Jill Clark
Manager, Communications and Media Relations
Rideau Hall Foundation
June 18, 2026 - Ottawa, ON — June 18, 2026 — The Michener Awards Foundation is pleased to announce that Radio-Canada is the recipient of the 2025 Michener Award for Public Service Journalism for Dérives : le labyrinthe de Lyme, an investigative series led by journalist Olivier Bernard that challenged widely held assumptions about chronic Lyme disease and prompted significant public health action in […]
May 14, 2026 - Ottawa, ON — May 14, 2026 — The Michener Awards Foundation is pleased to announce that editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon and journalist Vaughn Palmer are the recipients of the 2026 Michener-Baxter Award for exceptional service to Canadian journalism. Presented annually, the Michener-Baxter Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to Canadian journalism and public […]
April 30, 2026 - Ottawa, ON — The Michener Awards Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2025 Michener Award, recognizing excellence in public service journalism in Canada. The Michener Award honours journalism with significant, positive impact. This year’s finalists represent outstanding investigative work from news organizations across the country, exposing wrongdoing, informing public policy, and driving meaningful change. “These newsrooms exemplify the very […]
April 23, 2026 - Ottawa, ON — April 23, 2026 — The Michener Awards Foundation recognizes outstanding projects to advance public service journalism in Canada. The Michener Awards Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship for Journalism Education and the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism. These prestigious fellowships support Canadian journalists in pursuing projects […]
March 18, 2026 - A new report from the Public Policy Forum (PPF), the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) and the Michener Awards Foundation (MAF) outlines a pathway to revitalizing Canada’s local news ecosystem, highlighting emerging models that are helping independent news organizations survive — and in some cases thrive. Local news is in crisis. Since 2008, more than 600 […]
