Are you a media-maker working with Indigenous communities or Indigenous knowledge? There are specific things to consider when reporting and producing within these contexts. Kyle Napier and Meg Wilcox, senior producers of The Canadian Mountain Podcast, have compiled some resources that may be helpful in guiding how to work respectfully and responsibly with Indigenous experts…
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For Karina Zapata – creator and host of The Second Gen podcast – podcasting was never a medium she saw herself in when she started in journalism. “Audio and visual was like my worst nightmare ever. And I never thought that I would ever want to create a podcast,” she said. Speaking on The Making…
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Do you have an idea for a podcast but aren’t sure where to start? Here at the CPI, we like to use this Podcast Canvas, developed by Karen Unland (click to save as a PDF). Filling out the canvas will help you clarify your show’s audience, focus, and format — which will in turn help…
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The Community Podcast Initiative now has a home! On Nov. 3, we officially opened our brand new studio space with CPI friends, creators, and community partners. The podcast studio will be home base for the CPI, which is powered by @Shaw. With recording space for up to six people, two edit suites, and a voicing…
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CPI co-director releases new book on the media’s role in equity, diversity and inclusion The summer of 2020 was a time of reckoning for institutions the world over, and the need for reform and facing institutional racism extended to those who covered the Black Lives Matter Movement — the news media. In a new book,…
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The CPI is proud to be among the first of three projects at MRU to be awarded a grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and a matching grant from Alberta’s Research Capacity Program. Click here to read the full story on the MRU website: https://www.mtroyal.ca/AboutMountRoyal/MediaRoom/Stories/2022/04/innovation-and-research-capacity-grants-boost-mru-discoveries.htm
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Mount Royal University is partnering with Shaw Communications Inc. to introduce a new podcasting initiative that will support and amplify community voices and stories. Launching this fall, the Community Podcast Initiative (CPI) at Mount Royal’s School of Communication Studies is a first-of-its-kind program for a Canadian university that will see students and the community develop,…
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Avenue Calgary’s annual Top 40 Under 40 list represents what the magazine describes as younger “entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers and artists who are each making a difference in their field and in the city.” The 2020 slate of recipients is comprised of health professionals, business and technology developers, social influencers, arts advocates, policy informers and Mount…
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The Community Podcast Initiative develops, produces and promotes podcasting by fostering innovative audio storytelling as a way to amplify underrepresented voices.
