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  • Welcome to Media Democracy Days!

    Now in its 13th year, MDD is an organization that believes the media are central to democracy. Accordingly, our mandate is to:

    Know the Media by engaging in critical, progressive, cross-cultural and intergenerational media education.

    Be the Media by engaging in critical, progressive, cross-cultural and intergenerational media education.

    Change the Media by collaborating with community members to create progressive coalitions and actionable policy goals to reshape the institutional context of communication.

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Thank You For Supporting MDD 2012!

Thank You For Supporting MDD 2012! Thank you for celebrating a diverse independent media system in Vancouver, Canada, and globally! Your support of Media Democracy Days 2012 has made this year’s events the largest in our now 12 year history. Photos and video are on their way and we will make an announcement as soon … Read more

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UPCOMING EVENT: ReMix This! A Copyright Cabaret

As part of our efforts to promote more democratic and representative media systems in Canada, we at Media Democracy Days have historically helped out with a series of events in Vancouver called FreshMedia – events which celebrate innovation and independent media, and work hard to help us re-imagine media and journalism. Next Thursday, May 16th, … Read more

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TONIGHT! Hear the election stories that weren’t paid for

Two weeks from now, BC citizens will be asked to go to the polls and choose a new government for their province. The race is getting heated, and efforts to control the message are ramping up. Things are getting so desperate that advertisements are being mistaken for actual news, as one party resorts to buying … Read more

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2013 BC Election: The Missing News

With the mainstream press increasingly preoccupied with the election horserace, it’s often left up to independent and alternative media organizations to tell the real stories and cover the real issues. This is especially true in BC, where our corporate media landscape is one of the most highly concentrated in the country. What can our province’s … Read more

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Recording of Jodi Dean & Andrew Feenberg Debate Posted!

We had a full house yesterday for our debate between Professors Jodi Dean and Andrew Feenberg, and want to thank all of you all for your support and interest! Nearly 250 students, academics, and interested members of the public crammed into SFU Harbour Centre’s Terasen Cinema to hear these internationally renowned scholars debate the possibility … Read more

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Help Wanted! MDD Positions Open to University Students

Media Democracy Days Vancouver is looking for two students to work either on a paid work study program (which means they would need to already have been approved by Financial Aid for the summer) or as a volunteer intern on issues related to the Media Democracy Project. If the candidate is a workstudy they will … Read more

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