NPAC/APPC is hosting an InstaLive this Thursday with Waubgeshig Rice to discuss indigenous topics in journalism.

Thursday, Sept. 16. 11AM EST.
https://www.instagram.com/npac_appc/

Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation. He has written three fiction titles, and his short stories and essays have been published in numerous anthologies. His most recent novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, was published in 2018 and became a national bestseller. He graduated from Ryerson University’s journalism program in 2002, and spent most of his journalism career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a video journalist and radio host. He left CBC in 2020 to focus on his literary career. He lives in Sudbury, Ontario with his wife and two sons.

Photojournalist Chris Young helps flush pepper spray from the eyes of colleague Nick Lachance while photographing violent clashes between police and protesters when city crews dismantled an encampment at Lamport Stadium in Toronto on Wednesday July 21, 2021. Handout/NPAC/Joshua Best

The News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) strongly condemns the increasingly aggressive tactics employed by the City of Toronto and the Toronto Police Service in preventing recognized reputable journalists from attempting to cover unfolding news situations on public property.

“For the second time in 30 days, the Toronto Police Service and the City of Toronto have failed to acknowledge or uphold working media’s constitutional guaranteed right to report freely, particularly on breaking news happening in a public area,” said Diana Martin, NPAC president.

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The NPAC board is pleased to welcome Steve White as our new executive director.

With a unique mixed background in print and photojournalism, business and the not-for-profit sector, Steve has a perfect combination of knowledge, experience and passion for leading NPAC through these difficult times in our industry.

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