Covering aboriginal issues in Winnipeg

Dec 2, 2012

Covering aboriginal issues in Winnipeg

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Interview with Mary Agnes Welch

This interview is a part of a research work I’m undertaking to see how non indigenous people understand and engage in decolonizing work. View the blog, and all interviews at http://imasettler.blogspot.ca/.

Topics include:

Thinking about how to cover aboriginal issues in a way that motivates action. The risk of exposing individuals to racism in the public sphere. Dialogue between community and media for better coverage. Role of the Winnipeg Free Press. Spiderman. Trying to set the tone and get it right. Aboriginal people and non aboriginal people living in two solitudes. What she wants to write about next...