Faculty News

• Denying Black musicians their royalties has a history emerging out of slavery

  In the summer of 2020, Black Lives Matter protests and activism included voices arguing for economic justice in the recording industry. The Black Music Coalition demanded music industry executives account for "inequities in the treatment of Black artists."

• Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining

  The Conversation, May 6, 2021 - FIMS PhD student Giada Ferrucci writes about the situation in Honduras, where environmental activists risk criminalization or being murdered, in response to their opposition to mining.

• FIMS broadens collective expertise with addition of new faculty members

  After a search for academic appointments in Indigenous Scholarship, Indigenous Journalism, or Indigenous Creative Production and Teaching, FIMS is pleased to announce the arrival of two full-time faculty members.

• Jessica Singer a recipient of the 2021 Joan Donaldson CBC News Scholarship

  As a young high-school student, Jessica Singer was already passionate about discussing current affairs with her classmates. By second year, she'd hit upon a way to combine that interest with her love of storytelling and reading -- a career in journalism.