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February 23, 2009

You're invited to our redesign party

Posted by Graham F. Scott at 01:24 PM ET | Comments (0)

Yes, that's right. I've blogged a couple of times about the upcoming redesign of This which will be unveiled with the March-April 2009, which is in the mail right now (if you're a subscriber, that is).

To celebrate the new look, we're hosting a party on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at 8 p.m. It all happens at Supermarket (268 Augusta Ave., Toronto). We'd love it if you'd come and meet the staff, writers, readers, and other members of the This extended family. $5 at the door gets you a copy of the March-April 2009 issue (cheaper than buying it on the newsstand) and a blank cupcake on which to design your own full-colour masterpiece in icing.

And of course, like any party, there will be music, drinks, lively conversation, and more. Hope to see you there.

Click here to visit the page with all the details.

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November 20, 2008

World Philosophy Day!

Posted by Daniel Tseghay at 02:00 PM ET | Comments (0)

November 20th, 2008, is World Philosophy Day, an annual celebration initiated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). This year, in Palermo, Italy, a set of philosophers will gather for talks under the theme "Rights and Power", and with titles like "Human dignity, civil community and public authority", "From the Mediterranean to the Pacific: new spaces of power and cradles of civilization", and "Sciences and Power". There will also be a symposium, "Psychoanalysis, Rights, Knowledge", in Paris, France. The symposium will consist of conferences and debates on the significance of the "recognition or non-recognition of the 'human being' announced in the Universal Declaration for Human Rights". This is all very esoteric, I know, but it could also be increadibly illuminating. So, if you have the time, share in the celebration and flex your theoretical mind.

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October 23, 2008

Happy Media Democracy Day!

Posted by Graham F. Scott at 11:46 AM ET | Comments (0)

Today is Media Democracy Day in Canada, a day that is close to our hearts at This Magazine. As a small publisher of an independent magazine of current affairs, opinion, arts, and culture, we value our independence and the freedom it gives us to tell the truth as we see it. Lots of editors out there don't enjoy the same degree of freedom that I do at This; their magazines rely on large corporate advertisers whose messages sometimes conflict with their own goal of sharing important information. Often, the more important the story, the less flattering it is to entrenched interests in industry or government, and that can put a chilling effect on newspapers, magazines, TV, and radio. As more and more media outlets come under the ownership of fewer — and larger — private companies, the ecosystem of public information seizes up, preventing the publication and dissemination of necessary public knowledge.

But people are fighting back against this entrenchment, and Media Democracy Day is an important part of the fight. There are lots of things going on today in Montreal, in Ottawa, in Kingston, inToronto, and in Vancouver.

To mark Media Democracy Day in style, our good friends at Rabble.ca have launched their redesigned site and are looking for your feedback. Supporting independent media, like Rabble and This Magazine (you can subscribe, or donate, or both!) is one good way of helping. But there are plenty of others. This 12-Step program for rejuvenating the media landscape was originally published in The Nation in 2002, but sadly, it's not out of date. Yet.

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September 26, 2008

Event: Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting launch

Posted by Graham F. Scott at 10:50 AM ET | Comments (0)

For our Hamiltonian readers, you might want to check out the launch this weekend of the Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting, a new outfit supporting investigative journalism.

It's on Saturday, September 27 at 7 PM at the Skydragon Centre, at 27 King William St. Susanne Reber, Author of 'Starlight Tour: 'The Last Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild' will be speaking.

Email canadiancentre@gmail.com for more details.

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September 02, 2008

Town Hall on arts and culture funding cuts

Posted by Graham F. Scott at 01:22 PM ET | Comments (0)

An event that might be of interest to our Toronto readers: Our friends at Fuse Magazine are hosting a town hall meeting in Toronto on Wednesday night to discuss the recent round of federal arts and culture funding cuts. (In the interest of full disclosure, I'm personally involved in the group organizing the meeting, so I won't be blogging anything further about it here.) The meeting is at The Theatre Centre (1087 Queen St. West) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 3. Former THIS editor Naomi Klein will be among the speakers.

Further details are at the group's website, and there's a Facebook event listing here.

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