Sponsors and Partners

The work of the CAJ would not be possible without its generous sponsors and partners.

Listed below are the CAJ’s financial sponsors, sorted by program.

JHR is a sponsor of the JHR/CAJ Emerging Indigenous Journalist Award and the JHR/CAJ Award for Human Rights Reporting

CWA Canada is the sponsor for the CWA Canada/CAJ Award for Labour Reporting

In partnership with the Fraser MacDougall Journalism Prize Fund, the National NewsMedia Council is the sponsor of the Student Journalism Award of Excellence.

Sponsors of the annual national conference may be different year over year. The sponsors listed below were those who supported the most recent conference, CAJ25 in Calgary, AB.

For sponsorship and advertising opportunities available for the next conference, please contact us at admin@caj.ca

CWA Canada has been a consistent, year-over-year sponsor, typically providing sponsorship at the highest level available.

Unifor has been a consistent, year-over-year sponsor, typically providing sponsorship at the highest level available.

CBC has been a consistent, year-over-year sponsor, providing support at the varying levels, from being one of the highest contributors, to supports specific conference sessions. Additionally, CBC sends many of their staff to the conference each year for high-quality professional development.

The National NewsMedia Council has been a consistent, year-over-year sponsor for many years. They have provided sponsorship for many facets of the conference, from session specific sponsorship to support for the president’s reception.

News Media Canada, in conjunction with the LFI program, has been a consistent, year-over-year sponsor for many years. They have provided sponsorship at varying levels for the conference activities.

The Canadian News Industry Peer Support pilot project is made possible through the leadership and generous support of the following founding sponsors

Since 2021, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation has been a sponsor of the CAJ Annual Newsroom Diversity Survey.

The Inspirit Foundation has been the sponsor of the Emergency Support Fund for Canadian Journalists since 2023.

Since 2018, Cision has provided in-kind sponsorship to the CAJ by way of news releases on their service platform.

Since 2025, GlobeNewswire has provided in-kind sponsorship to the CAJ by way of news releases on their service platform.