Democracy

Andreas Souvaliotis talks about how listening to the radio as a newly arrived Canadian immigrant instilled in him a sense of patriotism for his new country.

Since the dawn of radio in the 1920s, private broadcasters have resisted regulation in the national interest. Yet, each time, after years of government foot-dragging, the champions of Canadian content prevailed. This history shows that it's not too late to regulate Netflix.

Baldev Mutta, founder of the Punjabi Community Health Services, speaks to ethnic media’s importance in helping immigrants settle into their new country.

Burnaby South candidates to discuss the future of CBC and Canadian Democracy in the Age of Facebook at all-candidates' forum on February 6th 2019.

Explore the key issues our local campaign teams will be delivering during the 2019 federal election campaign.

In the run-up to the Burnaby South by election, FRIENDS is hosting an all-candidates’ forum with support from Media Democracy Day at Simon Fraser University. We'll ask the candidates about the threat that Facebook and other web giants pose to our democracy, and the role CBC can play to fortify the truth.

Recent journalism grad Ashley Corbett examines the news media landscape in Atlantic Canada.