(Seated – Left to Right): Shirley Stocker, executive producer, CKNW, 1994 Michener Award winner; His Excellency Roméo LeBlanc, Governor General of Canada; Her Excellency, Mrs. Diana Fowler LeBlanc; Sylvain Blanchard, Le Devoir, Honourable Mention.
(Standing – left to right): Pierre Sormany, Quebec journalist and recipient of the 1995 Michener-Deacon Fellowship; Greg Urbanoski representing the Prince Albert Daily Herald, Citation of Merit; Murdoch Davis, editor-in-chief the Edmonton Journal, Citation of Merit; Kevin Donovan, representing the Toronto Star, Citation of Merit; André Vieniot, representing The Telegraph Journal (Saint John), Citation of Merit; Sue Ridout, executive producer, CBC-TV Vancouver, recipient, 1995 Michener-Deacon Fellowship.
The Michener Award for meritorious and disinterested public service in journalism is the only Canadian journalism award bearing the name of a governor general and it differs from most such awards in that it goes to the organization, not to individuals.