Can a chair help our nation celebrate the diversity of Canada on Canada Day?

This Canada Day, Nathan Phillips Square will serve as the backdrop to an adventurous and eye-opening photographic exhibition called Take Your Seat, Canada. The outdoor exhibit will showcase thirteen images representing every province and territory, each captured over a 24-day cross-country expedition. The name, Take Your Seat, comes from the Director’s chair creatively placed in […]

Can a chair help our nation celebrate the diversity of Canada on Canada Day?

Ethnic Media Association hosts Ontario Electoral Debate

The Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) recently invited representatives of Ontario’s three major political parties to participate in a “3-Party Electoral Conversation”. Two candidates attended the event – Saman Tabasinejad, the NDP candidate for Willowdale, and Christina Martins, the Liberal candidate in the Davenport riding. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party was invited to participate but […]

Ontario Election 2018; CEMA Hosts 3-Party Conversation May 3, 2018

As the Ontario provincial election rapidly approaches, the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) will host Ontario Election 2018: 3-Party Electoral Conversation, on Thursday, May 3, 7-8:30 p.m. at Ryerson Auditorium L1B 72. With campaign rhetoric reaching fever pitch among the three major political parties, CEMA has created an opportunity for the province’s multicultural/multilingual communities to […]

Canadian Ethnic Media Association Awards Gala

Jagmeet Singh, the newly elected Federal NDP Leader, is scheduled to address the ethnic media at the 39th Annual Canadian Ethnic Media Association Awards Gala for Journalistic Excellence on Friday November 24, 2017 at 6 p.m. at the National Event Venue, 1000 Finch Ave West, Toronto M3J 2V5. The Board of the Canadian Ethnic Media […]

Parks Canada reps guest speakers at June 1 Speaker’s Bureau

As summer approaches the final CEMA speaker’s bureau event for the season will feature addresses by three representatives of Parks Canada. They are Ethan Meleg, Jeffrey Sinibaldi and France Faucher. Meleg is a birder, whose Parks Canada career started in 1999 as a naturalist at Bruce Peninsula National Park and Fathom Five National Marine Park. […]

Launch of “Take Your Seat Canada”

The City of Toronto’s Mayor John Tory, and the partners and sponsors of “Take Your Seat Canada”, attended the launch of the cross-country expedition that photographs and “celebrates the natural diversity that makes Canada the envy of the world.“ The Canadian Ethnic Media Association is a proud partner of this project, acknowledging that the geographic […]

Toronto Seniors’ Forum

At a recent Toronto Seniors’ Forum members addressed five priority areas. They included the following: • Housing and accommodation and long-term care • Financial resources and access to services • Health, environment and culturally sensitive services • Safety, security and legal protection • Senior participation and leadership and advocacy The Canadian Ethnocultural Council (CEC) participated […]

Camille Girard-Ruel CEMA Guest Speaker

Parks Canada’s Camille Girard-Ruel during visit to Overhanging Point Parks Canada’s Camille Girard-Ruel will be the guest speaker at CEMA’s first meeting for 2016. It will be held on Thursday, February 4, at Ryerson University’s TransMedia Zone, 80 Gould Street, starting at 7 p.m. Girard-Ruel holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Ottawa University, […]

CEMA meets at new location

The next monthly meeting of the Canadian Ethnic Media Association, scheduled for Thursday, May 7, 2015, will be held at Ryerson University’s Rogers Communication Centre, 80 Gould Street. The meeting begins at 6:45 p.m. Michael Coteau, Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture, Sport and Pan Am/Parapan American Games, is the scheduled guest speaker. Coteau, the MPP […]