● Students should be prepared to discuss why they chose the article and how it relates to the
week’s topic.
● Media topics can be taken from newspaper articles, social media outlets, blogs, research, excetera.
● It is not required that the media topic be scholarly.
● The purpose of this assignment is to create discussion using a critical eye toward how
Canadian Indigenous people are portrayed in the media, providing a critical analysis that
includes information about Canada’s colonial history.
● Lastly, students should prepare two discussion questions to stimulate critical thinking amongst
the students. Students will facilitate discussion by presenting an overview of the article, how it
relates to the week’s topic, and what it meant to them.
● The analysis should include scholarly work to support their opinion, how Canada’s colonial
history impacted the topic, and the critical questions for discussion.
Scholarly work is considered original research, government reports or fact sheets, and organizations
identifying statistics or research on the topic (example: Canadian Diabetes Association).
The total length of the submission should be one to one and half pages (double spaced).
