Last month, two of us from CHCO visited the Telile Community Television station in Nova Scotia to learn more about community tv stations in Atlantic Canada. The visit emphasized the profound impact of community TV on fostering connections and partnerships. During our visit, we engaged in a wonderful conversation with the station manager, Becky Bourinot, who shared with us the station's vital role in the community. We learned that Telile's TV bingo significantly contributes to the station's revenue. The station has witnessed increased community engagement by collaborating with other bingo halls in the area. In these collaborations, profits are specifically directed to support those halls. The station always has their doors open for community members who are interested in using the space. The visit to Telile Community Television demonstrated how community TV stations serve as a central hub where partners from various sectors can come together to enrich the community's social fabric. This collaborative spirit opens doors to opportunities for community development, education, and empowerment, making community television more than just a medium of communication but a catalyst for community growth and cohesion.
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LJI Impact is the section of commediaportal.ca where the journalists and their organizations participating in CACTUS' Local Journalism Initiative can share their greatest successes.
Through the written stories, photos and videos you see in the LJI Impact section, you'll be able to read first hand accounts about how the presence of a community journalist is making a difference in communities across Canada through the Local Journalism Initiative and the Community Media Portal.
The Community Media Portal is a gateway to the audio-visual media created by community media centres across Canada. These include traditional community TV and radio stations, as well as online and new media production centres.
Community media are not-for-profit production hubs owned and operated by the communities they serve, established both to provide local content and reflection for their communities, as well as media training and access for ordinary citizens to the latest tools of media production, whether traditional TV and radio, social and online media, virtual reality, augmented reality or video games.
The Community Media Portal has been funded by the Local Journalism Initiative (the LJI) of the Department of Canadian Heritage, and administered by the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) in association with the Fédération des télévisions communautaires autonomes du Québec (the Fédération). Under the LJI, over 100 journalists have been placed in underserved communities and asked to produce civic content that underpins Canadian democratic life.
