The Quest for Holy Joe’s Grail
The crusade against free trade was the latest in a long tradition of dragon slaying at The Toronto Star
On page 20 last November 22, The Toronto Star admitted it had lost. The people of Canada had voted against it, had “spoken convincingly.” An editorial, a quietly disappointed concession speech, signaled the end of the paper’s three-year fight to undo the free trade initiative. It was an emotional fight, one in which the Star […]
The Native People’s Choice
The student's in Western's native journalism program face a dilemma: jump into the mainstream or devote their talents to the community
The Program in Journalism for Native People at the University of Western Ontario changed Juanita Rennie’s life. The intense, 12-month course prepared her and six other graduates of PJNP’s first class for entry-level media positions. Rennie, then a 40-year-old mother of six and grandmother to three, graduated in 1981 knowing exactly what to do next: […]
