This Isn’t Normal So Change It

I attended the section of the teach-in titled “This isn’t normal”. This section of the event featured four working journalists conversing with their audience about how to keep focus and remember what is important in a time that is extremely challenging in a journalistic and personal sense. Andrea Houston, interim managing editor at the Torontoist,…

A good reminder

  Words have power. It’s a familiar concept, particularly in journalism. But recently, it’s an idea that has slipped my mind. Words seem somewhat diminished these days, in the fervor of fake news and press conferences defined by clarification, corrections and redefinition. When Graham Hudson, professor of criminology at Ryerson University, took the stage at…

Toronto is not meeting standards of a sanctuary city

“Toronto is not living up to its commitments of being a sanctuary city,” said Dr. Graham Hudson, an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Criminology at Ryerson University. During Ryerson School of Journalism’s Teach-In this past Tuesday, Hudson discussed specifically refugee law and how Toronto, although considered a sanctuary city, is…