Awards

OTTAWA, Dec. 4, 2023 / CNW/ – The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is pleased to announce entries are now being accepted for its CAJ Awards program, Canada’s preeminent national journalism investigative awards program.  This year’s CAJ Awards program features 19 categories and rewards journalistic excellence published across multiple platforms. There are special awards for journalism produced on specific topics, including: environment and climate change, labour, and human rights.  For this year’s competition, the CAJ is happy to announce it is introducing a new category: Community Written Feature, which recognizes narrative longform journalism by local or regional outlets. The 2023 [...]

We’ve got great news for all you aspiring journalists out there! We're thrilled to announce the launch of the fifth Investintech - CAJ Data Journalism Scholarship, and applications are now being accepted for the 2023-2024 academic year.This scholarship is a great opportunity for post-secondary Canadian students who are interested in a career in journalism. With prizes to help you, the budding journalist, both financially and with opportunities for your career, the scholarship offers you a head start in the journalism industry.Got journalistic work that you’re proud of? Wondering if you have what it takes to be a data journalist? Apply today!Everything you need [...]

OTTAWA – The Delegation of the European Union to Canada and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) are thrilled to announce the laureates of the 2023 EU-Canada Young Journalist Fellowship. The 2023 winners are: Violette Cantin (Montréal, Québec) for her story La sobriété énergétique lyonnaise, à l’image de celle de l’Union européenne, which paints a human portrait of the effects of the European energy-saving policy on everyday life. One can feel the shiver as she writes about people pulling on an extra layer to stay warm, and business owners turning off all lights at the close of their day. Ms. Cantin demonstrates great storytelling and reporting skills. [...]

VANCOUVER, April 15, 2023 – The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 CAJ Awards for outstanding investigative journalism. This included presenting the McGillivray Award, recognizing the program’s best investigative journalism published or broadcast in 2022, to Grant Robertson, for his entry titled “Inside Hockey Canada’s Secret Funds: The hidden use of registration fees in sexual assault settlements,” published by The Globe and Mail. Robertson’s tenacious work exposed how every player who paid fees to one of Canada’s richest national sport organizations unknowingly contributed to a fund used to settle sexual assault complaints [...]

VANCOUVER, B.C., Apr. 15, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) has awarded this year’s prestigious Charles Bury Award to four remarkable Canadian journalists who have each, through their commitment to the craft, broken new ground in their efforts to inspire change in how Canadian journalism covers Indigenous stories.  The four winners of this year’s award include: Veteran Mohawk journalist Tahieròn:iohte Dan David, longtime CBC reporter and Anishinaabe journalist Duncan McCue, Karyn Pugliese (aka Pabàmàdiz), a member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation in Ontario, and current editor-in-chief of Canada’s National Observer, and Jody Porter, a former [...]

Ottawa, ON, Mar 1 2023 – The Delegation of the European Union to Canada and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) are thrilled to launch the 2023 edition of the European Union-Canada Young Journalist Fellowship. Deadline for submissions is 3 May 2023. The study tour to Brussels will take place the week of 9 October 2023. The EU-Canada Young Journalist Fellowship aims to recognize outstanding journalistic talent among young Canadians. Since 2001, three candidates have been selected every year to participate in a weeklong study tour to experience the EU institutions, the Canadian Mission to the EU, and media outlets [...]