CIHR Journalism Award Recipients

2012

  • Lindsay Borthwick (freelance), autism in adults
  • Don Cayo (Vancouver Sun), malaria
  • Christopher Cobb (Ottawa Citizen), mental injury among Canada’s Afghanistan war veterans
  • Pauline Dakin (CBC News), the wired world and its effect on children and teens
  • Denise Davy (freelance), poverty and children's mental health
  • Lesley J Evans Ogden (freelance), urban design and public health
  • Dominique Forget (freelance), international adoption
  • Bruno Geoffroy (freelance), prostate cancer
  • Catherine Girard (freelance), suicide and the workplace
  • Stephanie Law (freelance), care and services for Aboriginal children with special needs on northern reserves
  • Sue Montgomery (The Montreal Gazette), the state of mental health in Rwanda 20 years after the genocide
  • Alison Motluk (freelance), bariatric surgery
  • Margaret Munro (Postmedia News), microbiome
  • Beatrice Politi (Global Television Toronto), gut microbiome
  • Dan Rubinstein (freelance), benefits of walking
  • Margaret Webb (freelance), endurance exercise and aging
  • Elaine Yong (Global BC), organ transplants

Previous award recipients

  • Marine Corniou (Québec Science)
  • Kelly Crowe (CBC)
  • Laura Eggertson (freelance)
  • Marie-Pier Elie (freelance)
  • Lesley Evans Ogden (freelance)
  • Laurie Fagan (CBC)
  • Pamela Fayerman (Vancouver Sun/Postmedia)
  • Lia Grainger (freelance)
  • Alex Hutchinson (freelance)
  • Meredith Levine (freelance)
  • Pascale Millot (Québec Science)
  • Caroline Montpetit (Le Devoir)
  • Alison Motluk (freelance)
  • Mariève Paradis (freelance)
  • Pamela Post (freelance)/li>
  • Ann Silversides (freelance)
  • Pauline Tam (Ottawa Citizen)
  • Deborah Wilson (CBC)

Tier 1 Awards (up to $20,000 each)

  • Valerie Borde – freelance
  • Tim Falconer – Dow Jones Newswire
  • Dominique Forget – freelance
  • Gordon Laird – freelance
  • Diane Peters – freelance
  • Beatrice Politi – Global News Toronto
  • Aziza R. Sindhu – CBC
  • Stephen Strauss – freelance
  • Louisa Taylor – Ottawa Citizen

Tier 2 Awards (up to $10,000 each)

  • Vivian Belik – freelance
  • Catherine Dubé – Québec Science
  • Joseph G. Hall – Toronto Star
  • Angela L. Hill – Rawlco Radio - Prince Albert
  • Tim Lougheed – freelance
  • Marie-Odile Marcoux-Fortier – freelance
  • Jodie M. Martinson – freelance
  • Joanna Smith – Toronto Star

New release for 2009 competition:
Canadian Health Reporters Share $300,000 in CIHR Journalism Awards

Tier 1 Awards ($20,000 each)

  • Alan Cassels - freelance
  • Helen Fallding - Winnipeg Free Press
  • Pamela Fayerman - Vancouver Sun
  • Paul McLaughlin - freelance
  • Peter McMahon - freelance
  • Alison Motluk - freelance
  • Anne Mullins - freelance
  • Elizabeth Payne - Ottawa Citizen
  • Kim Pittaway - freelance
  • Tina Pittaway - freelance
  • Ann Silversides - freelance
  • Mary Agnes Welch - Winnipeg Free Press

Tier 2 Awards ($10,000 each)

  • Jennifer Carpenter - freelance
  • Daemon Fairless - CBC radio
  • Hannah Hoag - freelance
  • Alex Hutchinson - freelance
  • Kennedy Jawoko - freelance
  • Pascale Millot - Québec Science

Tier 1 Awards ($20,000 each)

  • Valérie Borde - freelance
  • Claudia Cornwall - freelance
  • Cheryl Croucher - freelance
  • Andrew Duffy - Ottawa Citizen
  • Véronique Morin - freelance
  • Margaret Munro - CanWest News
  • Jen Skerritt - Winnipeg Free Press
  • Stephen Strauss - freelance
  • Margaret Webb - freelance
  • Paul Webster - freelance
  • Mark Witten - freelance

Tier 2 Awards ($10,000 each)

  • Joshua Bezanson - CBC
  • Pamela Cowan - The Leader Post
  • Pauline Dakin - CBC
  • Elie Dolgin - The Scientist
  • Lisa-Marie Gervais - freelance
  • Wendy Glauser - freelance
  • Alex Hutchinson - freelance
  • Noémi Mercier - Québec Science