Toronto, ON, Canada
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Request QuoteRignam Wangkhang is a Tibetan-Canadian multimedia journalist, photographer, writer, and radio producer. He currently assists in producing CBC’s flagship national current affairs radio show The Current, along with CBC’s first true crime podcast Someone Knows Something. Rignam’s work focuses on politics, freedom of expression, migration and refugee issues. His writing has been published in OZY, TVO, IFEX, The Torontoist and other publications. His photography has been featured in The Star, ICT, Machik, Canada Tourism Board, India Today, and exhibited in municipal galleries. Rignam previously worked as a consultant for UNHCR India and as a communications officer with Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. In addition to his work with UNHCR India and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Rignam works on the CBC's radio accessibility program, which makes radio and podcasts available in written format for those that are hard of hearing. In 2013, Rignam taught in Tso Ngonpo, Amdo, Tibet through Machik’s Summer Enrichment Program. Rignam graduated from Queen’s University with a BAH in Political Studies.
Produced for AJPlus
A photo and reporting project that explores Greenwood Secondary School, a school for new immigrants located in Toronto, Canada. By gathering the perspectives of teachers and students from a wide variety of backgrounds, I explored the values and impacts behind pluralism in the increasingly isolationist era of Brexit and Trump.
Produced for TVO
Contrary to the popular opinion that assumes refugees are a burden, research shows refugees will bolster Canada’s wealth in the long run, writes Rignam Wangkhang.
The growing science behind intergenerational trauma could give us powerful tools for building resilience.
Produced for TVO
I wrote a piece about Tibet, climate change and Indigenous relations before Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau embarked upon his first trip to China. In addition, I contributed photography content to accompany the piece.
Produced for AJPlus
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