Jennifer Reid is a consultant and researcher with the Winnipeg School of Communication, and a contributor to its journal, Winnsox. Her abiding passion is exploration of the interconnections between language, media, and identity. She has lectured and presented at universities around the world on topics focusing on the media and communications. Learn more about Jennifer.
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Hashtags, Digital Blanks, and Social Justice
The power of the #hashtag as a digital blank is equal to that of the printed blank in its ability to configure identities. What is the special place of social-justice complexes like #BlackLivesMatter and #DefundThePolice in the world of the digital blank? -
The New Crisis in Higher Education
Canadian universities are on the front lines as an essential service equipping Canadians to face the demanding realities of the new world of work. However, they are now facing financial setbacks from Manitoba’s backward approach to crisis management. -
Open-ended Questions
There’s nothing like an open-ended question to get the conversation going. So how do we make sure a question is open-ended? Easy. It’s all encoded in the syntactical structure of our query. For teachers, the open-ended question is half the battle. -
Why Study English? Language, Literature, and Digital Economies
English studies has many benefits, but reading in a digital age requires different approaches to build the bridges that were once commonplace in the world of learning.