TPFF Book Event: When Genocide Wasn't News
Another Story Bookshop, 315 Ave Roncesvalles, Toronto
Join The Breach’s Desmond Cole for a conversation with article contributors Sonya Fatah, Shenaz Kermalli, and Pacinthe Mattar about the new book When Genocide Wasn’t News: How Canadian media covered up the destruction of Gaza.
The sharp and searing anthology lays bare the Canadian establishment media’s complicity in the destruction of Gaza.
Published by The Breach, an award-winning independent media outlet, the collection brings together urgent investigations and analysis by leading independent journalists and advocates who set the record straight.
Date: Monday, September 29, 2025
Venue: Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, ON
Time: 7:00 PM (Doors 6pm)
For more info about the book, visit our website: https://breachmedia.ca/when-genocide-wasnt-news/
Books will be available for purchase for $25.
This event is in partnership with Another Story Bookshop and The Breach.
Speaker bios:
Desmond Cole is an independent journalist and a senior writer with The Breach based in Toronto. His numerous works include print media, podcasts, live radio, documentary film, and his bestselling non-fiction book, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power.
Sonya Fatah is an associate professor at the School of Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University, where she teaches media criticism, live journalism, and international journalism. She is the co-lead of the Canada Press Freedom Project, which documents incidents of press freedom violations in Canada and produces qualitative reports, tools, and guides on issues that impact media workers’ capacity to do their job. She has previously covered India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan for publications in the U.S. and Canada, including Global Post, The Globe and Mail, and Toronto Star.
Shenaz Kermalli is a freelance journalist as well as a journalism instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University and the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies. A former producer with BBC News, CBC, and Al Jazeera English, her writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and The Guardian, among others.
Pacinthe Mattar is an independent journalist, writer, and producer. Born in Egypt and raised between Canada, Saudi Arabia, and the U.A.E, she spent a decade at the CBC producing for national radio and television programmes. She received a National Magazine Award in 2021 for her feature essay "Objectivity Is A Privilege Afforded to White Journalists.” She was the 2022 Martin Wise Goodman Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.