Co-Created Learning: Decolonizing Journalism Education in Canada

Todorova, Miglena S.

doi:10.22230/cjc.2016v41n4a2970

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“…Its principal elements are: judgement --broadly speaking, news judgement--and reporting, language, narration, and analysis" (Adam, 1989, p. 73). However, the techniques used in journalism programs are primarily Western and Eurocentric and, as a result, exclude the perspectives of non-Western individuals that may be equally as effective in reporting and journalism (Todorova, 2016).…”

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“…Currently, curricula in Canadian journalism programs are dominated by colonial and Eurocentric Perspectives (Todorova, 2016). Todorova (2016) argues that "journalism curricula need to include the diverse cultures, traditions, communication systems, languages, and political aspirations of the various groups who make up the highly multicultural populations in many countries, including Canada" (p. 679-679), especially focusing on Indigenous and non-Western perspectives.…”

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Tracing the Trajectory: A Literature Review on Racism in Canadian Journalism

Toor

2024

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Racial inequities and the lack of racial representation within Canada's journalism industry are persistent. Existing literature on the underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous or a person of colour (BIPOC) journalists in workplaces and journalism students in academia points to the need for research on the lived experiences BIPOC individuals endure in both journalism education and Canadian newsrooms. In journalism education and practice alike, BIPOC individuals brave issues of microaggressions, institutional racism and pigeonholing (Zoledziowski, 2018). The research completed for this project recounts multiple experiences of racism that journalists face in the journalism industry and shows similarities and differences in the experiences of BIPOC individuals in practice and education. Many established reporters start their careers by enrolling in journalism schools. BIPOC students face challenges of systemic racism in post-secondary education and, in addition, largely do not see their experiences and perspectives reflected in the overall curriculum. Diversity training is not widely prevalent in Canadian journalism schools and curricula is largely taught through colonial and Eurocentric lenses (Todorova, 2016). BIPOC students who have multifaceted identities, including gender, ethnicity, religion, or ability, may face additional discrimination in journalism education, in addition to microaggressions due to their race. There is also little research on the lack of BIPOC students in journalism education and a lack of official statistics on the number of BIPOC students in Canadian journalism programs. Using a scoping review of existing literature, this Major Research Paper discusses racism in the Canadian journalism landscape and identifies future explorations in BIPOC Canadian journalism research, especially focusing on BIPOC students in journalism education. This MRP may also serve as a stepping-stone for areas of future research regarding student journalists in post-secondary journalism education.

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Tracing the Trajectory: A Literature Review on Racism in Canadian Journalism

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2024

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“…Implementation of similar courses in other schools has proven challenging for a variety of reasons including scheduling, funding, and employing suitable faculty (Elliott, 2016;Rodrigues and Raby, 2018). Still, there has been progress as programs across the country take steps to create comparable courses and to include Indigenous pedagogy, knowledge, collaboration, and involvement in their curriculum (Baker, 2016;Todorova, 2016).…”

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Journalism Education and Call to Action 86: Exploring Conciliatory and Collaborative Methods of Research-Creation with Indigenous Communities

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Stevens²

2022

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“…Much scholarship has been dedicated to decolonizing education and to integrating Indigenous perspectives in it (Todorova 2016;Fataar 2018). However, the lion's share of such studies focuses on disciplines besides journalism or is beyond the Australian context.…”

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Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in university journalism education: Exploring experiences, challenges and opportunities

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King-Smith

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Australian Journalism Review

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News media coverage of Indigenous Australian peoples and perspectives is often absent or, when present, unfair or shallow in context or understanding. This raises the question of how much – and what kind of – exposure to Indigenous knowledges and perspectives journalists-in-training receive in their university studies. To find out, this study analyses 30 unit outlines and assessment details of journalism subjects at three Australian universities. It follows this analysis with interviews of seventeen undergraduate journalism students at these universities to explore their perceptions of if and how their journalism programmes paid attention to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander topics and perspectives in the classroom setting. The results reveal that the journalism students in this sample, even those from the same university, had an uneven experience related to Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in their university journalism subjects. This testifies to the generic nature of unit outlines and learning objectives and to the broad discretionary power that individual tutors and lecturers have to shape the flow of information that is engaged with during the learning opportunities they oversee. Student recommendations for how Indigenous knowledges and perspectives could be more usefully integrated into journalism education were also gathered and reported.

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Co-Created Learning: Decolonizing Journalism Education in Canada

Cited by 42 publications

References 32 publications

Tracing the Trajectory: A Literature Review on Racism in Canadian Journalism

Tracing the Trajectory: A Literature Review on Racism in Canadian Journalism

Journalism Education and Call to Action 86: Exploring Conciliatory and Collaborative Methods of Research-Creation with Indigenous Communities

Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in university journalism education: Exploring experiences, challenges and opportunities

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