Recommendations from the Audit of the University of British Columbia's Duty to Assist. Full overview text: www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/in...

There are folks who like to take "sides" in local media, cheering for or against organizations or journalists like they're heroes or villains in the ongoing struggle for truth. But in B.C., it's more like an ecosystem. There are places you might like less or more, but they all contribute.

Global is a really important part of BC’s news ecosystem Just to name one example, they were able to break a series of important stories about the Noelle O’Soup case globalnews.ca/news/9032414...

Global News laid off 26 journalists in B.C. and Alberta today. In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others. The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.

I think this is part of it, but only part. The other part is an information environment of rampant, unrestrained mis & disinformation and a society filled with people primed to read less and not just not care, but take pride in ignorance.

The Global Reporting Centre joins @RSF_inter and 150 fellow media outlets in calling for Israel to #ProtectJournalistsInGaza and #LetReportersIntoGaza.

Urgent ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza, the world’s deadliest place for journalists. By @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @meghnadbose.bsky.social, and @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/urge...

The sovereign individual and the paradox of the digital age aeon.co/essays/the-s... via @aeon.co

Charleigh's Case Shows Why Politicians Shouldn't Usurp Medical Experts via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Israel kills six more journalists in Gaza. www.cjr.org/the_media_to... via @columjournreview.bsky.social

I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Carney’s 15-per-cent challenge: Cutting and rewiring Canada’s public service policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/au... via @policyoptions.irpp.org

'Unleashing': Politicians Say Ex-Police Watchdog's Insults Go Too Far via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Trump Is Using Culture to Reshape Society via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Vancouver community centre wants policy for policing costs after expensive bill

Call for papers! *The Next 100 Years: Reflections on the Centennial of SSR* To celebrate 100 years of SSR in 2026, the journal will publish a collection of thought-provoking papers exploring the history, current state, and future of social work and social welfare. Abstracts due September 15!

Here's another great column that is also a last column for a journalist leaving the Washington Post. It's by Catherine Rampell. Framed as advice to column writers, but it could also be called a guide for readers seeking intellectual honesty in the journalism they consume. Gift link: wapo.st/3TU2fGw

CAJ: “Targeting a journalist for simply doing their job is a cowardly act that endangers not only the reporter, but also the vital public interest work that journalism represents. Carrie Tait should be saluted for her work — not spoofed or surveilled.” caj.ca/statement-on...

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says

Public sector dependance on US cloud infrastructure has been at the back of my mind while researching recordkeeping informatics. It’s inspiring seeing it get linked so explicitly to information sovereignty. How to Confront Canada’s Digital Dependence www.cigionline.org/articles/how...

Is objectivity in journalism still worth pursuing?! www.cjr.org/analysis/is-...

Cool job alert!!!

Do you care about institutional contracts and norm setting? Have you negotiated contracts on behalf of clients? Do you want to join a library organization that's taking a new approach to digital rights advocacy? (And having a lot of fun doing it?!) Apply! www.libraryfutures.net/apply-to-be-...

I love that former NYT public editor @sulliview.bsky.social is public-editing from the outside. "With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani. "And no lofty explanation about the mission can disguise it."

The Times responds to Mamdani article outrage. www.cjr.org/news/times-m... via @columjournreview.bsky.social

Canada’s deadliest weather event took at least 619 lives Four year later, there is no memorial to them — nor does the BC government have any plans for one www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Good evening and welcome to our coverage of tonight's AMS Council meeting. We will be providing updates as they come.

What on earth

B.C.'s farmers lost $457M in 2024, the most in Canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

its giving recession indicator

“This should have been done a long time ago.” On June 25, the Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine announced its formation in a dual press conference held in Vancouver and Toronto. @kristendejager.bsky.social reports. #cdnpoli #topoli #vanpoli #CdnMedia

Canadian media workers should care because an attack on journalists in Gaza is an attack on journalists everywhere, says @royinori.bsky.social. The Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine launched today. Follow @cjjpmedia on Instagram for more.

Someone Calls 911 for You. Can You Refuse Care? thetyee.ca/News/2025/06... via @thetyee.ca by @michellegamage.bsky.social

“The move is among the most notable actions taken by the nation's second-largest school district, whose leaders said at a news conference Monday that they will deploy their own police force to protect students and their families … “ www.latimes.com/california/s...

Sociologists after Glaser and Strauss starting writing books @ each other about how the other didn’t understand grounded theory:

former Burnaby Now, New West Record and Tri-City News reporters announcing a campaign to launch a cooperatively owned and run publication covering the communities that have lost their local news publications

Board of Governors rejects Santa J. Ono as UF president www.alligator.org/article/2025...

What drives bureaucratic boldness? This PSJ article reveals it’s not just interactions with politicians - but purpose - that fuels their push for policy entrepreneurship. Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

CAJ launches new peer support program! 20 volunteers were trained this month and will offer Canadian journalists confidential colleague-to-colleague help through the Canadian News Industry Peer Support (CNIPS) program, a pilot initiative of the CAJ. caj.ca/canadas-news...

Language barriers are preventing people with limited English abilities from accessing health care services in BC. Who's helping disadvantaged communities confront these obstacles? Read more here ubyssey.ca/features/a-h...

Workday is truly UBC's ArriveCan

"...you are crammed with “key points.” You can convincingly defend any resolution you’re given...you have done the opposite of what journalism wants for you. You have ceded your place in public life, and opted out of civic discourse completely." www.cjr.org/feature-2/ge...

Their MP Is Indigenous. Their MLA Mocked Residential School Survivors via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05... by @jenstden.bsky.social

I stand by my view that Act 1 of Age of Ultron is absolutely foundational to the MCU. It’s where we see and enjoy the Avengers as an up and running team whose members know, like, and trust each other, the Avengers whose division in Civil War matters. gizmodo.com/avengers-age...

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Harvard Pope and IEEE Pope would like a word. In fact they'd like a conclave

@emassing.bsky.social is writing an article about barriers Asian families face within BC’s health care system. If you're a UBC student with experience interpreting for family members at medical appointments who is interested in doing an interview for the article, email [email protected]

Friends, Due Process is for everyone.