Spring 2010 ORPUCbeq

March 5-7 in Montreal, Quebec.

The Link is pleased to invite you to "Between the Lines", the Spring 2010 Ontario, Quebec and French regional CUP conference. This conference will focus on how to take the writing and interviewing skills you've learned at previous conferences and take them further. In addition, this conference will be hosted in conjunction with the Link's 30th anniversary celebration.

Guest lecturers such as the Globe & Mail's international reporter Gloria Galloway, Rue Frontenac's Marilou Seguin, The Associated Press' Mark Smith and former Link editor of Shawinigate fame Andrew McIntosh will show students what social, cultural and communicative barriers journalists face every day that are not communicated between the lines of your average 12-inch news story.

Our Canadian University Press regional conference will welcome academics and students from all over the Quebec and Ontario regions including French schools. "Between the Lines" will host thought-provoking lectures by experienced journalists who are: working in varied social conditions; reporting from war zones; advocating for independent media; and battling with how to decide what qualifies as news every day.

We will offer speakers, talks and seminars in both official languages to those attending that explore the topic of the influence and role that media organizations can and do play in social discourse. In this way, we at The Link hope to serve as ambassadors for both Concordia University and the city of Montreal.

Schedule

You can download a PDF of the schedule by clicking here.

Seminars will take place on the 7th floor of the Hall building on the Concordia University downtown campus.

Costs

Delegate fees are only $20 per person, due upon signing in at the conference.

Hotel

The Novotel Montreal—a ten minute walk from the conference location in downtown Montreal is the official hotel of the conference.

Rates for quad occupancy are only $129 per night (plus taxes).

Papers / delegates are responsible for booking hotel accommodations and making payment arrangements. Please call the Novotel at (514) 871-2138 and mention the Link Newspaper to receive the discounted rates. Rooms are going fast, so make sure to book ASAP!

Register

Registration is closed.

Additional Event

Concordia's Department of Journalism has moved their free workshop on health reporting and communications to the 19th of March. Apologies for any delegates who made arrangements to attend. If you'll be in Montreal on the 19th and still want to go, you can find more info here.

More Info

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email EIC Terrine Friday at editor@thelinknewspaper.ca or Managing Editor Clare Raspapow at managing@thelinknewspaper.ca, or call the Link offices at 514-848-2424 ext. 7405.