loss
Peter Penashue says “CBC defined me very negatively” after loss in Labrador by-election.
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Guild at Shaw Media – We’re looking for an executive council member
We have a vacant position on the executive council of the Guild at Shaw Media. We are seeking candidates for
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Call for nominations – CP Branch vice-president position
With the departure of Sylvain Larocque, the position of vice-president on the CP Branch Executive Council is now vacant. We
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May 23 is the ratification vote for the tentative agreement between the Guild and Thomson Reuters
The ratification vote for the tentative agreement reached on May 7 will be held Thursday, May 23 in the Toronto
What’s it really like to work in Canadian reality TV?
We’ve heard some bad stories from individual workers in factual TV about long hours, unpaid work, lack of benefits or
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Campaigns to oppose Bill C-60 spring up across the country
This attempt by a government to control the biggest news organization in Canada has raised serious concerns, and there are now several campaigns underway to oppose this new Conservative attack on workers’ rights and the CBC.
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Milagros for migrants installation at Mayworks Festival honours migrant workers
The shortage is the direct result of employers lacking incentive to create an attractive workplace for Canadian workers. Instead, employers are seeking out foreign labour because migrant workers are often willing to take precarious jobs for relatively low pay.
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David Baker is the Interim Guild President at Shaw
Congratulations to David Baker who was acclaimed at the May 1 general membership meeting as Interim President of the Guild
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CMG is looking for a Staff Representative, West (bilingual)
The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) has an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to make a difference in both the union and media worlds. We are seeking an energetic and self-motivated Staff Representative (bilingual) for our Western regional office.
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CMG fights Conservative bill that gives government a direct say in CBC journalism
The Conservative government has introduced C-60, a bill that would allow a government appointee (from Treasury Board) to sit in when
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World Press Freedom Day: “Peace, Order and Good Open Government”?
“The default action for dealing with requests for information should be to release it, not refuse it. Access should be the norm, secrecy the exception.”
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Call for submissions: CMG’s 2nd LGBT Short Film Festival
The Canadian Media Guild is holding its 2nd LGBT Short Film Festival in Toronto for Pride Week (June 24 –
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Regardless of our “outside” colours, we are all Canadian
Journalist Jan Wong reflects on her experiences as a Canadian “other” and how she challenged her j-school students to question damaging assumptions reported as fact.
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News from our U.S. colleagues: CWA Convention, Pittsburgh, April 2013
Our problem, the global decline of decent jobs and middle class opportunities is too big to solve alone, and a renewed focus on social justice issues, in addition to bargaining, could strengthen the causes we are all fighting for, while restoring the pride a previous union generation grew up with.
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Great (Chinese) Canadian writers
The trio were billed as three of Canada’s top Chinese Canadian writers, I definitely found them to be three of the most inspirational.
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Call for Nominations/General Membership Meeting
Your Guild at Shaw Media is opening a call for nominations for Branch President. As you know, Chris Beesley resigned
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Five questions with Jorge Barrera
Jorge Barrera, Guild member, APTN reporter, winner of the 2012 J-Source Newsperson of the Year Award. Congratulations on being named the 2012 J-Source Newsperson of the Year.
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