The Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) is an organization for professionals engaged in the field of print and electronic journalism and creative writing.

CEMA upholds the principles of Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

citizenship and multiculturalism and maintains and the right of freedom of expression without ethnocentric bias. The emphasis of CEMA is on the exchange of ideas rather than lobbying although, when necessary, statements are made on pressing topics to whomever they may concern such as the exclusion of ethnic journalists from sources of news and information open to mainstream media.

CEMA operates as an independent organization, without financial support from governments.

Officers

• Chair, Madeline Ziniak, National Vice President and Station Manager, OMNI Television;
• President, Dat Nguyen, Publisher, Thoi Bao;
• 1st Vice President, Kiumars Rezvanifar, Producer, Pasargad Today and Iran Zameen;
• 2nd Vice President, Vasil Yancoff, Producer, Macedonian Heritage Hour;
• Treasurer, Irene Chu, Toronto Writers’ Association and Chinese Canadian News;
• Secretary, Gina Valle, Writer/researcher;
• Membership, Elena Zolotko, Russian journalist;
• Webmaster, Zuhair Kashmeri, OMNI-TV South Asian News and Diversity commentator; author, writer and editor; TV documentary producer;
• Membership, Alexander Gershtein – Journalist and documentary producer;
• Immediate Past President, Ace Alvarez, Managing Editor, Manila Media Monitor; Producer, Front Page Philippines.

External links

• CEMA website: Canadian Ethnic Media Association