BAA (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Brian teaches reporting and editing across all platforms. He joined the King’s faculty after 26 years as a print journalist and television news producer who was twice shortlisted for RTDNA awards.
Brian has applied a passion for teaching, training and mentoring throughout his career. From 2018 to 2022 he oversaw national education programs at the Canadian Association of Black Journalists where he ran J-School Noire, a journalism camp for high-school students. Brian previously led newsroom writing seminars, taught television production to colleagues and presented a computer-assisted reporting module to Concordia University journalism students.
Published Works
Brian is a Canadian basketball historian and describes himself as “an incorrigible basketball nut.” His 2013 book Canada’s Other Game: Basketball from Naismith to Nash is the definitive work in the genre. He has made numerous media appearances on both sides of the border to share the story of the sport that was invented by Canadian scholar James Naismith.
Brian is also a fluently bilingual media consultant who has run leadership seminars in both official languages. Brian created a J-Schools Canada database, and an accompanying tutorial video, entitled Understanding Journalism and Systemic Racism. He also co-authored the federal policy paper Amplifying Voices, Protecting Lives: Addressing Systemic Racism in Media, presented at the Global Conference for Media Freedom.
Current Research
Media and government messaging about Black immigration to Canada.
Interests
Text, audio and video editing, media economics and leadership, Black Canadian history, Canadian basketball history