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 2410U – Social History of Communication and Media Technologies

This course focuses on the social history of communication as related to new developments in media technologies. The course is a foundational overview of developments in human communication with attention to the social and cultural contexts in which new media technologies emerged over time. Students learn about orality, literacy, the printing press, the telegraph, the telephone, the phonograph, the radio, the motion picture, the TV, satellites, cybernetics, personal computers, the Internet, A.I., smartphones and the social media and augmented reality of today.