User:Swidden

About Me
A little about who I am:

♦ Journalism student at Carleton University, and a regular contributor to community newspapers.

♦ Guitarist, songwriter (acoustic)

♦ CANADIAN (I currently reside in Ottawa but was born in the Greater Toronto Area.

♦ Avid follower and observer of the Canadian alternative music scene.

Areas of Knowledge and Interest
♦ Musicology - particularly on the subject of modern and mid-20th-century Canadian popular music.

♦ Journalism and its history - This is my major, and I am thoroughly knowledgeable and well-read on the subject.

♦ North American Civil Rights and the Government - I have done major research on the situation of on-reserve Natives in Canada from 1969 to the present. I also have an interest in African American civil rights and am knowledgeable on the life and accomplishments of George Washington Carver.

♦ Culture and government intervention - I have done extensive research on the Canadian Radio/Television and Telecommunications Commission, and am deeply interested in the consequences of government intervention within mass media and cultural output, particularly content regulations and their effect on the music industry.

Articles I Plan to Improve
- Florence Bird - Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (Add information on content regulations and MAPL)

--Eastwood 18:01, 3 April 2007 (UTC)