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It’s not a secret anymore: Canada Border Services nabs national dis-honour

Monique Durette2023-05-30T10:17:17-04:00

TORONTO, ONT., May. 30, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has been recognized as the federal winner in the 2022 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy for its failure to disclose basic information about how the controversy-laden ArriveCan app’s cost to taxpayers ballooned beyond figures disclosed in original public cost estimates. According to an analysis conducted by The Globe and Mail, the pandemic-era public health app cost taxpayers more than $54 million, an amount that was nearly double the amount previously estimated. In addition to the lack of clarity regarding the project’s bloated [...]

It’s not a secret anymore: Canada Border Services nabs national dis-honourMonique Durette2023-05-30T10:17:17-04:00

Time’s up, game’s over: Toronto Police Service recognized with 2022 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievements in Government Secrecy

Monique Durette2023-05-17T12:35:23-04:00

TORONTO, ONT., May. 17, 2023 - The Toronto Police Service (TPS) has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy, in the law enforcement category, for its repeated efforts to block journalists from accessing information needed to hold tax-payer funded agencies accountable. “Over the past year, the TPS has repeatedly engaged reporters in many contemptible ‘cat and mouse’-style games that are unbefitting of a modern government agency striving for transparency,” said Brent Jolly, president of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ). “When brought together, the repeated efforts by the TPS [...]

Time’s up, game’s over: Toronto Police Service recognized with 2022 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievements in Government SecrecyMonique Durette2023-05-17T12:35:23-04:00

CAJ going to court to defend principle of journalistic independence at risk in Morrisseau art fraud case

Monique Durette2023-04-27T15:39:04-04:00

TORONTO, ON., Apr. 27, 2023 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is going to court to oppose an unreasonable police attempt to force a Toronto filmmaker to turn over his interviews and source material. In March, the CAJ publicly condemned the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)’s demand that Jamie Kastner hand over the raw footage of 17 interviews he conducted while preparing his TVO documentary “There Are No Fakes.” “In democracies like Canada, journalists don’t work for the police,” said CAJ president Brent Jolly. “If the OPP succeeds in getting this raw footage, it will make it harder for [...]

CAJ going to court to defend principle of journalistic independence at risk in Morrisseau art fraud caseMonique Durette2023-04-27T15:39:04-04:00

Congratulations to the CAJ 2022 Awards recipients!

Monique Durette2023-04-12T01:17:56-04:00

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 [...]

Congratulations to the CAJ 2022 Awards recipients!Monique Durette2023-04-12T01:17:56-04:00

Four Canadian journalists recognized for championing Indigenous journalism, and telling truth, about long-standing systemic injustices

Monique Durette2023-04-12T01:03:17-04:00

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 [...]

Four Canadian journalists recognized for championing Indigenous journalism, and telling truth, about long-standing systemic injusticesMonique Durette2023-04-12T01:03:17-04:00

Police production order against documentary filmmaker breaches principle of journalistic independence

Monique Durette2023-03-28T11:57:03-04:00

TORONTO, ON, Mar. 28, 2023 - The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) strongly condemns the actions of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in forcing a Toronto filmmaker to turn over his interviews and source material related to a 2019 documentary. Last November, the OPP served Jamie Kastner with a production order, forcing him to provide police with all the raw footage of 17 interviews he conducted in preparing his TVO documentary “There Are No Fakes.” The film exposed fraud in the world of art, showing how criminals were forging the works of Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau and profiting from their [...]

Police production order against documentary filmmaker breaches principle of journalistic independenceMonique Durette2023-03-28T11:57:03-04:00

CAJ launches third annual Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey

Monique Durette2023-03-14T20:22:53-04:00

OTTAWA ON, March 15, 2023 / The Canadian Association of Journalists is pleased to announce the launch of the 2023 Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey — Canada’s annual national media diversity survey. This is the third year that the survey is being sent out to newsroom leaders nationwide. Last year’s survey saw 242 media outlets participate in the survey. “The Canadian Newsroom Diversity Survey is a critical exercise to help understand and evaluate our industry’s commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives,” said CAJ president Brent Jolly. “The number of outlets participating increased from year one to year two. We look [...]

CAJ launches third annual Canadian Newsroom Diversity SurveyMonique Durette2023-03-14T20:22:53-04:00

CAJ ‘springs forward’ with the latest round of its mentorship program

Monique Durette2023-03-09T14:37:09-05:00

OTTAWA, March 9, 2021 /CNW/ —The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is thrilled to announce the launch of our Spring 2023 Mentorship Program. Since launching in August 2020, the CAJ Mentorship Program has been thrilled to include some of the best journalists working in radio, television, digital, and print publications across the country. Each has signed on voluntarily to donate their time. “The CAJ Mentorship Program has provided invaluable guidance, training, and professional development to hundreds of its early and mid-career members,” said CAJ president Brent Jolly. “We’ve seen how this program has provided a ‘hand-up’ to so many young [...]

CAJ ‘springs forward’ with the latest round of its mentorship programMonique Durette2023-03-09T14:37:09-05:00

Applications open for 2023 EU-Canada Young Journalist Fellowship

Monique Durette2023-03-01T12:12:10-05:00

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 [...]

Applications open for 2023 EU-Canada Young Journalist FellowshipMonique Durette2023-03-01T12:12:10-05:00

Canadian Association of Journalists announces 2022 finalists for Canada’s top investigative journalism awards competition

Monique Durette2023-03-01T10:01:35-05:00

OTTAWA, ON., Feb. 24, 2023 /CNW/ – The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is pleased to share the list of finalists for its 2022 awards program. Recipients in each category will be announced at the awards gala scheduled for April 15, 2023 in Vancouver, as part of the CAJ’s national conference. Finalists qualify for special conference rates, and will be contacted with how to obtain these rates. Finalists are listed alphabetically according to the media outlet where they worked at the time their entry was broadcast/published or where the particular entry was broadcast/published. Links to work have been provided where [...]

Canadian Association of Journalists announces 2022 finalists for Canada’s top investigative journalism awards competitionMonique Durette2023-03-01T10:01:35-05:00

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