Last year, Foglers' FR Women's Network celebrated
International Women's Day with guest speaker Connie Walker, an
award-winning Cree investigative journalist who is leading the
dialogue on Indigenous women's rights in Canada.
Connie started her career with CBC in 2001, and was the writer
and host of the much-acclaimed CBC News podcast, Missing &
Murdered, which has been downloaded almost 30,000,000 times. Connie
spoke from the heart and took everyone through a thought-provoking
history of the coverage of Indigenous issues in the media over the
last 25 years.
Re-emergence of Indigenous Voices in the Media
At the event Connie described her career trajectory as a
journalist at CBC; the influence of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission's report; how the coverage and reporting on
Indigenous issues has evolved in the media; and the rise of social
media and the platform it has provided.