Welcome to the wiki for Media Democracy Day - Vancouver!

~ Sat. Nov. 7th 2009 ~

 

Using the wiki

 

 

UPCOMING!

 

WHAT?      MDD Fundraiser at the Railway!

                 Live local music and sexy burlesque

WHEN?      Thursday Oct. 15, 9pm

WHERE?     Railway Club, $10@door

WHY?         To raise $ for this volunteer-run event

 

Click here for more details

 

 

A little bit about Media Democracy Day...

 

WHAT?

 

Media Democracy Day pushes for and promotes a mass media system that informs and empowers all members of society. Media Democracy Day connects existing critical and creative media with active social movements, creating a coherent message for public attention and local and global action.

 

Following the rise of social movements for feminism, racial justice, and environmentalism in recent decades, international efforts to democratize the media are now mobilizing for education, protest, and change. Media Democracy prioritizes diversity over monotony, citizen control over corporate choice, cultural development over company profit, and public discourse over public relations.

 

Check here for some background. And here's a bit of our recent local history:

 

MDD Public Consultation Notes

 

MDD Van 2009 Planning Meeting Minutes 

MDD Van 2008 - VPL - Central Branch,  October 25

MDD Van 2008 FEEDBACK

MDD Van 2007 - SFU - Harbour Centre, 26-27

 

 

 

WHEN?

 

Saturday, November 7, 2009

 

WHERE?

 

Vancouver Public Library

350 West Georgia Street

Vancouver, BC

 

WHY?

 

Because a healthy, functioning democracy requires a well informed citizenry, and profit-driven media increasingly treats critical news coverage as expendable.

 

There are other issues. Check out the MDD Issues Page!!

 

WHO?

 

You!

 

MDD Volunteers/Coordinators

MDD Participants/Tablers

MDD Sponsors

MDD Attendees

 

MDD 2009 Public Meeting invite list

 

Interested in participating? Know an organization that should be involved? Please add groups/people (with contact info) we should invite to help organize MDD 2009. Please put your name beside any group you can be responsible for contacting. 

 

Also check out MDD Speakers Page, where you can suggest speakers for our event(s)...

 

APTN -

Adbusters (Steve)

Agentic - Philip Djwa (Kate)

AHAmedia -

Antigone Magazine - (Steve)

The Association of Chinese Canadians - (Harjap)

British Columbia Arts Council -

BC Assocation for Media Education - (Rodger)

BC Federation of Labour -

B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (Steve)

BC Healthy Living Alliance -

British Columbia Nurses' Union(BCNU) (Steve)

BC Poverty Reduction -

BC Public Library Association (Steve)

BCTF (Steve)

British Columbia and Yukon Council of Film Unions -

BCYT-BCTC -

Beyond Robson -

Bus Riders Union - (Harjap)

Cineworks

CiTR - (Rodger)

CJSF 90.1fm - (Rodger)

Campaign for Democratic Media - (Steve)

CAJ --- Canadian Association of Journalists -

The Canadian Association for Open Source -

CAW - (Angela)

CBC -

CBC CineNorth*

CCPA (vimeo) -

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression -

Canadian Office and Professional Employees' Union (COPE) (Steve)

Carnegie Community Action Project - (Harjap)

Citywide Housing Coalition -

CEP Local 2000 - (Steve)

CEP Western Region (Steve)

CUPE BC-

Cupe Local 15 (Steve)

CWA Canada Local (Steve)

Canadian University Press -

Check Your Head - (Harjap)

Cinema Politica - (Naava)

CitizenShift* - (Rodger)

The Coast -

Council of Canadians - (Harjap)

Co-Op Radio - CFRO 102.7FM Vancouver Co-op Radio - (Rodger)

Contacto Directo (Frieda)

Common Ground -

Communications, Energy and Paperwork Union of Canada (Steve)

Community Advocates for Little Mountain -

Community Media Education Society (CMES) -

Creative Technology -

DeSmog Your Blog -

Directors Guild of Can. BC -

The Dominion* - (Harjap / Dawn)

Engage Joe -

Epoch Times (Steve)

EXTRA West -

Federation of Post Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) (Steve)

Feminist Media (Frieda)

Fightback (Angela)

First Nations Education Steering Committee -

First Nations Leadership Council -

Free Geek - (Naava - via Ifny)

The Gaby Davis Foundation (Steve)

Gateway Sucks -

Georgia Straight* - (Naava)

Goodman Fund (Steve)

Greater Vancouver Community Credit Union

Herizons - (Rodger)

Hospital Employees' Union (HEU) (Steve)

Hummingbird604 -

Tris Hussey -

ICTV -

Kick Start -

Knowledge Network -

La Source / The Source - (Kerry)

Marc Emery  -

Megaphone Magazine - (Rodger)

Momentum - The Magazine for Self-Propelled People! -

Mostly Water newswire* - (Harjap)

Mozilla Foundation - Zak Greant, zak@mozillafoundation.org (Kate)

MNN,

National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) (Frieda)

National Film Board - (Naava can contact CitizenShift)

NO2010 - (Harjap)

No One Is Illegal - (Harjap)

Organizing Center for Social and Economic Justice - (Harjap - same as BRU)

Pedal Revolutionary Radio (Ifny)

People's Voice Newspaper - (Harjap)

Pivot Legal Society -

Projections/Intersections -

Public Service Alliance of Canada BC -

Purple Thistle Center - (Naava)

Rabble.ca - (Harjap)

Rag Tag Productions -

Raincity Studios - Robert Scales

Reclaim the Media [Seattle] (Frieda)

Redwire - (Harjap)

Redzone -

Rhizome Café -

The Republic of East Vancouver -

Seriously Free Speech Committee (Steve)

SFU CMNS - Kathi Kross

SFU CMNS - Stuart Poyntz (Kate)

SFU CMNS Student Union (Brianna? Erin?)

SFU Indonesian Association (Stella) Other student unions?

SFPIRG -

Social SIgnal -

South Asian Post - (Harjap)

Sparticus Books - (Rodger)

Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU) - (Steve)

TeleCommunities Canada - (Steve)

This Magazine -

TheTyee (Steve)

Uncle Weed/DaveO -

United Food and Commercial Workers -

United Steel Workers -

Upping The Anti - Caelie Frampton

Vancity - Kate Dugas (Changeverything.ca) (Kate)

Vancouver and District Labour Council - (Harjap)

Vancouver Observer -

Vancouver Public Space Network -

VIVO Media Arts Centre - (Harjap)

W2 - (Steve)

Working TV -

Workless Party - (Rodger)