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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
Tribune de la presse parlementaire | |
 Parliamentary Press Gallery offices in 1916 | |
| Formation | 1866 |
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| Type | Voluntary association |
| Headquarters | National Press Building |
| Location(s) | 150 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario |
| Website | www |
The Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery (French: Tribune de la presse parlementaire) is an association established to oversee rules and responsibilities of Canadian journalists when at Parliament Hill. The headquarters of the organization is the National Press Building at 150 Wellington Street. Each province of Canada also has its own press gallery.
The organization was formed in 1866 by Thomas White. Before Hansard was introduced in 1875, records were dependent upon the newspapers of the time.
During the early years of the association, the members were associated with political parties. Membership of the gallery is determined by the association, but the final decision lies with the Speaker of the House of Commons.
The first woman member of the association was Genevieve Lipsett.[1]
The Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery's most high-profile activity is the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner, which is traditionally attended by most prime ministers and covered by the news media.[2] The most recent prime minister to not attend the event is Stephen Harper.[3]
The Charles Lynch Award is an annual award presented at the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner to a Canadian journalist in recognition of outstanding coverage of national issues as selected by their colleagues in the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery.
Many politicians and leaders, including Jack Layton, Carolyn Parrish, and Michaëlle Jean, have attended the dinner. In 2005, former prime minister Brian Mulroney attended the event. At the 2015 edition, Green Party leader Elizabeth May had a controversial speech at the event. In 2016, at the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery, prime minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (wore Kim Smiley), staged a skit.[4] The Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, also spoke that year.[5] In 2018, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer attended the event. In 2025, prime minister Mark Carney, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and interim NDP leader Don Davies attended the dinner. In addition, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and comedian Chris Wilson appeared at dinner.[6][7]
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The Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery (French: Tribune de la presse parlementaire) is an association established to oversee rules and responsibilities of Canadian journalists when at Parliament Hill. The headquarters of the organization is the National Press Building at 150 Wellington Street. Each province of Canada also has its own press gallery.
National Press Building may refer to: National Press Building (Ottawa), which houses the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery National Press Building (Washington, DC), which houses the National Press Club of the United States
Blacklock's Reporter (founded October 2012) is an Ottawa-based Internet publication covering Canadian government administration. It publishes several articles each day, along with book reviews, poetry and guest commentaries. Six reporters, including Tom Korski, banded together to launch the news site. Its name is derived from a Montreal Gazette war correspondent, Thomas Hyland Blacklock (died 1934), who had been head of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery. In November 2012, Blacklock's won a dispute with the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery to have its journalists accredited. Blacklock's won an Ontario Small Claims Court lawsuit over breach of its paywalls. In November 2016, the Federal Court of Canada rejected an action for breach of copyright by Blacklock's against the Department of Finance of Canada. The Court held the sharing of paywall-protected articles among a relatively small group of people connected with the news item was fair dealing. The Court ordered Blacklock's to pay the department costs of $65,000, stating that "the litigation should never have been commenced, let alone carried to trial", and that Blacklock's demand for compensation was "based on unwarranted and self-serving assertion of indiscriminate and widespread infringement".
Genevieve Elsie Alice Lipsett (29 July 1885 – 29 January 1935) was an American-born Canadian journalist, teacher and suffragist. She was the first woman to became a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery (French: Tribune de la presse parlementaire), the association established to oversee rules and responsibilities of Canadian journalists when at Parliament Hill. After her marriage, she wrote under the byline "Genevieve Lipsett-Skinner."
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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