Canadian Ethnic Media Association

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The Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) is an organization for professionals engaged in the field of print and electronic journalism and creative writing.

CEMA upholds the principles of [Canada |Canadian] citizenship and multiculturalism and maintains and the right of freedom of expression without ethnocentric bias. The emphasis of CEMA is on the exchange of ideas rather than lobbying although, when necessary, statements are made on pressing topics to whomever they may concern such as the exclusion of ethnic journalists from sources of news and information open to mainstream media.

CEMA operates as an independent organization, without financial support from governments.

Board of Directors

  • Chair, Madeline Ziniak, Vice President and Station Manager OMNI Television
  • President, Ben Viccari , Publisher and Editor, Canscene, and television commentator
  • First Vice President & Secretary, Ace Alvarez, Publisher and Editor, Manila Media Monitor, and Independent TV Producer, Front Page Philippines, OMNI-TV
  • Second Vice-president, Jules Elder, OMNI-TV Associate Producer, and TV commentator
  • Treasurer, Irene Chu, Advisory Board OMNI-TV, Advisor Toronto Chinese Writers Association and C.C. Times Weekly
  • Events Chair: Bill Yancoff, Producer, Macedonian Heritage Hour, OMNI-TV
  • Webmaster & Editor: Zuhair (Kash) Kashmeri, freelance writer and broadcaster.

Board Members

  • Hyo Kim, Publisher, Korea Central Daily
  • Dat Nguyen, Publisher and Editor, Thoi Bao
  • Hasanat Ahmad Syed, Publisher and Editor, New Canada
  • Kati Rekai, C.M., award winning author of children’s books and broadcaster on Hungarian Hour
  • Elena Zolotko, Columnist, Canadian Courier (Russian Weekly)
  • Kiumars Rezvanifar, TV Producer Pasargat Today and Iran Zameen Today
  • Anil Shringi, Producer Music India.

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