1. Reporter Samantha Calio discusses what journalism schools in Atlantic Canada are doing to implement the Truth and Reconciliation’s recommendations.
2. Interview with Mi’kmaw journalist Oscar Baker on what he learned about Indigenous issues at journalism school.
3. Interview with John G. Paul, Executive Director for the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs, on setting up an Indigenous water authority in Atlantic Canada.
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Maureen Googoo is an award-winning journalist from Indian Brook First Nation (Sipekne'katik) in Nova Scotia. She has worked in news more than 30 years for media outlets such as CBC Radio, the Chronicle-Herald and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
Maureen has an arts degree in political science from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, a journalism degree from Ryerson University in Toronto and a Masters degree in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.
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A Nova Scotia senator and Mi’kmaw activist says post-secondary journalism schools in the Maritime provinces are taking a “passive approach” in implementing the Truth and Reconciliation’s Call-to-Action to teach Indigenous history and issues to students. […]
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