Lydia Miljan

Professor of Political Science, University of Windsor

Lydia Miljan is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor, and a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute. She was Director of the Fraser Institute’s Alberta Policy Research Centre and from 1988 to 2001 was the Chair of the National Media Archive. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Calgary, specializing in political communication. Dr. Miljan teaches in the areas of Canadian public policy, research methodology, and politics and the media. Her main research interests include how journalist’s personal views are reflected in news content and public opinion formation. In addition to peer-reviewed papers, she is the author of three books: Public Policy in Canada, Hidden Agendas: How Journalists Influence the News, and Cross-Media Ownership and Democratic Practice in Canada. Hidden Agendas was short-listed for the Donner Prize for the best book in public policy, 2003/04.

Recent Research by Lydia Miljan

— Sep 26, 2024
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Media Coverage of Federal Spending Announcements on Child Care, Pharma Care, and Dental Care

Media Coverage of Federal Spending Announcements on Child Care, Pharma Care, and Dental Care a content analysis of CTV and CBC television news coverage from 2021 to 2024, finds that of all the coverage that focused on the three new government programs, just 4.1 per cent of CTV coverage, and just 3.7 per cent of CBC television coverage reported the specific costs of the programs.

— Jun 4, 2024
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Federal Support for Journalism

Federal Support for Journalism, by Senior Fellow Lydia Miljan, is the latest essay in the Institute’s series on federal policy reforms. It documents the changing media landscape in Canada in recent years, and highlights why federal subsidies for the industry are bad policy.

— Feb 10, 2022
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Essential Women of Liberty: Jane Jacobs

The essay, part of the Essential Women of Liberty series, spotlights Jane Jacobs, an activist who helped shape how we think about cities, neighbourhoods and the field of urban planning.