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Events

1) Upcoming media events

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2) Other Ottawa area events

3) Other event listings

4) Past Ottawa media events listing, including contact information

  • May 27, 2008 – Rally to demand broadband access! Parliament Hill. Info at http://www.SaveTheNet.ca
  • April 2, 2008 – Speaker Aung Zaw, founder and editor of leading Burma dissident magazine the Irrawaddy (www.irrawaddy.org). Contact Canadian Friends of Burma at 613-237-8056 cfob@cfob.org
  • March 6, 2008 – Own Your Media! Building a Grassroots News Cooperative. The Ottawa stop of a cross-Canada tour for the Dominion Paper (www.dominionpaper.ca). Organized in Ottawa by Exile Infoshop (613-237-9270) and others.
  • February 29, 2008 – Four Years Later: Eyewitness Reports on Haiti Today. Featuring independent journalists Darren Ell, Raymond Dubuisson, and Jean Saint-Vil (Jafrikayiti). Presented by Kozayiti/Ottawa Haiti Solidarity, contact Kevin Skerrett (613) 864-1590, www.canadahaitiaction.ca
  • February 15, 2008 – Screening of “Un Poquito de Tanta Veridad” (=A Little Bit of So Much Truth) as part of the Ottawa Cinema Politica series. Presented by Media Matters
  • January 17, 2008 – Speaker Nate Hendley spoke on his new book, “Motivation for (Non-Fiction) Writers”, presented by Professional Writers’ Association of Canada, www.pwacottawa.org
  • January 16, 2008 – Speaker George Rishmawi, founder of the International Middle East Media Center (Bethlehem, Palestine) (imemc.org), presented by Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, sphr.org
  • November 20, 2007 – Becoming a Citizen-Journalist: How to Prepare a Story. Featuring speakers Kanina Holmes, Ewart Walters, and Giacomo Panico (listen to the audio!). Presented by Media Matters

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