Canadian Ethnic Media Association

Postmedia News and The Calgary Herald have just opened applications for the annual Michelle Lang Fellowship. The Lang fellowship has a social justice and equality component to it that could be of interest to younger journalists who are CEMA members. Deadline is June 11. CLICK HERE to download the fellowship brochure and details on how to apply or see details below.

Michele Lang... first Canadian journalist killed in Afghanistan

Michelle Justine Lang (born 31 January 1975 in Vancouver, British Columbia – died 30 December 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan) was a Calgary Herald reporter and the first Canadian journalist to die in the War in Afghanistan.[Lang was on a six-week assignment to Afghanistan for the Calgary Herald and Canwest News Service when the armoured military vehicle she was riding in struck a roadside bomb. She died of her wounds and four Canadian soldiers were killed in the blast,

Goal: To offer a year’s worth of reporting and writing experience to an individual who has expressed a desire to launch a career in journalism and has a record of academic excellence. At The Calgary Herald, the fellow will hone skills at a major metro daily. At Postmedia News in Ottawa, there will be ample opportunity to work on national political stories. Both newsrooms provide a welcoming, collaborative experience in which to learn and be inspired. Continue reading →

By Sarah Taguiam

Canadian Museum of Immigration CEO Marie Chapman spoke at CEMA’s Speaker Series last Thursday (May 3, 2012) about the museum as an important landmark of the country’s rich immigrant history .

Located at Halifax’s Pier 21, Canada’s last surviving port where one million immigrants

Museum of Immigration CEO Marie Chapman

arrived between 1928 and 1971, the museum hosts galleries and special exhibits illustrating the stories of immigrant families who started a new life in Canada.

“Our mission is not one of advocacy but of reflection and gathering,” Chapman said. “It’s our responsibility to reflect back to people who are here to share their experiences.” A mission, she added, that members of the ethnic media have helped them fulfill for decades. Continue reading →

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was CEMA's speaker in April. From left are CEMA Board Members Bill Yancoff and Keu Rexvanifar, and President Dat Nguyen (introducing the premier)..

CNE General Manager David Bednar as the second CEMA speaker for April

( Photos by CEMA Board Member Alexander Gershtein)

From left: Ontario Immigration Minister Charles Sousa, Indira Naidoo Harris, and CEMA Chair Madeline Ziniak (Photos: Alexander Gershtein of CEMA)

Ontario is establishing an expert roundtable on immigration that will help build strategy and examine ways in which immigration can best support Ontario’s economic development, Charles Sousa , the province’s Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Minister responsible for the 2015 Pan Am Games told members of the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) and Omni TV. 

The announcement was made at a special “editorial board” meeting between the minister and both editorial staff from OMNI and members of Canada’s premiere ethnic media association, CEMA. Continue reading →

Peter Hall, Vice President and Chief Economist of the Export Development Corporation (EDC) took time off from his busy schedule to speak to members of the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) on March 1 as part of the organization’s Speaker Series.

Peter Hall of EDC addresses CEMA's Speaker Series Meeting (Photo: Alexander Gershtein)

Here is Peter’s bio: Continue reading →