Marc Raboy is professor and Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies. A former journalist in a wide variety of media, educated at McGill, Marc Raboy taught previously at the Université de Montréal and Laval University. He is the author or editor of many books and articles as well as senior research associate in the Programme on Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford, and member of the international council of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). From 2001 to 2003, he served as expert advisor to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage for its study of Canadian broadcasting. He is also a founding member of an international advocacy campaign for Communication Rights in the Information Society (CRIS).

23 January 2006

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