Emanuel Lowi, M.S.
- Adjunct Professor, School of Community and Public Affairs
- Adjunct Professor, Geography, Planning and Environment
- Adjunct Professor, History
- Adjunct Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
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Sign in to editResearch areas: Indigenous cultures and knowledges, issues in contemporary First Nations and Inuit life, contemporary Indigenous politics, Indigenous-Settler relations, Indigenous land rights and self-government, Indigenous resurgence and resistance, urban Indigenous lives, environmental activism, public affairs communication, journalistic media practices, investigative reporting, commentary and criticism
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Biography
Biography
Emanuel Lowi is a journalist, photographer and teacher.
His work as a journalist serves First Peoples in Quebec and in Canada -- especially the Inuit of Nunavik and the Cree of Eeyou Istchee -- as well as in the Middle East, where Emanuel has lived with Indigenous Bedouin in the Sinai desert.
He has worked for National Geographic magazine, for CBC Radio and for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) National News. His articles have been published in Canada and internationally in numerous magazines and newspapers.
Emanuel Lowi has been an Adjunct Professor at Concordia University since 2017.
He teaches in Concordia University's First Peoples Studies program, in the School of Community and Public Affairs, in the Department of Geography, Planning, Environment, in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, in the Department of History, and in Concordia Continuing Education's Communications program.
Emanuel has also taught Indigenous students at Nunavik Sivunitsavut and Indigenous participants at Projets Autochtones du Québec (PAQ).
Professor Lowi is an activist veteran of Indigenous rights struggles, politics and Indigenous news media for more than 40 years.
He has been employed by organizations including the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO), Makivvik Corporation, Ilagiisaq (Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec), Avataq Cultural Institute and by Kativik Ilisarniliriniq.
In the Middle East, Emanuel has worked as a journalist in Israel, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen.
Emanuel Lowi has been enrolled as a Ph.D candidate in Concordia University's Individualized (INDI) Program. His research focussed on Indigenous peoples' use of communications media as a tool of resilience, cultural resurgence, community solidarity and resistance to colonialism.
Professor Lowi earned a B.A. in English and Politics at Brandeis University, a degree in Education from McGill University and an M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.
Teaching activities
First Peoples Studies
FPST 301 The Indian Act
Faculty of Fine Arts
FFAR 298 Indigenous Representation in the Arts
Department of History
HIST 303 Native North America from 1800
ANTH 204 Indigenous Peoples of North America
SOCI/ANTH 303 Indigenous Resurgence
GEOG 407 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
SCPA 480 Public Affairs Communication
CEJN 110 Basic Editing Practices
CEJN 122 Creative Nonfiction
CEJN 126 Travel Writing
CEPR 115 Effective Public Speaking
Nunavik Sivunitsavut
Research activities
• Indigenous cultures and knowledges
• Issues in contemporary First Nations and Inuit life
• Contemporary Indigenous politics
• Indigenous-Settler relations
• Indigenous land rights and self-government
• Indigenous resistance and resurgence
• Urban Indigenous lives
• Environmental activism
• Journalistic media practices
• Investigative reporting
• Commentary and criticism
• Creative expression
• Intercultural communication
• Photojournalism
Publications
Published in:
• Le Monde Diplomatique
• Le Devoir
• Auf Einen Blick
• Asiaweek
• Haaretz
• Jerusalem Report
• Reader’s Digest
• Family Circle
• Wine Spectator
• Canadian Geographic
• Equinox
• The Globe and Mail
• National Post
• Ottawa Citizen
• Vancouver Sun
• Regina Leader-Post
• Winnipeg Free Press
• The Gazette
• The Mirror
• The Nation
• Windspeaker
• Nunatsiaq News
• Inuktitut
• Tumivut
• Kanguq
• Above & Beyond
• Now
• Canadian Press
• Canwest wire services
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/I_get_tears_in_my_eyes_when_I_think_of_my_mother/
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/629_elisapie_isaac_steps_out_with_first_solo_cd/
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/418_nunavik_poet_dies_suddenly_in_montreal/
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/First_Air_payouts_among_ivisive_issues/
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/65674montreal_christmas_feast_offers_food_fellowship_to_inuit/
http://www.nationnewsarchives.ca/article/will-the-real-self-government-stand-up/
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20071021/281663955645949
https://ammsa.com/publications/windspeaker/squeeze-play-inuit-housing-reaches-critical-stage-0
https://www.haaretz.com/1.5391491
https://www.proquest.com/docview/216025702
https://www.proquest.com/docview/216190894/
https://www.academia.edu/40263990/Equinox_Sinai
Broadcast on:
CBC/Radio-Canada
• Morningside
• Sunday Morning
• This Morning
• Ideas
• Cross Country Checkup
• Now the Details
• Daybreak
• Radio Noon
• CBC News Montreal at 6
• Quebec AM
• Open House
• Commentary
• Infotape
• RDI Matin Week-end
• Desautels le dimanche
• Boréal Hebdo
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2029630019698
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/desautels-le-dimanche/segments/chronique/32131/songs-of-leonard-cohen-hommage-50-ans-emanuel-lowi
• Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
• APTN National News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APTN_National_News#History
Wapikoni Mobile
Emanuel Lowi is also a published poet:
http://www.bookmineset.com/2006/11/writers-diary-194-peter-van-toorn.html
Honours
Honours
• 21st Inuit Studies Conference, guest lecturer, Montreal, Quebec
https://www.academia.edu/44061446/Inuit_Studies_Conference_Speech
• 2025, Historical Injustice and its Representation in Media lecture series, guest lecturer, "Denial of Deaths: The Graves of Indigenous School Children in Canada," EPICUR European University -- an alliance of University of Strasbourg, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Southern Denmark, University of Amsterdam, Adam Mickiewicz University, University of Haute-Alsace, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, BOKU University, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.
• 2024, Historical Injustice and its Representation in Media lecture series, guest lecturer, "Hidden in Plain Sight: the Deaths of Indigenous School Children in Canada," EPICUR European University
• Winner, Russell I.Elman Award, for the most deserving Canadian journalism student at ColumbiaUniversity
• Winner, Governmentof Sweden journalism fellowship, for reporting on Indigenous Sámi politics
• Winner, MichenerAward for Journalism, for “A l'heure de choix,” published by LeDevoir (contributor)
https://www.michenerawards.ca/historical-timeline/1980s/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michener_Award
• Nominated, TheNational Magazine Awards (Canada), Best Cover Photograph
Relations
Emanuel Lowi's family members are Inuit, Jewish, Muslim and Christian.
He is a voting member of Projets Autochtones du Québec.