Joyce Smith, Ryerson University
Associate Professor
Toronto, Ontario
j1smith@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 556394
Bio/Research
Joyce Smith arrived at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2001 from the globeandmail.com, where she was features editor and a member of the founding breaking news team. She had previously worked at the Toronto Star as well as freelancing and serving as senior site editor for a commercial web deve...
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Bio/Research
Joyce Smith arrived at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2001 from the globeandmail.com, where she was features editor and a member of the founding breaking news team. She had previously worked at the Toronto Star as well as freelancing and serving as senior site editor for a commercial web developer. Joyce is the original director of Toronto Metropolitan University’s online journalism program, and in addition has taught research, diversity and creative problem-solving courses to undergraduate and graduate students. In 2018 - 2019, she is teaching Intro to News Studies, as well as courses on Reporting Religion and Reporting on Indigenous Issues.
In September 2018 she became the academic director of the Toronto Metropolitan University Journalism Research Centre. She has also served as interim director (2008 – 2009) and director (2010 – 2013) of the School’s Master of Journalism program. At the university level, she is a member of the Research Ethics Board and has previously been part of the Academic Standards committee.
Joyce was a Rotary International Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar representing a Canadian/American district while at the University of Natal in 1994. Apart from giving her a permanent appreciation for South Africans, media and democracy, her work investigating the coverage of religion surrounding the election of Nelson Mandela resulted in her PhD: “Reporting Religion in a New South Africa.” She turned her attention to Canadian media shortly after, including a study of national news as a Rockefeller Research Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Centre for the Study of Religion in 1998-1999. She has also received SSHRC funding for a study of perceptions of religious representation in Canadian news media.
Joyce has been a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the International Society for Media, Religion and Culture. She hosted the 7th International Conference on Media, Religion and Culture at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2010. Her next side-project will combine her passions: learning to read Spanish knitting patterns.
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In September 2018 she became the academic director of the Toronto Metropolitan University Journalism Research Centre. She has also served as interim director (2008 – 2009) and director (2010 – 2013) of the School’s Master of Journalism program. At the university level, she is a member of the Research Ethics Board and has previously been part of the Academic Standards committee.
Joyce was a Rotary International Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar representing a Canadian/American district while at the University of Natal in 1994. Apart from giving her a permanent appreciation for South Africans, media and democracy, her work investigating the coverage of religion surrounding the election of Nelson Mandela resulted in her PhD: “Reporting Religion in a New South Africa.” She turned her attention to Canadian media shortly after, including a study of national news as a Rockefeller Research Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Centre for the Study of Religion in 1998-1999. She has also received SSHRC funding for a study of perceptions of religious representation in Canadian news media.
Joyce has been a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the International Society for Media, Religion and Culture. She hosted the 7th International Conference on Media, Religion and Culture at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2010. Her next side-project will combine her passions: learning to read Spanish knitting patterns.
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