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Two papers,one cup*

NASH 73 Montréal

*This is just a title or the bid in your hands, not a theme or the conerence we’d like to plan



Since its founding in 1911, the McGill Daily hasgrown from a sports rag into a leading indepen-dent student newspaper. The Daily co-founded

CUP and has since been an advocate of the studentpress and its role in holding authority accountable. In1977, a Daily editor pushed through the initiative tostart a francophone paper at Québec’s oldest anglo-phone university, leading to the creation of our sisterpaper, Le Délit. Though the two papers have editorialautonomy, we share one ofce, allowing us to occa-sionally stick it to the two solitudes and team up onprojects like this year’s bilingual joint issue on the stateof the Canadian university.

Over the years, The Daily has taken positions that were considered radical at the time, but have sincebecome generally accepted. In the words of DanielBoyer, editor, 1977: “The Daily may seem radical tocontemporaries. But the year I was editor, I rememberthe Daily being ridiculed for putting together a specialissue for International Women’s Day; something theMontreal Gazette did this year. Many positions takenby The Daily have become part of the mainstream

with time.” The paper has long been an advocate for equity is-sues, reporting on queer rights and movements forthe advancement of indigenous people and people

Why The Daily and Le Délit? »



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of colour. 1973 Editor Joan Mandell wrote that her“views on many issues today are fairly similar to thosethat I held as editor of The Daily: support for socialand economic justice across class, race, and genderdivides.”In recent years The Daily’s taken critical stances on

security certicates and unfair detainment in the casesof Adil Charkaoui, Abousan Abdelrazik, and OmarKhadr; on mining, immigration policy, military re-search, the corporatization of the Canadian university,food politics, campus sustainability, and more. The McGill Daily School of Journalism has beenformative to generations of Canadian journalists. For

almost a century, young people have learned to ques-tion authority while learning the ropes of journalismin its ofces. Its history is full of passionate, fearlessstudent reporting, of the independent spirit that keepsstudent journalism a relevant and vital force in Canada,as attested to by its alum. A NASH conference held here would benet fromthat legacy, energize us, and remind us why we wantedto go into journalism in the rst place. A bilingualconference would be a step toward bringing morefrancophones into CUP, and further the organization’sgoal of expanding the reach of student journalismacross Canada.



Montréal, Canada’s second larg-est city, is also the second-largestfrancophone city in the world – even though it is home to a largeanglophone population and themajority of its inhabitants are bilin-gual. Made up of diverse, vibrant,and open-minded communities of people from a variety of differentbackgrounds, the city is a hotspotfor political activism, journalism,

creative talent, and cultural expres-sion. With dozens of museumsand art galleries, a rich offering of historical sites, a bustling nancialdistrict, the largest undergroundcity shopping complex in the

world, and enough bars, clubs, andmusic venues to keep you going ‘til

way past the break of dawn, you’renever without something to see ordo in Montreal. And the food’s not

bad either: while one side of townserves up the famous bagels andsmoked meat, exotic and inter-national fare from anywhere youcould imagine are close by. What’smore, with several prominentnewspapers and magazines anda large student population fromour four universities, it’s the idealsetting for a national journalismconference.

Why Montréal? »



PJ Vogt Asst. Producer at On The Media

Drew Nelles Editor at Maisonneuve

Charles Mostoller Freelance photographer,

Columbia GSJ Student, The DominionKelly Ebbels Writer at Ridgewood Patch

Daniel Goldbloom Former editor, Full Com-ment Blog on nationalpost.com

Haroon Siddiqi Toronto Star Columnist

Suzanne Goldenberg Environmentalcolumnist with the Guardian.

Rick Salutin Globe columnist, media criticand author

Judy Rebick Founder o rabble.ca

Charles Krauthammer Pulitzer Prize-winning

journalist, Washington PostKelly Nestruck Theatre reviewer or the Globe

Benjamin Errett National Post Editor

Jenna Marie Wakani Toronto photojournalist

Rishi Hargovan rabble.ca contributor

Josh Ginsberg Xtra writer

Henry Aubin Gazette columnist

Stefan Christoff Journalist and activist

The workshops we host will equip the conference’sguests with the current tools that they will need toenter the fourth estate – whether through broadcast

or print. NASH 73 should introduce its guests to new forums and new modes of journalistic expression thatstudent journalists can bring back to their own publi-cations. Podcasts, blogs, audio-slideshows, and online

video are increasingly important tools in the economy of communication, and we intend to bring experts inthese new media who will present them in a way that

is accessible and applicable. Many of the journalists weintend to bring to Nash 73 also have extensive experi-ence covering political and cultural beats. We intendto capitalize on their backgrounds in their respectiveelds by allowing them not simply to present introduc-tory seminars on journalism, but rather discuss theirunique expertise in these elds. Seminars on prescientissues like climate change, contractors and private lob-bies, indigenous and other race politics, queer politics,and labour issues will also be held. We will also hold

workshops on investigative journalism, sports report-ing, culture writing, and literary journalism.

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Brian STOrm

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Linda Mcquaig Journalist and media critic

Joan Mandell Documentary flmmaker,ounder o Al-Fajr newspaper

Melinda Wittstock Exec. director o CapitalNews Connection, Formerly NPR, MSNBCJoseph Heath U o T philosophy pro, author

Jeremy Scahill Investigative journalist,Democracy now!, The Nation

Zach Dubinsky Copy editor at CBC, ormerly

the Gazette and National Post, reelancerBrian Morgan Art editor, The Walrus

Sarah Colgrove Freelancer and ormerWalrus intern

Krishtine De Leon Former Rolling Stone con-tribuiting editor, blogger and activist.

Emily Bazelon Senior editor, Slate.comNadya Kwandibens Freelance photographer,specializes in First Nations issues

Chris Ware Graphic novelist and illustrator

Kristina Rigza Exec. editor, Wiretap Magazine

Cody Brown Founder o NYULocalSook-Yin Leen Host o Defnitely not theopera on CBC

Maya Goldwin-Robins The Dominion

Chantal Hébert Toronto Star & Le Devoirpolitical columnist

Josée Legault Le Voir & The Gazette politicalcolumnist

Emmanuelle Latraverse Parliamentary bu-reau chie, Radio-Canada television

Nicolas Langelier Blogger, reelance writerand President o the Association des jour-nalistes indépendants du Québec

Jean Dion Hilarious sports columnist, LeDevoir

Christophe Bergeron Editor in chie, Le Voir

Daniel Leblanc Reporter at The Globe, wentto the Supreme Court to protect the ano-nymity o sources

Catherine Pogonat radio and television host,covers the indie scene

André Pratte Chie editorialist, La Presse

Josée Boileau Editor in chie, Le Devoir

Le Sportnographe Ironic sports reporters,new media sel-made men

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Adam GOPNIK Naomi KlEIN

Dan BaUm

Ken SIlVErSTEIN

Amy GOODmaN

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Montréal is home to North America’slargest student population; it’s no sur-prise that the nighttime activities herecater to our interests. Crescent andSt-Laurent are major hubs of nightlifein the city, but Daily editors have beenknown to trod off the beaten path a bit,and we’ll do our best to show you every-thing the city has to offer.

vouez vousouhe veoi (e soi)?Places to go at night »



Full of live music venues andmechanical bulls, lovely Mile

End is one of Montréal’smost multicultural and artisti-cally vibrant neighbourhoods.

The streets are lined withmassive lofts, trendy galleries,and late night cafés. Catch ashow at Green Room, andthen head to Fairmount orSt. Viateur for early-morning bagels afterwards – we’ll leavethe choice to you.

One of the more well-established nightlife stops inMontréal, Crescent Street plays host to a variety of pos-sible activities. Crescent hasnumerous restaurants, bars,clubs, and shopping venuesthat cater to a wide array of tastes. It is a short twoblocks away from the McGillUniversity campus, allowing for easy in-between breaksat a favourite store or bar.

Another local favourite, PeelPub, is on the neighbouring street. Infamous as a pre-game spot and for its $1 beernights, Peel is popular withstudents and locals.

Heading southeast fromcampus brings you to one theliveliest districts of down-town Montréal, the Main.

What is actually St-LaurentStreet hosts a variety of shop-ping centres, restaurants, andplaces for evening outings.From more intimate clubslike Blue Dog, to the moreraucous places like Club Sodaand Tokyo, something is sureto be appealing.

Points worth noting about going out in Montréal »

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Bars stay openuntil 3 a.m.

The age o majorityis 18.

Cheap beer is available atgrocery stores and deps.



en rOUTEPlaces to stay »

Delta Montréal

Le Centre Sheraton Fairmount Le Reine Élizabeth

Hilton Montréal Bonaventure

Montréal is a booming metropolis, with numerous conferencehotels and venues. With a bit of shopping around we hope to geta good deal on the best space available. Wherever we end up, wepromise to bring an army of Daily staff in with laptops to testthe Internet rst. Here are a few contenders:

Last time The Daily hosted NASH (with The Link),it was held at the Delta, which is steps away fromMcGill’s downtown campus. The hotel is almostdirectly in between Crescent and St-Laurent, and a

few blocks down from Montréal’s public museumsand the underground city.

The Hilton is located in the southern portion of downtown, steps from the Old Port and the St.Lawrence river. While it may not be the most cen-trally located of our options, the hotel has a special

relationship with McGill, and we may be able to usethis relationship to our advantage.

It’s probably way out of our price range, but theQueen Elizabeth is perhaps the classiest and mosthistoric hotel in Montréal, The Queen Elizabeth islocated directly above the central train station in theheart of Montréal. It’s minutes from Crescent St.,attached to the underground city, and full of history.

The Sheraton was recently rennovated, and is now one of Montréal’s nest conference hotels. It’s incentral downtown as well, and steps from the BellCentre, Ste. Catherine, and Crescent Street.



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Edmonton

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Montréal

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Media@McGillSSMUMcGill PGSSCampus Plus

Daily and McGill AlumniGazetteCBC / Radio-CanadaThe Globe and MailQPIRG

Apathy is BoringAlternativesLe DevoirLa Presse

The HourThe MirrorLe VoirSPJCJFE

MaisonneuveThis! MagazineThe DominionBriarpatch Magazine

SantropolBierbriarMcAuslan BreweryEquiterre

Money matters » Potential sponsors

Little Visions » Ideas we’d try to make a reality

Try to up the schedule, withsome variation in session

times

Buddy papers or solodelegates and new

CUP members

Fight like hell orthe party hole!



The Daily and Le Délit are published by The

Daily Publications Society, an autonomous

student society of McGill University

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