Canadian Ethnic Media Association
For Print, Broadcast and Web Journalists and Writers

(A press release from Globalom Media) 

This year marks the fifth anniversary of North America’s first South Asian Outlook, an independent e-Monthly launched in July  2001. In the last two years it was the recipient of Canada-wide awards in the Internet category, given by Canadian Ethnic Journalists’ and  Writers’ Club (CEJWC), now re-named as Canadian Ethnic Media  Association (CEMA).

Globalom Media, publisher of South Asian Outlook e-Monthly, following  up on its launch of South Asian Outlook on Web TV, earlier this year,  has gone ahead with South Asian Web TV, which will expand its coverage  and feature other South Asian programmes.

 ”To complete its ‘trio’ of Internet and new media productions Globalom  Media this month launched Indo-Canada Outlook,” says Suresh Jaura,  President (North America), Globalom Media, a transatlantic venture  based in Canada and Germany.

 Indo-Canada Outlook is for connecting India and Canada and their people. “India is the cradle of the human race… ” - wrote Mark  Twain. “ Canada is one of the oldest federations the planet still has up and running,” wrote Roy MacGregor in Globe and Mail.

 

 It is produced by Canadians of (East) Indian origin in Canada, for  their compatriots here, for Indians back home and abroad, and for all  those who are interested in the democratic traditions of India and  Canada and the rich cultural heritage of India, its diversity, its  complexity and its vitality. It will provide a forum for dialogue  among Indo-Canadians and Canadians, about issues that affect them  and their concerns.

 

Entering its Sixth year, as in previous years, South Asian Outlook has received  over 16 messages including from the Prime Minister, five  Premiers, Federal Ministers and Members of Parliament. All these messages including the previous ones since 2001 can be viewed at http://www.southasianoutlook.com.

 

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has extended his “congratulations to  everyone involved in the production of this magazine.”

Peter MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, writes, “Since the  inception of South Asian Outlook in 2001, Canada’s engagement with  South Asia has become increasingly important to our prosperity,  security and global governance interests. The South Asian community  living in Canada has played a leading role in shaping our  understanding of the region and enhancing our people to-people links.  As our ties with South Asia deepen, publications such as South Asian Outlook will play an increasingly important role in disseminating key  information and identifying opportunities for enhanced collaborative  partnerships.”

 

Ontario Premier, Dalton McGuinty, conveying “best wishes for your  publications ongoing success” recognizes “the importance of electronic  media in reaching out to South Asians across the globe.” (See adjacent photograph of McGuinty and Jaura)

 

Dr Hedy Fry, candidate for leadership of Liberal Party, recognizes “our achievement to publish across one country let alone provide an international forum that reflects the concerns and issues of South Asian Canadians locally, nationally and internationally.”

 

 

Connecting “Canadians with the international community,” as MP Jim  Karygiannis writes, South Asian Outlook is providing a “valuable  contribution to the vitality of the South Asian community in Canada,”  in the words of Bev Oda, Canadian Heritage Minister.

 

“We are heartened by the recognition that we have received not only from peers in the media but also from leaders of the country,” adds  Suresh Jaura.

 

Suresh Jaura is a member of Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) and  Toronto-based Canadian International Peace Project. He is also a  member of AsiaPeace, a Sweden- and U.S.-based electronic  discussion/action group. He can be reached at 416 620 1520