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Emily Mills (@howshehustles) is a speaker, consultant and the award-winning founder of How She Hustles – one of Canada’s leading influencer brands that profiles diverse women entrepreneurs and leaders.
2021 Award Winners
- Local/Alternative Media: “Indigenous women still live in fear 50 years after murder of Helen Betty Osborne,” Shari Narine, Windspeaker.com
- Honourable mention: “No room for racism in the workplace, says heavy equipment operator,” Odette Auger, Windspeaker.com
- Honourable mention: “No room for racism in the workplace, says heavy equipment operator,” Odette Auger, Windspeaker.com
- Long-Form Podcast: Season Two of CBC Podcasts’s The Village, Justin Ling, Jennifer Fowler, Julia Wittmann, Eunice Kim, Arif Noorani, Chris Oke, Cesil Fernandes, Fabiola Melendez Carletti, Alex V Green, and Faith Fundal
- Honourable Mention: “‘I die when I run out of money,’” Cherise Seucharan, Tristan Capacchione, and Kieran Oudshoorn, Canadaland
- Honourable Mention: “‘I die when I run out of money,’” Cherise Seucharan, Tristan Capacchione, and Kieran Oudshoorn, Canadaland
- Long–Form Radio: “Reconciliation reality check with Murray Sinclair,” Rosanna Deerchild, Kim Kaschor, and Erin Noel, CBC Radio’s Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild
- Long-Form Video: “Food Shock: Undercover inside the global tomato trade,” Eric Szeto, Caitlin Taylor, Asha Tomlinson, Matteo Civillini, Zorayda Gallegos Valle, and Winston Szeto, CBC TV’s Marketplace
- Mixed Media: “Toxic legacy: The fight to end environmental racism in Canada,” Megan O’Toole and Jillian Kestler-D’Amours, Al Jazeera
- Honourable mention: “Residential school survivors reflect on a brutal legacy: ‘That could’ve been me,’” Brandi Morin, National Geographic
- Honourable mention: “Residential school survivors reflect on a brutal legacy: ‘That could’ve been me,’” Brandi Morin, National Geographic
- National Written News: “Houses of Hate: How Canada’s prison system is broken,” Justin Ling, Maclean’s
- Honourable mention: “Canada’s ‘crying shame:’ The fields full of children’s bones,” Brandi Morin, Al Jazeera
- Honourable mention: “Canada’s ‘crying shame:’ The fields full of children’s bones,” Brandi Morin, Al Jazeera
- Short-Form Video: “Trudeau government backpedals on investigating human rights complaints against mining companies,” Jasmine Pazzano, Global News
- Post-Secondary Youth: “UBC says it’s divesting its endowment from fossil fuels by 2030. Will it be enough?” Matthew Asuncion, The Ubyssey
- Honourable mention: “‘Legal name exposure is really not benign:’ Trans community members concerned about vaccine card process,” Charlotte Alden, The Ubyssey
Judges
Adrian Harewood (@CBCAdrianH) spent nearly two decades with CBC as a journalist and host. He left CBC this summer to focus on his work as a full-time faculty member with Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communications.
Antonia Zerbiasis (@AntoniaZ) is an award winning veteran journalist for the @CBCNews @TorontoStar and a current freelance writer.
Daniella Barreto is a co-founder of RUDE: The Podcast, a professional photographer and Nuance writing fellow. She is currently Digital Activism Coordinator at Amnesty International Canada.
Eternity Martis (@eternitymartis) is an award-winning Toronto-based journalist, editor and author of the bestselling debut memoir, They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up
John Tackaberry had an extensive career in politics and journalism before joining Amnesty International Canada as media and external relations officer in 1991. For over 25 years, until May 2016, he did media work on behalf of Amnesty International Canada and provided media training for human rights activists at sessions across the country. John Tackaberry was the originator of the Amnesty Canada Media Awards and has been a judge every year.
Nora Loreto (@NoLore) is a writer, musician and activist based in Québec City as well as the editor of the Canadian Association of Labour Media
Dr. Patricia W Elliott (@DrTrishElliott) is a professor of investigative and community journalism at First Nations University of Canada.
Sara Mojtehedzadeh (@SaraMojtehedz) is a Work and Wealth reporter on the Toronto Star’s investigations team. Her work at the Star has been recognized by the Hillman Foundation prize for social-justice oriented investigative journalism. She received the JHR/Canadian Association of Journalists Award for human rights reporting in 2017.
Cory Ruf is Amnesty International Canada’s Media Officer, a former journalist, and a past recipient of an Amnesty Media Award.
For more information, please contact:
Maryam Dadabhoy, Media Awards Coordinator, Amnesty International Canada
416-363-9933 x 340, mdadabhoy@amnesty.ca