DOCAM and Media@McGill are proud to present, for the first time, an international symposium that will precede the fourth annual DOCAM Summit on October 30 and 31, 2008, at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University. Entitled Media in Motion, it will take place on October 29, in conference rooms 832/833 of the New Music Building (map), at McGill University. Admission is free but if you wish to attend the Symposium, please register by email with Marilyn Terzic at the following address:
Events
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Start: 08:00
End: 17:00
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC, in collaboration with Media@McGill, partners and stakeholders, organises the international symposium « 25th Anniversary of AMARC : Development and Empowerment through Community Radio » in Montréal, Quebec, Canada on November 7th, 2008. It will take place at the McGill Faculty Club and Conference Centre. (map)
It was in Montreal that community radio activists met, in August 1983, for the first World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), to realise that the event reflected the existence of an embryonic world movement of community radios. Since then and after nine World Assemblies, the community radio movement has become a substantial and recognised global communication sector that has a vital social impact in making the world a better place.
The international symposium « 25th Anniversary of AMARC : Development and Empowerment through Community Radio » to be held in Montréal, Quebec, Canada on November 7th, 2008 will bring together community radio practitioners, non-governmental organisations, development agents, scholars and other stakeholders, from across the world, to reflect on the social impact of community radio in contributing to democratisation and sustainable development. The symposium will also reflect on and reinforce the international contribution of Canadian community radio stakeholders drawing on their specific experiences to consider how can AMARC best contribute to respond to new challenges such as globalisation and the growth of media concentration, the transition to digital and new media and the emergence of new global social movements.
For more information, please visit the symposium website. Specific information on the program is also available there.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Start: 17:30
End: 19:30
Media@McGill is pleased to present the following event of "Culture on Mondays" an occasional series of lectures on popular media. Join us for this lecture in the series:
Sophistication, modernity and American magazines
By Dr. Faye Hammill, University of Strathclyde in Glasgow Time: 5:30 pm, Monday, 10 November, 2008
Place: Beaverbrook Seminar Room (230), 840 Dr. Penfield (Ferrier Building), McGill Campus.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Start: 17:30
End: 19:30
NB: This event has been recorded and is now available for download.
In the wake of both the Canadian and the US elections, Media@McGill is pleased to present a special event which aims to provide a space for public exchange concerning the role of media in both elections. Each speaker will center her or his presentation on the role of media during the U.S. and Canadian election campaigns and in the post-election period.
Ndimyake Mwakalyelye, a television reporter for Voice of America TV will be discussing the U.S. elections; Manon Cornellier, political reporter for Le Devoir, will talk about both the Francophone and Anglophone Canadian press; John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail Columnist, will deal with both the U.S. and the Canadian elections. Each panelist will develop her or his own angle of analysis.
Focusing on specific features of media coverage of the Canadian and the US elections, the panel will take up the question of whether the media did their job during and right after the elections.
As Media@McGill Acting Director Will Straw says, “ With Facebook, partisan cable news networks, political blogs and traditional newspapers fighting for a role in the political process, the question of the media’s role in elections has become more complicated and urgent than ever.”
The event is 18 November, 2008, 5h30pm, Faculty Club (map). 3450 McTavish, McGill University.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Start: 18:00
End: 19:30
The McGill Alumni Association invites you to attend a Panel Discussion on the 24th of November. This is an Alumni event, in collaboration with Media@McGill's Culture on Mondays. Acting M@M Director Will Straw is participating, along with Professors Erin Hurley and Jarrett Rudy.
Date/Time: Monday, November 24, 2008 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Location(s): Room 232, Leacock Building, 855 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec CANADA
