Irene Berkowitz

Posts by Irene Berkowitz

Op-Ed – C-11: Can we change the conversation?

Policy analyst and media researcher Irene S. Berkowitz issues a “call to action” to find common ground between legacy and new media creators, noting their divide is a false fight.

The Sessions Episode 4: Diversity, representation and the Online Streaming Act

In this fourth episode of a new podcast series, Joan Jenkinson of the Black Screen Office and Jesse Wente of the Indigenous Screen Office discuss Bill C-11’s efforts to remove systemic barriers.

The Sessions Episode 3: Canada Media Fund poised for change ahead of Bill C-11

In this third episode of a new podcast series, CMF president and CEO Valerie Creighton discusses “big shifts” at the funder and why the Online Streaming Act is key to unlocking a dated structure.

The Sessions Episode 2: Former CRTC leaders on the potential problems with Bill C-11

Konrad von Finckenstein and Peter Menzies discuss the dangers of implementation of the bill as-is, and the role of the CRTC, in this second episode of a new podcast series.

The Sessions podcast explores the Online Streaming Act: ‘It’s time we got unstuck’

In the first episode of a new four-part podcast series on the Online Streaming Act, host Irene Berkowitz chats with Reynolds Mastin and Charles Falzon about Bill C-11.