Reimagine CBC was a solutions-focused campaign that ignited a national conversation to reimagine the role of public media in the age of participation.
Through this project, 36,479 people signed an online petition opposing severe cuts to the CBC. 496 ideas were submitted by the public and rated in our online Ideas Forum, which ran from January 24th to April 16th, 2012. Over 1500 people attended our “Reimagine CBC Celebration” on May 7th, either in-person in Vancouver or online. And an impressive 10,940 people participated in our public survey, created from the top-ranked ideas from the Ideas Forum. A collaborative project of Openmedia.ca, Leadnow.ca and Gen Why Media. It was supported by Canadian Media Guild, Canadian Media Production Association, Babble On, SFU Institute for the Humanities and Vancity.
Reimagine CBC Report
This report is the result of the Reimagine CBC campaign and is a crowdsourced plan to enable the CBC to take on a leadership position in the digital era. It contains five recommendations that reflect details about the precise ideas that Canadians shared with us – which community partners they’d like to see CBC work with, how they’d like to see the archives opened, what participatory processes they want to support, etc. – and further suggestions for how CBC can begin to implement this crowdsourced vision. Our goal was to support, revitalize and reimagine the CBC. The report was written and produced by Reilly Yeo and Diana Trusz.