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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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COMM 2110U – Communication and Digital Media Theory: Keyworks

What is a theory? How do theories about communication and digital media interact with the way we think about, consume, and use all kinds of communication and digital media in society (e.g., movies, TV series, computers, social media sites, video games, augmented reality)? The course introduces students to communication and digital media theory and invites them to stand on the shoulders of their discipline and profession’s intellectual giants. Students learn what theory is and why it matters, assess the usefulness of theory, and apply theory through their own analysis and interpretation of a real world communication and digital media process, practice, or product. The ideas of select communication and digital media theory keyworks and foundational thinkers will be introduced, assessed and applied through studies of the 21st century world of communications and digital media.