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<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear Colleagues, </font>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">You are warmly invited to register for the online
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Decolonizing Journalism course</a> beginning on September 22nd, 2025. A poster is attached, and details are below.</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Feel free to distribute this message widely in your professional and personal networks. </font></div>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2">About this course</font></h2>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Colonialism isn’t just Canada’s past — it’s also Canada’s present. This course explores how colonial structures continue to shape the country’s national identity, institutions, and media landscape.</font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">From renewed attention on national symbols like King Charles III and the War of 1812, to pressing issues such as policing, immigration, and Canada’s relationship with the United States, the colonial legacy is everywhere. Even
the four pillars of Canadian democracy — the legislative, executive, judicial, and the press (along with the education system) — rest on colonial foundations.</font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">This course asks: Where have we come from? And where do we go from here?</font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Designed as a space for bold ideas and critical reflection, this course blends theory with open discussion to challenge assumptions behind Canada’s institutions, with a special focus on journalism and the news media.</font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Decolonization will be examined through four key lenses:</font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Indigenous peoples</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">The Black experience</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">The Francophone space</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">The Global South</font></li></ul>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Each lens will be explored by leading Canadian journalists who bring their professional and lived experiences to the classroom via live online webinars:</font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Dan David</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">Desmond Cole</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">Lela Savic</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">Shree Paradkar</font></li></ul>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Participants will also have the opportunity to pitch story ideas to a diverse range of editorial partners, including:</font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Metroland Media, CBC First Person, The Local, Ricochet, Ku'Ku'kwes News, Maisonneuve Magazine, Broadview Magazine, Africa is a Country, The Narwhal, La Converse, New Lines Magazine, The Rover, Inuit Art Quarterly, IndigiNews,
Eagle Feather News, THIS Magazine, The Grind Magazine (Toronto), and Palestine Square.</font></p>
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<font face="arial, sans-serif">Define decolonization in the context of journalism in Canada.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">Appreciate the role of a journalist in honouring Truth and Reconciliation.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">Explore ethnocentric framing by critically examining how the language and narratives used to frame news stories shape both public opinion and the policy making process.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">Interrogate the concept of objectivity in journalism.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">Acquire trust-building techniques in covering under-served communities, including reporting with a trauma-informed approach.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:inherit;min-height:0px;min-width:0px;margin:0px 0px 0.512em;list-style:outside disc">
<font face="arial, sans-serif">Adopt storytelling approaches that serve the community rather than extract from them.</font></li></ul>
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<div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you there! </font></div>
<div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions:
<a href="mailto:shenaz.kermalli@utoronto.ca">shenaz.kermalli@utoronto.ca</a></font></div>
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<div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Best Regards,</font></div>
<div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Shenaz Kermalli</font></div>
<div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Journalist/Instructor</font></div>
<div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">University of Toronto | School of Continuing Studies</font></div>
<div style=""><a href="https://shenaz.substack.com/"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Shenaz's Substack</font></a></div>
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