Presentation of the 2018 Michener Award

June 14, 2019

Governor General Julie Payette hosted the presentation ceremony of the Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism and the Michener-Deacon Fellowships for Investigative Journalism at Rideau Hall.

The ceremony was preceded by a panel discussion on investigative journalism in Canada.

Close-up of medals.

The Governor General presented the Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism and the Michener-Deacon Fellowships for Investigative Journalism during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

  • Credit: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG06-2019-0140-001
Governor General is at a podium, delivering a speech. A large TV screen is above her shows her at the podium. An ADC is on her right. the wall behind her is striped red and white.

The Governor General delivered remarks before hosting a panel discussion on public service journalism. 

  • Credit: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG06-2019-0140-002
A panel of 5 people is seated in high stools in front of an aurdience. Two large TV screens are above them, at their left and at their right, on a red and white striped wall.

The Governor General hosted a panel discussion on public service journalism before presenting the Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism and the Michener-Deacon Fellowships for Investigative Journalism.

  • Credit: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG06-2019-0140-007
Alison Crawford, wearing a blue pant suit, is siting on a white tall stool, talking to David Aiken, wearing a grey suit and seated at a tall white stool. A large tv screen above them shows a panel of 5 people.

Alison Crawford, former reporter and Director of Communications at the Royal Canadian mint moderated a panel discussion on public service journalism at Rideau Hall. Reporter David Akin was part of the panel.

  • Credit: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG06-2019-0140-003
A member of the audience stands from his seat to ask a question to panelists seated at the front of a room.

The Governor General hosted a panel discussion on public service journalism. Reporter Althia Raj is answering a question from a member of the audience.

  • Credit: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG06-2019-0140-004
A group of 5 people is posing for a photo with Governor General Julie Payette in front of flags.

The Governor General hosted a panel discussion on public service journalism. On this photos, from left to right: David Akin, reporter for Global News; Pierre-Paul Noreau, President and Editor in Chief of Le Droit; Althia Raj, reporter for HuffPost Canada; Governor General Julie Payette; Alison Crawford, former reporter and Director of Communications and Public Affairs at the Royal Canadian Mint; and Chrsitopher Waddell, Program Director fo the Bachelor of Media Production and Design program at Carleton University.

  • Credit: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG06-2019-0140-008
Governor General of Canada Julie Payette and reporter Corbett Hancey, wearing a medal with a blue ribbon, are standing looking directly at the camera.

Corbett Hencey received the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism for a two-part project examining the federal government’s decision to let Canadian defence contractors sell weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian-backed rebels in the country’s restive east. Hancey’s project will examine how the controversial sale was approved, and also what Ukraine’s
government and activists there are doing to fight corruption.

  • Credit: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG06-2019-0140-011
Governor General of Canada Julie Payette and reporter Greg Mercer, wearing a medal with a blue ribbon, are standing looking directly at the camera.

Greg Mercer received the Michener-Deacon Fellowship for Investigative Journalism for a proposal to examine the hidden problem of occupational disease in Canada. Mercer’s project will promote better understanding of why the situation is so under-reported and its victims rarely compensated. It is estimated that at least 8,000 people die in Canada each year from workplace diseases, and many thousands more experience pain and suffering each year as a result of where they work.

  • Credit: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG06-2019-0140-012
A group of 5 people representing the Telegraph-Journal are posing with Governor General Julie Payette who is at the extreme left. A lady in the middle is holding the Michener Award trophy.

The Telegraph-Journal has won the 2018 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism for its 18-month series Sounding the Alarm. The Saint John newspaper discovered a critical shortage of paramedics was forcing New Brunswick’s ambulances to sit idle and unstaffed. It was an issue with life-and-death consequences: at least one person died.

 

  • Credit: MCpl Mathieu Gaudreault, Rideau Hall
  • Reference Number: GG06-2019-0140-016

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