Mental health
Summary:
For this Media Watch Assignment #1, students will be required to analyze a media topic addressing
any one of the topics covered in the 8 modules for this course:
● Students should be prepared to discuss why they chose the article and how it relates to the
week’s topic.
● Media topics can be taken from newspaper articles, social media outlets, blogs, research, exCetera.
● It is not required that the media topic be scholarly.
● The purpose of this assignment is to create discussion using a critical eye toward how
Canadian Indigenous people are portrayed in the media, providing a critical analysis that
includes information about Canada’s colonial history.
● Lastly, students should prepare two discussion questions to stimulate critical thinking
amongst the students. Students will facilitate discussion by presenting an overview of the
article, how it relates to the week’s topic, and what it meant to them.
● The analysis should include scholarly work to support their opinion, how Canada’s colonial
history impacted the topic, and the critical questions for discussion.
Scholarly work is considered original research, government reports or fact sheets, and organizations
identifying statistics or research on the topic (example: Canadian Diabetes Association).
The total length of the submission should be one to one and half pages (double spaced).
Articles must follow APA 7 guidelines for referencing; bring in relevant content from the week’s topic,
and current research to support opinions (one to two scholarly references).
For this assignment, students will be required to analyze a media topic addressing any one
of the topics covered in the 8 modules for this course. Students should be prepared to
discuss why they chose the article and how it relates to the week’s topic. Media topics can
be taken from newspaper articles, social media outlets, blogs, research, etcetera. It is not
required that the media topic be scholarly. The purpose of this assignment is to understand
how Canadian Indigenous people are portrayed in the media, providing a critical analysis
that includes information about Canada’s colonial history. Students will provide an overview
of the article, how it relates to the week’s topic, and what it meant to them. The analysis
should include scholarly work to support their opinion, how Canada’s colonial history
impacted the topic and the critical questions for discussion. Scholarly work is
considered original research, government reports or fact sheets, and organizations
identifying statistics or research on the topic (example: Canadian Diabetes Association). The
total length of the submission should be one to one and a half pages (double spaced).
Articles must follow APA guidelines for referencing; bring in relevant content from the week’s
topic, and current research to support opinions (one to two scholarly references). To
summarize, you are asked to pull a topic from the media that pertains to the week’s module
focus and apply scholarly work to support your analysis of the topic. Students are strongly
encouraged to use the example of a media watch posted on the course page as a reference
for formatting and section suggestions.
Mental health
Criteria Description Mark
Provided overview and
Identified significance to
week’s topic Identify
relevance to Week’s topic
Precise and Concise
overview detailing main
issues and significant
players involved. Media is
relevant to a Week’s topic
and provides a clear link
3
Identified their reaction to
the article Identified
connection to Canada’s
colonial history
Clearly identified their
reaction and a clear rational
behind their feeling.
Identifies a clear connection
to Canada’s colonial history
to the issue/s presented
3
Applied scholarly work Supports ideas using 4
MODULE 4 Mental Health NCCAH. (2012). Challenging hidden assumptions: Colonial
norms as determinants of Aboriginal mental health. National Collaborating Center for
Aboriginal Health: UBC. Video Finding Dawn. Dir. Christine Welsh. NFB One, 2006. Film.
http://www.nfb.ca/film/finding_dawn/
Flight from darkness https://youtu.be/VSk-Vg_Z0q0
