User:ClaireIvaMcLaughlin

I have a background and education in communications, journalism, fine arts and writing and editing. I am Canadian, born and raised in Ottawa. I am currently employed at an NGO called the Canadian Child Care Federation as a publisher and editor and communications advisor.

I am also studying part time at the University of Ottawa,in my third and final year for a B.A. in Arts with a minor in Communications. I am in a course called Theories of the Media (CMN 2160A) and our Professor, Patrick McCurdy, Ph.D.has assigned us a Wiki-Assignment for the class. First, we are to revise or create content, (referenced text) on a topic of our choosing in Wikipedia. Secondly we are to write a reflective essay, using one or two communications theories we have been studying in our course, to reflect upon the significance of Wikipedia, our assignment at hand and the impact of media and communication on our society at large. We are to include and cite five academic sources related to the theories we discuss in our essay.

For the Wikipedia entry I have chosen to create a new page or entry for a Canadian charitable organization called the Canadian Child Care Federation. I have chosen this NGO since it has existed and provided services to the child care sector for more than 25 years in Canada and yet there is no record of it in Wikipedia. I thought it should be mentioned and associated with the existing Wiki content on child care in Canada.