Mission

Media@McGill is a hub of research, scholarship and public outreach on issues and controversies in media, technology and culture. Through critical monitoring of the media and key issues in media policy, Media@McGill aims to produce new knowledge and foster public awareness of the ethical, political, social and cultural challenges surrounding media and communication

Media@McGill thus hopes to provide an environment in which ideas that challenge prevailing orthodoxies, lead public debate, engage decision-makers and inform public policy, can be generated and put into wide circulation in the most influential venues of Canadian and international opinion formation. It will also support the cultivation of new generations of scholars, citizens and educators committed to driving public engagement and innovation in this area

Media@McGill is based in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, but its projects are interdisciplinary in nature and involve scholars from other fields as well as non-academics

Media@McGill's activities are supported by a range of sources, most notably the Beaverbrook Fund for Media@McGill, created by a generous gift from the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation.