Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication is proud to announce the launch of its first-ever lecture series named for a woman since the journalism program launched in 1945. Honouring Mary Ann Shadd Cary, the first Black woman to establish and edit a newspaper in North America and Canada’s first woman publisher, this lecture series highlights leading women and non-binary journalists from historically underrepresented and misrepresented communities. The series hires and trains Carleton journalism students, and each lecture features them in paid, mentored roles as co-moderators of the post-lecture discussion, giving them practical on-stage experience.
Camille Dundas , co-publisher & Editor-in-Chief of ByBlacks, Ranked #1 online magazine for Black Canadians#1 online magazine for Black Canadians will deliver the inaugural lecture, “From the Provincial Freeman to ByBlacks.com: Ending Extractive Journalism.”
🗓️ Monday, October 6, 2025
⌚ Time: 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. lecture + student-moderated discussion
🏛️ Where: Richcraft Hall, Carleton University, Ottawa
🔗 Registration:
https://lnkd.in/gz652KPH (live online broadcast available)
🎤 Opening Remarks: Adrienne Shadd — consultant, curator, author, and direct descendant of Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Led by series cofounders and professors Nana aba Duncan Carty Chair in Journalism, Diversity & Inclusion Studies and director of the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Centre for Journalism & Belonging and Dr. Trish Audette-Longo, Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication.
Supported by Canadian Race Relations Foundation, Carleton University FutureFunder donors, and the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Centre for Journalism and Belonging
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