Monthly Archives: March 2011

Providing inspiration

Last Wednesday, at the International Women’s Media Foundation Leaders Conference in Washington, CBC News was cited as one of five news media organisations around the world considered models for working women in their regions.  With this recognition, CBC News stands … Continue reading

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CBC’s Hip Hop Summit concert: What it takes

On April 1, 2011, history will be made! The Canadian Hip Hop Summit concert features some of the biggest names in Canadian rap music — assembled all on one stage, for one night only. I was inspired to produce this … Continue reading

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Everyone, Every way: Have your say

Long before the invention of the printing press, the stories of the people who inhabited this vast geography were passed along orally, in glyphs, in ritual, and artifact. That tradition lives on today. Along came the printing press, and words … Continue reading

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To be truly present in Canadians’ lives, we need to build strong regional roots

A few years back when I was a VP for Radio de Radio-Canada, we would organize meetings with the eight leaders from the country’s various regions. We would sit down with them and ask, “What does Radio-Canada mean to you, … Continue reading

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The billion dollar question

Every once in a while we get questions from the public about CBC/Radio-Canada’s funding. Most recently, we received a letter from a CBC audience member asking whether or not our funding has been increasing over time. Presently, we get about … Continue reading

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Stroumboulopoulos: Canada’s New Ambassador Against Hunger

The United Nations World Food Programme has appointed CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos as an official ambassador against hunger. Strombo is the first Canadian to ever hold this position. He’s joining the list of other WFP ambassadors that includes Sean Connery, Christina … Continue reading

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Talking Local

As we mentioned a few weeks ago when we announced our Everyone, Every Way strategy that will carry us through 2015, one of our key priorities is to expand our service in regions. I’d like to share with you a … Continue reading

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Finding inspiration

Kirstine Stewart, newly appointed Executive Vice-President of English Services at CBC/Radio-Canada and last year’s Canadian Women in Communications’ (CWC) Woman of the Year, was the invited speaker at the recent CWC “Be Inspired” Luncheon in Ottawa. When I first noted … Continue reading

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You, social media and the ombudsmen for CBC and Radio-Canada

I recently had the chance to interview the ombudsmen for CBC and Radio-Canada to find out more about their role and the different challenges they’re facing, particularly in the digital age. I was a bit nervous about speaking to journalists … Continue reading

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The voting is done and the votes have been counted…

Throughout the month of February, we asked Canadians to send in their suggestions with possible names for our blog. We compiled all of those names and then narrowed it down to the Top 5. We then asked Canadians to vote … Continue reading

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