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Michener Awards Foundation announces finalists for the 2020 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism

Ottawa, April 20, 2021 - The Michener Awards Foundation today announced the finalists for the 2020 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism. This year’s finalists are: APTN; CBC News; The Globe and Mail; The Montreal Gazette; La Presse; and the Winnipeg Free Press. “The Michener Awards are Canadian journalism’s highest honour,” said Michener Foundation President Pierre-Paul Noreau, “and all […]

Michener Awards Foundation announces Fellowship winners

Ottawa, April 14, 2021 - The Michener Awards Foundation today announced its Michener-Deacon Fellowship has been awarded to Ethan Cox and Erin Seatter, who will lead a Ricochet team investigation into police misconduct in Canada; and the Michener-L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship goes to Allison Baker and Viviane Fairbank for a fact-checking project called In Defence of Truth. Each of these […]

The Globe & Mail Wins the 2019 Michener Award, Canada’s Highest Honour for Public Service Journalism

Ottawa, December 10, 2020 - Tonight, in a virtual ceremony that showcased the journalistic prowess of six incredible finalists, the Globe & Mail was announced as the winner of the 2019 Michener Awards for meritorious public service journalism. False Promises, an investigation led by reporter Kathy Tomlinson, delved into the systematic exploitation of temporary workers and foreign students by corrupt […]

Rideau Hall Foundation and Michener Awards Foundation Joining Forces

Partnership to support excellence in public service journalism

Ottawa, October 29, 2020 - Today the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) and the Michener Awards Foundation are thrilled to announce they are joining forces to strengthen the Michener Awards and ensure the program’s ability to support and celebrate excellence in Canadian journalism well into the future. “In an era where false information travels faster than the truth, public service journalism […]

Michener Foundation honours John Fraser

Ottawa, June 18, 2020 - The Michener Awards Foundation today announced it is presenting its prestigious Michener-Baxter Special Award for long-term achievement in public service journalism to John Anderson Fraser. This special award, established in 1983 and presented at the discretion of the foundation’s board of directors, has only been bestowed on eight Canadians in the past three decades. “It […]