(March 14, 2022) While public trust in Canada has been deteriorating since the first CanTrust study in 2016, between January 2021 and January 2022, there was a 10% drop in the number of Canadians who expressed positive trust in Canadian institutions and government. As of January 2022, only one third (34%) of Canadians expressed positive public trust, down from 45% in 2018. … [Read more...] about Public trust in government and institutions further deteriorating
Rufina Bazlova: Embroidered chronicles of resistance in Belarus
(March 10, 2022) Rufina Bazlova is a Belarusian embroidery artist, currently based in the Czech republic. Our Photo Essay this month includes highlights from her recent project, VYZHYVANKA, which began in August 2020, and has been ongoing with new works consistently appearing on Bazlova’s Instagram. She uses the visual language of Belarusian traditional embroidery, … [Read more...] about Rufina Bazlova: Embroidered chronicles of resistance in Belarus
S2 E3 – This is My Real Name: A Stripper’s Memoir
(March 4, 2022) Cid Brunet is a former stripper and emerging writer who spent a decade working in clubs across Canada under the name Michelle. Her first book This Is My Real Name: A Stripper's Memoir is a candid searing memoir of 10 years in the sex trade, a personal guide of the strip club circuit by someone who knows it well. Brunet’s … [Read more...] about S2 E3 – This is My Real Name: A Stripper’s Memoir
The anatomy of a right wing protest
(February 19, 2022) At the end of January, The Charity Report’s contributing editor Kathleen Adamson, decided to go to a right wing protest, ostensibly anti-vax protests that have been happening on a weekly basis in Montreal and attended by an increasing mix of white supremacist, right wing extremist, anti-government protesters. She writes about her experience for The Charity … [Read more...] about The anatomy of a right wing protest
Charity boosting journalism start-ups while incumbents pocket millions and still flail
(February 19, 2022) Charity funded journalism has become a tool to mitigate the crisis faced by Canada's news media for most of the 21st century. Big platforms like Google and Facebook are swallowing up an ever-greater share of advertising revenue. The collapse of classified sections in newspapers both big and small has cut off vital revenue streams. The subscription base is … [Read more...] about Charity boosting journalism start-ups while incumbents pocket millions and still flail