Kristy Snell

Kristy Snell is an award-winning multi-platform journalist and associate professor at Concordia, where her work focuses on decolonizing journalism/practice, experiential pedagogy, and Indigenous education.

As Academic Leader of the Institute for Inclusive, Investigative, and Innovative Journalism (I3J), Kristy has developed a long-term collaborative relationship between Concordia’s Department of Journalism and Kahnawà:ke Survival School, which introduces journalism to Kanien'kehà:ka high school students while educating Concordia students on culturally responsible journalism practices with Indigenous communities.   

Before coming to Concordia, Kristy spent 14 years as CBC Radio morning news anchor/editor for Montreal/Quebec. She has filled-in as a news anchor for The World This Hour and has anchored CBC television newscasts in four provinces and nationally on CBC News Network. She also spent five years with CTV as an anchor and reporter.

Kristy holds a Master of Education (MEd) specializing in Indigenous education from the University of British Columbia. 

She is a member of Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation in Saskatchewan.

Creating welcoming spaces: Indigenous journalism students’ perspectives on programming and representation

https://factsandfrictions.ca/portfolio-item/ffv4n1-creating-welcoming-spaces-snell-roley/

Building bridges between Indigenous high school students and journalism

https://j-source.ca/building-bridges-between-indigenous-high-school-students-and-journalism/

2024

JOUR 330 - Audio Journalism/Radio Newsroom

2024

JOUR 451 - Independent Study - Indigenous Journalism

2024

JOUR 498 - Advanced Special Topics in Journalism - Indigenous Journalism

2023

JOUR 451 - Independent Study - Indigenous Journalism 

2023

JOUR 498 - Advanced Special Topics in Journalism - Inclusive Journalism, Indigenous focus

2022

JOUR 451 - Independent Study - Inclusive Journalism, Indigenous focus

2021

JOUR 207 - Introduction to Multimedia (audio section)

Current projects

My research interests are decolonizing journalism/practice, experiential pedagogy, Indigenous education, and Indigenous research methodologies.

I have developed and lead a collaborative journalism project between Concordia University and Kahnawake Survival School, which sees Concordia students mentoring Kanien'kehá:ka secondary students as they produce original pieces of journalism about their community for publication/broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 

Here is the students' latest work: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/kahnawake-survival-school-video-stories-1.7256990

Here is the CBC network radio special featuring the work of the students in Kahnawà:ke: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-141-cbc-radio-specials/clip/16014180-using-our-voices

More on the collaboration here: https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2023/03/07/a-collaboration-between-concordia-and-kahnawake-survival-school-is-inspiring-the-next-generation-of-journalists.html