Our Team

Educational Advisory Council 

The EAC is volunteer-based and provides strategic advice and subject-matter guidance to Foundation staff and leadership on matters relating to journalism education, media literacy, newsroom training, and the evolving landscape of the news industry.

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Mark MacKinnon

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Sandra E. Martin

Sandra E. Martin is The Globe and Mail’s Standards Editor, a role that seeks to ensure The Globe’s journalism is of the highest quality and that the organization is accountable to readers.

Trust in media is under constant scrutiny, so the Standards Editor plays an important part in explaining The Globe’s policies and protocols to customers.

Sandra addresses complaints regarding accuracy or bias, as well as any questions arising from The Globe’s use of artificial intelligence, supporting The Globe’s commitment to transparency about how we see the benefits and risks.

Previously, she served as The Globe’s Head of Newsroom Development, as well as Editor-in-Chief of MoneySense. She has also been an instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Journalism.

A former Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Living, Sandra also is a two-time National Magazine Awards finalist, a repeat NMA judge, and a two-time NMA host. She sits on the board of directors of Canada’s National History Society and SABEW Canada.

Pat Kane

Pat is a visual storyteller based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, on the traditional land of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. He takes a documentary approach to stories about culture, conservation, industry and economics in Northern Canada, with a focus on issues important to Indigenous people. Specializing in medium and long-form features, his nuanced approach to working in underrepresented communities contextualizes complex stories with authenticity.

Pat is a National Geographic Explorer, a 2020 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass mentee, and the recipient of the 2024 Dr. Jane Goodall Vital Impacts Environmental Photography grant. His work has been exhibited in galleries and at festivals internationally, and published by National Geographic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Globe and Mail, The Walrus and other leading publications worldwide.

Pat is of Irish-Canadian and Algonquin (Anishinaabe) ancestry, and is a member of the Timiskaming First Nation.

He’s part of the photo collectives Indigenous Photograph and Boreal Collective, and is represented by La Guilde.

Terra Tailleur

Terra is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She teaches a range of courses, from introductory reporting to the evolving business of journalism, and oversees the internship program. She led the award-winning Signal student newsroom for several years. She’s a longtime member of the Canadian Association of Journalists’ ethics advisory committee. Her other collaborators include Documenters Canada and the Climate Disaster Project. She was a journalist with CBC News for 15 years before moving to the classroom.

Rob Steiner

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