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Powering independent media in Canada

Fearless reporting, funded by people like you.

The Canadian Independent Media Fund invests in grassroots media, supports fearless reporting, and works to keep independent journalism central to the media landscape.
Canadian Independent Media Fund — fearless independent journalism

About us

A collective of journalists and advocates sustaining independent media across Canada.

Why this fund

Independent voices are essential to democracy.

We work to amplify perspectives that challenge the status quo and hold power and governments to account the stories that don’t get told when funding depends on staying quiet.

How we work

Pooled resources. Real collaboration.

By pooling resources and fostering collaboration, we provide critical funding, networking opportunities, and advocacy for journalists and media outlets across the country.
News & events

Connect. Create. Construct.

Move beyond the headlines to the frontlines. Independent media thrives when people tune in, show up, and support the voices that matter.
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The stories others are afraid to tell.

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Israel want’s to know and it will do anything to get inside. Why are our government’s helping it to do so? Zero click mercenary spyware made by the start-up nation. Hundreds of millions of phones and…

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On The Line Media is one of the independent outlets CIMF funds. Here is their latest report.

Israel want’s to know and it will do anything to get inside. Why are our government’s helping it to do so? Zero click mercenary spyware made by the start-up nation. Hundreds of millions of phones and…
On The Line Media reports on new findings that Al Jazeera journalists were targeted and compromised using Israeli-made spyware.
Heidi Levine is 64 years old. She is a veteran photojournalist and has been reporting from war zones for more than three decades. However, she has never been clubbed and beaten and robbed before. The…

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  • We fund the journalists telling the stories others are afraid to
  • The truth doesn’t always trend.
 But it needs to be told.

CIMF is a new fund supporting independent journalists across Canada.
 If you're tired of silence, spin, and headlines that protect power — you're in the right place.
  • Who gets to tell the story?

 Right now, it’s whoever can afford to.
 We’re changing that by funding the reporters, photographers, documentarians, and media projects that fight for equity, accountability, and truth.
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♦️ Thank you @anotherstorybookshop @assalrad_
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We fund the journalists telling the stories others are afraid to
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The truth doesn’t always trend.
 But it needs to be told.

CIMF is a new fund supporting independent journalists across Canada.
 If you're tired of silence, spin, and headlines that protect power — you're in the right place.
The truth doesn’t always trend. But it needs to be told.CIMF is a new fund supporting independent journalists across Canada. If you're tired of silence, spin, and headlines that protect power — you're in the right place.
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Who gets to tell the story?

 Right now, it’s whoever can afford to.
 We’re changing that by funding the reporters, photographers, documentarians, and media projects that fight for equity, accountability, and truth.
Who gets to tell the story?Right now, it’s whoever can afford to. We’re changing that by funding the reporters, photographers, documentarians, and media projects that fight for equity, accountability, and truth.
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This is journalism without the corporate filter.

We amplify the independents and put them at the centre of the conversation
This is journalism without the corporate filter.

We amplify the independents and put them at the centre of the conversation
This is journalism without the corporate filter.We amplify the independents and put them at the centre of the conversation
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Are you an independent journalist with a story that needs to be told?
Applications for CIMF’s first round of funding open soon.

Get ready to pitch. We’re ready to back you.
Are you an independent journalist with a story that needs to be told? Applications for CIMF’s first round of funding open soon.Get ready to pitch. We’re ready to back you.
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