BAA (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Brian teaches reporting and editing across all platforms. He joined the King’s faculty after 26 years as a print journalist and television news producer who was twice shortlisted for RTDNA awards.
Brian has applied a passion for teaching, training and mentoring throughout his career. From 2018 to 2022 he oversaw national education programs at the Canadian Association of Black Journalists where he ran J-School Noire, a journalism camp for high-school students. Brian previously led newsroom writing seminars, taught television production to colleagues and presented a computer-assisted reporting module to Concordia University journalism students.
Research Projects
J-School Noire: A comparative case-study analysis of a media-recruitment initiative for Black youth (University of King’s College, 2023-25).
Canada’s West Indian Domestic Scheme and beyond: a critical discourse analysis of communications and journalism content (University of South Africa, 2024-25).
Making your classrooms more equitable and inclusive – material provided by J-Schools Canada/ÉcolesJ Canada. Ottawa: J-Schools Canada (2021).
Diverse Guest Speakers Database. Ottawa: J-Schools Canada (2021).
Selected Publications
Canada’s Other Game: Basketball from Naismith to Nash. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2013.
The vision goes forward | 50th Anniversary Documentary | Rock Church Halifax. 2022.
Daly, B. Sobowale, J. Stewart, N. Brown, D. (2020). Amplifying Voices, Protecting Lives: Addressing Systemic Racism in Media. Presented at Global Conference for Media Freedom, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development.
Invited presentations
“Diversity in News: From Words to Action.” Research presentation & panel moderator at the Radio Television Digital News Association Annual Conference and Awards Gala, 2023, Toronto.
“Telling the Whole Story.” Presentation to the Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute’s annual Report to Community, 2023, Halifax.
Interests
Text, audio and video editing, media recruiting, economics and leadership, Black Canadian history, Canadian basketball history
