Latest posts tagged with #CanadianMedia on Bluesky
Some call for the CBC to be defunded. Others say it should be strengthened.
Beyond the debate, what role has the CBC played in your life?
Has it informed you or supported your community?
We’d love to hear your experience.
#CanadianMedia #cdnpoli @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
📢 Policy Explainer #4: The Future of National Public Media
The CBC’s mandate hasn’t changed since 1991, but the media world has.
Why updating it matters for journalism, culture, and democracy in Canada 👇
friends.ca/policy-expla...
@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social #MediaPolicy #CanadianMedia
Some time ago, we asked for your help to place ads in Canadian media.
Because of your support, we secured space in key publications like @thewalrus.ca & the @thestar.com.
Thank you for standing up for Canadian voices when it mattered most.
#CanadianMedia #CulturalSovereignty
Should a public broadcaster rely on advertising revenue?
Some say it’s necessary. Others say it compromises the public-service mission.
Should public media be ad-supported, publicly funded, or hybrid?
#CanadianMedia #PublicBroadcasting #MediaPolicy #CDNPoli
Stable, long-term funding lets public media plan beyond election cycles.
How should @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social funding be structured for the future?
• Multi-year & predictable
• Less reliant on ads
• A different model
What protects public trust best?
#CanadianMedia #CDNPoli
NEW: Here’s What Parliament Ignored About HonestReporting Canada
www.readthemaple.com/heres-what-p...
#israel #canadianmedia
Today’s the day!
Our 2025 Annual Impact Report is here — and it’s all thanks to you.
See the impact of your support for Canadian media and culture.
📖 Read the report: friends.ca/2025-annual-...
#ImpactReport #CanadianMedia
If you could redesign one part of the CBC’s mandate, what would it be?
• Stronger local journalism
• Less reliance on ads
• More regional voices
• More digital innovation
Or something else?
What would you prioritize — and why?
#CanadianMedia #PublicBroadcasting
In 1991:
• No YouTube
• No streaming
• No smartphones
• No algorithm-driven news
• No AI misinformation
Yet that’s the last time Canada updated the @CBCRadioCanada's mandate.
Public media must evolve with the digital era.
What should a 2026 mandate reflect?
#CanadianMedia
@cbcradiocanada.bsky.social’s mandate was last updated in 1991.
Since then, the media world has changed — from streaming to social media to AI-driven misinformation.
What should public media prioritize in 2026 and beyond?
#CanadianMedia #PublicBroadcasting #MediaPolicy #CDNPoli
2/2 Learn more 👇
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Tag a future journalist 👇
#JournalismScholarship #CanadianMedia #StudentJournalists
Hey #Canada:
why are we ignoring #Canadian #Nazis in favour of jibbering about #MuricunNazis?
#CanadianMedia just glosses over & normalizes our #domestic #BootLickers, as #PoiLIEvre surfs on the fetid extremity of #MuricunMedia & #4chan sentiments behind #GOPwannabeTories & #UCPseditionists
#CANpol
Quiz Answer #2 📰
Egbert Gaye founded Montreal Community Contact, a newspaper serving Montreal’s Black & Caribbean communities since 1992.
For 31 years, it amplified stories often overlooked by mainstream media.
Learn more:
🔗 www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
#BlackHistoryMonth #CanadianMedia
Last week, we shared a Media History Quiz for Black History Month
Answer #1: Black History Month in Canada is officially recognized in February (since 1995).
Learn more:
🔗 www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
More answers tomorrow.
#BlackHistoryMonth #CanadianMedia
If a website really doesn't want me to read it if I'm not looking at their ads [1], I really prefer the "please turn off your ad-blocker" wall / dialog / whatever. I know instantly what the issue is, and I can close the site and go elsewhere for information.
When instead they throw up a fake […]
For the second year in a row, rabble.ca has come away with silver in two categories at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA).
Read full story here: rabble.ca/general/rabb...
#COPAAWARDS #CanadianMedia #IndependentJournalism @sarahsahagian.bsky.social
February is Black History Month
Black Canadians have shaped journalism in powerful ways — but how much do you know about that history?
Take our quick Media History Quiz 👇
🔗 www.surveymonkey.com/r/FSLF9XD
#BlackHistoryMonth #CanadianMedia #Journalism
Longtime CFRA host Lowell Green has died at 89. His campaigns helped create the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority and save the Centennial Flame.
www.hometownnews.ca/lowell-green...
#Ottawa #RadioHistory #CanadianMedia
And there are still people who doubt the #Trump regime is actively backing the #Alberta separatists? It's time #Canadianmedia did their jobs & seriously dug into this. #CBC #CTV #GlobalNews #Canada #cdnpoli
Petition e-7133
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled.
A petition to study and remove foreign influences in #CanadianMedia.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#Canada
#CanPoli
#CanadaPoli
#AbPoli
#ABLeg
#elbowsup
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I'm furious Canadians continue to zombie through.
THEY OWN #CANADIANMEDIA
THEY OWN THE #CPC
THEY OWN THE #UPC
THEY OWN #pierrepoilievre and #daniellesmith
It's fine and honourable to stop Canadians helping #FUCKICE
But wake up! maga isn't coming
maga IS HERE
#HYPOCRISY
#TRAITORS
#RESIST
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Important conversations about Canadian culture don’t always break through the noise on their own.
We’re raising funds to support print and digital ads that boost our campaign to protect #culturalsovereignty.
📩 Learn more:
mailchi.mp/friends.ca/l...
#CanadianMedia
What’s the difference between cultural sovereignty and digital sovereignty — and why does it matter for Canadian media and democracy?
Our latest explainer breaks it down 👇
friends.ca/policy-expla...
#CulturalSovereignty #DigitalSovereignty #CanadianMedia #Democracy
Important media policy has been passed — but implementation is where the real impact happens.
CRTC decisions being made now will shape Canadian journalism and storytelling for decades.
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/cancon.htm
#MediaPolicy #Journalism #CanadianMedia
#Billionaires, #Media, #SocialMedia, #PersonalData, #USMedia, #CanadianMedia
Somebody should make giant posters of this and plaster them everywhere.
Cultural sovereignty isn’t abstract.
It’s about who decides what Canadians see, hear, and read and whose interests shape our media.
Read our explainer 👇
👉 www.friends.ca/cultural-sovereignty-and...
#CulturalSovereignty #CanadianMedia #CanadianStories
Signed! 🖊️ Thanks for sharing w us. #CanadianMedia #ForeignOwned
Here's a link to House of Commons Petition e-6879 regarding foreign influence in Canadian media:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Postmedia owns more than 130 news titles across Canada, and is majority-owned (~66%) by U.S.-based hedge fund Chatham Asset Management.
#canadianmedia
#canada
#media
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We need more #CanadianMedia & #news that isn’t #USian or #GOPwannabeTrash like #CTV, et al
We can’t protect culture if the people who want to kill it are the ones doing all the talking
2/2 Tell Minister LeBlanc: Our cultural sovereignty is non-negotiable.
👉 Write to him now: friends.ca/takeaction/s...
#TakeAction #CulturalSovereignty #CanadianMedia #ProtectOurStories
