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The CBC is under threat and it has been for quite some time (faced with tremendous budget cuts, etc.). As a publicly funded organization with a strong social mandate, the CBC has a unique opportunity to take a lead role in this new digital media ecology. So help the CBC innovate by reimagining it as a leader in participatory, creative and engaging media!

What would the best solution be? How do you envision your CBC? You have the power. You have a voice–submit your idea!

A & K attended the soft launch of the campaign, and it was a great brainstorming success! (A HUGE #successica, if may be so blunt -K). Above is one of the textual collages of what a reimagined CBC means to us, or what we picture it to be. Let’s get the ball rolling on this one folks, this is your media after all! 

Wanna get involved in defending media rights? We’ll tell you all about how you can get crackin’ !

Executive Position

Sfu OpenMedia execs plan out fun events like our past Lawful Access Documentary Screening or Ugly Sweater Party. Execs get full immersion into the Vancouver media scene as they blog and vlog different media events!

This Thursday on January 26th at 6pm on the Burnaby Campus (on the couches around the aboriginal art at the bottom of the stairs by saywell hall), we are holding a brief info session for an executive position! Find out if the position is right for you! Please RSVP so that you can fill out an application form before you attend! sfu@openmedia.ca

Do you want to stay engaged and involved with Sfu OpenMedia Club but really have too much going on already? Stay active in media democracy through spreading the message in other ways!

Other Volunteering Opportunities:

Tabling tables are usually set up with all club materials to engage, educate and recruit the student body! You can volunteer to sit in on a few shifts alongside an exec to do some fun civic engagement and meet new people along the way!

In Class Presentations Help us deliver 2 minute spiels about the club and the work that OpenMedia is doing! Advertise the club’s events and opportunites.

-Event Help be an honorary exec for a day and help out at one of our events! …the more the merrier!

-Guest Blogging and Vlogging Love to write or be on camera? Write us a media issues related blog post and it may be featured and promoted here on our blog! We also have a youtube channel that you can upload videos to! Check out some of our older vids .

So what are you waiting for? Get involved! Stand up for your media rights………and check out OpenMedia.ca’s latest campaign, Stop The Squeeze!! Resist the telecom monopoly!!!

she’s having a blast learning about her media rights!

Need a study break?!?

Or maybe you just need to recover from hours of study/exams!

Come out this Tuesday, December 13, 2011 to Forum Chambers at SFU burnaby! We’ll have hot chocolate, marshmallows and other snacks FREE for those in Ugly Sweaters, $2 full access without a sweater.

We will be talking about recent media issues and progress of OpenMedia.ca !

Executive position applications will be available if you want to get involved in a big way. Otherwise, you can sign up at this event too.

It’s going to be rad ! spread the word https://www.facebook.com/events/202314833179721/

Screening of “(UN) Lawful Access” Date: Wednesday October 26, 2011 Time: 2:00pm Place: SFU Harbour Centre, Policy Room 1425 Presented by SFPIRG Action Group, Sfu OpenMedia You’re invited! The social club that advocates for media democracy on campus, Sfu OpenMedia, invites you to our screening of the mini-documentary, “(Un) Lawful Access.” Expert opinions across Canada are given concerning the conservative government’s proposals for cyber surveillance in the omnibus crime bill. Since OpenMedia has achieved over half a million signatures to show opposition to the proposal, the government has since omitted the proposal from this particular crime bill. Who is to say that they will not try to push the invasive proposals in the future? Learn about the severity of cyber surveillance infrastructure (not only privacy rights but rights as a consumer). Start poppin the popcorn, this screening is on!

** THIS JUST IN! Kate Milberry will be joining us for a Q&A session tomorrow! Follow her on twitter here @katemilberry

Dr. Kate Milberry is a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Her research examines the democratization of technology as a tool and technique for progressive social change. Kate’s current work focuses on the anti-surveillance technologies and social practices of tech activists in the global justice movement. In particular, she examines the relationship between free software development and activist web applications, considering how democratic values and unmet user needs are designed into technology. Kate has a PhD in Communication from Simon Fraser University and MA in Communication and Social Justice from University of Windsor.