A reckoning: Canada media and the case of George Floyd

This event is for Max Bell School MPP students and faculty only.

Co-host of CBC News Ottawa Adrian Harewood (McGill BA'06) will be giving a virtual talk to the MPP students at Max Bell School. He will talk about the reckoning taking place within Canadian media since the killing of George Floyd, and what it might mean for our public discourse around race and policing.

About the speaker

Adrian Harewood is a Canadian television and radio journalist, and the anchor of CBOT's CBC News: Ottawa and CBC News: Late Night in Ottawa. Harewood studied Political Theory and History at McGill University, where he was also station manager of the campus radio station CKUT. Before doing television, Adrian was the host of the number one rated All in a Day on CBC Radio One in Ottawa. He has been a guest host on national CBC programming including: As it Happens, Sounds Like Canada and The Current. Adrian has a keen interest in community involvement. He spends hundreds of hours every year at events in Ottawa and the surrounding area.