The Media in Canada Has Gone ‘Woke’ Since 2010, Report Says

Social justice and woke language have infiltrated Canadian news outlets, suggest researchers from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Stacks of newspapers are stuffed into a door handle of a closed building in Toronto on April 1, 2020. Cole Burston/Getty Images

Terms typically associated with “social justice,” such as those relating to “gender identity prejudice,” “racism,” and “transphobia,” have skyrocketed in the mainstream news media since 2010, according to a new research paper.

Terms relating to the category of “gender identity prejudice” experienced the “starkest increase in prominence between 2010 and 2021,” a “staggering” 2,285 percent increase, according to the report. The term “white supremacy” increased by 8,001 percent between 2010 and 2021.