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Julian Sher

Montreal

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Investigative journalist, author of "North Star: Canada and the Civil War plots against Lincoln." Director of "Kings of Coke" and "Ghosts of Afghanistan"

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  • 1 month ago | reviewofjournalism.ca | Julian Sher

    As journalists we want to report the story, not become the story. Sometimes, though, it’s unavoidable. Back in December 1992, an investigation I did into drug trafficking and corruption with a team from CBC’s The Fifth Estate led to the shocking suicide of a senior RCMP inspector the day before we went to air.

  • 1 month ago | theglobeandmail.com | Julian Sher |Lisa Fitterman

  • Nov 26, 2024 | thespec.com | Julian Sher

    Does Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre have a secret team of intrepid researchers digging away in the backrooms of Parliament Hill? After all, just look at how relentlessly the Tories have been going after the foibles and follies of Justin Trudeau’s government. Most recently it was the controversies over Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault’s conflicting claims about his family’s Indigenous background that eventually forced his resignation.

  • Jun 1, 2024 | thestar.com | Julian Sher

    KINGSTON — Wearing a brightly coloured hijab decorated with flowers over her hair, 14-year-old Taiba turns the pages of a children’s picture book, “Canada ABC.” “B is for beaver … H is for Hockey.” Already a Subscriber? Sign in You are logged in  Switch accounts  Sitting on a bed on a cramped hotel room with her eight other siblings, she is determined to quickly learn English.  “I am happy because there are more opportunities for girls in schools here,” she says.

  • Dec 21, 2023 | reviewcanada.ca | Julian Sher |David Shribman

    For generations, the Civil War narrative about Canada (which was not quite a country at the time) and the United States (which had split into two) remained pretty consistent. It was both simple and satisfying: Canada, bright beacon of freedom for enslaved Black people, had been a welcoming land of refuge, the last stop on the Underground Railroad that carried some 30,000 to safety and emancipation.

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juliansher
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8 May 25

"Trump's War on the Truth" - Watch last night's public forum as journalists who have been fighting back against the mounting attacks on media freedoms in the U.S. talk about the way forward. https://t.co/Yv4AMSC71z https://t.co/FjgLqow9df

juliansher
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3 May 25

Today May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. Reporters Without Borders says "Palestine has become the world’s most dangerous state for journalists" - almost 200 reporters killed in 6 months in Gaza by the Israeli army at least 42 likely killed due to work." https://t.co/GgP8ELf82c https://t.co/M7Rw3KGKh1

juliansher
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2 May 25

Tomorrow is World Press Freedom Day -Join me next Wednesday for a Centre for Free Expression Zoom forum on "Trump's War on the Truth", with some leading American and Canadian journalists. https://t.co/un42BQWXu9