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*Program and registration for Ottawa (June 15-17): The Future of First
Nations, Inuit and Métis Broadcasting *


The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC),
according to its Three-Year Plan 2017-2020, will review the Native
Broadcasting Policy (CRTC 1990-89) next year. The gatherings entitled "The
Future of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Broadcasting" aim to bring
practitioners, policy makers and academics together as allies to prepare a
context for respectful and meaningful consultation. The idea is to create
or identify the terms of reference for the CRTC deliberations to ensure
that any policy changes support the development goals that Indigenous media
activists, broadcasters, and community members themselves identify. The
national event in Ottawa will continue the conversation by sharing the
outcomes from five regional events, over forty presentations, and keynote
speeches by MP Romeo Saganash (Abitibi-Baie James-Nunavik-Eeyou) and Ryan
McMahon (Makoons Media Group). This gathering seeks to share decision
making power with the people, and to assert Indigenous rights to media
democracy 'for as long as the waters flow'.



NATIONAL EVENT DETAILS: http://indigenousradio.ca/Ottawa.php



WHERE: University of Ottawa, Alex Trebek Alumni Bldg (157 Séraphin-Marion
Private) in Johnson Hall (Room 116)



WHEN: Thursday, June 15, to Saturday, June 17, 2017



PROGRAM: https://t.co/RlYpJsmM1R



REGISTRATION: https://goo.gl/forms/su7gc8Ha0B32LyL43



Sessions will also focus on the CRTC Native Broadcasting Policy (
http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1990/PB90-89.htm) and the process for the
upcoming policy review.



Participants are invited to comment on the following questions:

-How would you like the CRTC consultation process to be conducted?

-How should the review process itself be changed?

-What should the policy entail?

-What are the elements to include or exclude?

-What changes would be required to the Broadcasting Act, 1991, to ensure
the policy is upheld?



To continue the conversation, we invite you to review the conference
archives from the gatherings in Winnipeg, Iqaluit, Edmonton, Homalco First
Nation, and Halifax: http://indigenousradio.ca/Conference-Archives.php



In preparation for The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis
Broadcasting national conference in Ottawa, we acknowledge these events are
proposed to take place on the traditional unceded territory of the
Algonquin Anishnaabeg people.



We would like to thank the following organizations for their ongoing
support: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Wawatay
Communications Society, Community Media Advocacy Centre, CKWE 103.9, First
Mile Connectivity Consortium, Forum for Research and Policy in
Communications, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada - Strategic and
Statistics Research Directorate, Media at McGill, University of Manitoba -
Department of Anthropology, University of Ottawa - Department of
Communication, University of Ottawa - Faculty of Arts, University of
Ottawa, University of King's College, University of Alberta, Homalco First
Nation Radio, Aupe Cultural Enhancement Society, CHUO 89.1, CKDU 88.1, UMFM
101.5, CFRT 107.3, l'Association des Francophones du Nunavut, and the World
Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).



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