Below are some of my most successful research papers on media studies and analyses. I was personally interested in these compositions and invested quite a bit of time and effort into completing them.

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[CMNS 428 Directed Study] Media and Minority Languages in the Canadian North: How Media Systems and Their Related Policies Serve Linguistic Preservation in Remote Northern Indigenous Communities (August 2016)

Undoubtedly the most strenuous work I’ve completed at SFU, and the one I’m most proud of. A 4-month independent research venture exploring the endangered Aboriginal languages of the Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, and how indigenous media access and the federal policies shaping it are influencing this devastating cultural loss. Supervised by Dr. Robert Hackett, long-time professor and researcher of Canadian media, journalism, and democracy studies.

[PUB 477] Analysis of Practice: Examining the Differences in Digital Layouts Between Publications in the Corporate and Non-Profit Sectors (July 2016)

An independent media analysis of web layouts between The Globe and Mail, The National Post, and Simon Fraser University’s student newspaper The Peak. This analysis was undertaken as a final project for my recent publishing practicum, as thus completed my minor in Print and Digital Publishing.

[CMNS 331] News Discourse: Objectivity Does Not Exist: A Comparative Analysis of Tom Mulcair’s 2015 Election Campaign in Rabble and The National Post (December 2015)

A discourse analysis conducted which observes the ways in which the news outlets Rabble and The National Post portray NDP leader Tom Mulcair and his political party during the 2015 Canadian federal election. The paper concludes with a discussion on journalistic objectivity in light of each news outlet’s respective left and right-wing political views.