In a time of multiple and intensifying crises, Progressive Publics is rooted in a commitment to social justice and asserts that both the academy and the media are public goods that have crucial and entwined roles to play in critical analysis and knowledge mobilization and dissemination.

This project triangulates three sectors—independent media, the academy, and the broader public—through connecting crucial questions of the present and how to live collectively in more just relation to media and scholarly communication to promote access, social justice, and community engagement.

Team

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André Goulet

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André Goulet is a Community Liason, Outreach Coordinator and Strategic Planner at Unrigged Media, a collective journalism initiative featuring 31 independent publishers from across Canada and the Executive Director at the Harbinger Media Network, Canada’s #1 progressive podcast community.

Dr. Shama Rangwala

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Dr. Shama Rangwala is as Associate Professor at York University whose research examines the adaptations of liberalism and fascism as represented in cultural production and the politics of free speech and academic freedom in cultural production. She is Principal Investigator of Pedagogy and Praxis, a project to develop new forms of public pedagogy that bring scholarly research into dialogue with broader communities around urgent social and political issues and championing the university as a public good. Dr. Rangwala is the founding editor of Pyriscence, a digital culture and politics magazine, and a regular contributor to TV news panels, podcasts, and other media.