Making Media Public conference to be held May 6 to 8 at Ryerson and York

Nicole Cohen, a former co-founder and co-editor of Shameless magazine, tells us that she is helping to organize Making Media Public, a three-day conference at Ryerson University and York University. The kickoff will be a roundtable discussion (free admission) called "The Trouble With Media" on Thursday, May 6 at Ryerson. The roundtable is at 245 Church Street, Room LG-11 (George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre). A reception at the Churchmouse and Firkin pub, 475 Church St. (upstairs) will follow.

Panellists include John McGrath (former CBC public affairs reporter), Lise Lareau (Canadian Media Guild), Sharmini Pereis (The Real News Network), Robert Hackett (Simon Fraser University) and Leslie Regan Shade (Concordia University). The conference follows on May 7 and 8 at York. For further information, go to makingmediapublic.wordpress.com.