Judges

Judges for the 2013 Michener Award

Kim Kierans (chair), Professor School of Journalism and Vice President University of King's College in Halifax and former CBC news reporter and editor;

Kevin Crowley, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University and former business editor with the Waterloo Region Record;

Allan Mayer, former editor-in-chief of the Edmonton Journal and former reporter with the Edmonton Sun and London Free Press;

Claude Papineau, former Vice President for French Services of The Canadian Press and former Parliamentary Correspondent;

Christopher Waddell, Director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University and former National Editor of The Globe and Mail and Parliamentary Bureau Chief for CBC Television News.

Judges for the 2014 Michener-Deacon Fellowships:

Clinton Archibald (chair), associate professor, professor of public ethics (retired), St. Paul University, Ottawa;

Michael Goldbloom, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishops University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, and former publisher of The Gazette and the Toronto Star;

Ivor Shapiro, Chair Ryerson School of Journalism, former contributing editor Saturday Night magazine, managing editor of Chatelaine magazine, feature writer Toronto Life, The Walrus and MacLean's;

Susan Mitton, former regional director CBC Maritimes, Director of Radio for Nova Scotia, Executive Producer CBC radio news and current affairs, Halifax;

Maryse Cardin, Instructor, School of Communication, Capilano University, public relations practitioner, former partner Worldcom Group.

Judges for the 2012 Michener Award:

Kim Kierans (chair), Professor School of Journalism and Vice President University of King's College in Halifax and former CBC news reporter and editor; Kevin Crowley, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University and former business editor with the Waterloo Region Record; Allan Mayer, former editor-in-chief of the Edmonton Journal and former reporter with the Edmonton Sun and London Free Press; Claude Papineau, former Vice President for French Services of The Canadian Press and former Parliamentary Correspondent; Christopher Waddell, Director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University and former National Editor of The Globe and Mail and Parliamentary Bureau Chief for CBC Television News.

Judges for the 2013 Michener-Deacon Fellowships:

Lindsay Crysler (chair), former managing editor of The Gazette, Montreal, former director, journalism department, Concordia University, Montreal; Clinton Archibald, associate professor, professor of public ethics, St. Paul University, Ottawa; Michael Goldbloom, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishops University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, and former publisher of The Gazette and the Toronto Star; Lynne Van Luven, associate professor of journalism and creative non-fiction, University of Victoria; Erin Steuter, chair of the sociology department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.

Judges for the 2011 Michener Award

Kim Kierans (chair), Professor School of Journalism and Vice President University of King's College in Halifax and former CBC news reporter and editor; Kevin Crowley, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University and former business editor with the Waterloo Region Record; Allan Mayer, former editor-in-chief of the Edmonton Journal and former reporter with the Edmonton Sun and London Free Press; Claude Papineau, former Vice President for French Services of The Canadian Press and former Parliamentary Correspondent; Christopher Waddell, Director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University and former National Editor of The Globe and Mail and Parliamentary Bureau Chief for CBC Television News.

Judges for the 2012 Michener-Deacon Fellowships:

Lindsay Crysler (chair), former managing editor of The Gazette, Montreal, former director, journalism department, Concordia University, Montreal; Clinton Archibald, associate professor, professor of public ethics, St. Paul University, Ottawa; Michael Goldbloom, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishops University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, and former publisher of The Gazette and the Toronto Star; Lynne Van Luven, associate professor of journalism and creative non-fiction, University of Victoria; Erin Steuter, chair of the sociology department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.

Judges for the 2010 Michener Award:

Kim Kierans (chair), Professor School of Journalism and Vice President University of King's College in Halifax and former CBC news reporter and editor; Kevin Crowley, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University and former business editor with the Waterloo Region Record; Allan Mayer, former editor-in-chief of the Edmonton Journal and former reporter with the Edmonton Sun and London Free Press; Claude Papineau, former Vice President for French Services of The Canadian Press and former Parliamentary Correspondent; Christopher Waddell, Director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University and former National Editor of The Globe and Mail and Parliamentary Bureau Chief for CBC Television News.

Judges for the 2011 Michener-Deacon Fellowships:

Lindsay Crysler (chair), former managing editor of The Gazette, Montreal, former director, journalism department, Concordia University, Montreal; Clinton Archibald, associate professor, professor of public ethics, St. Paul University, Ottawa; Michael Goldbloom, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishops University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, and former publisher of The Gazette and the Toronto Star; Lynne Van Luven, associate professor of journalism and creative non-fiction, University of Victoria; Erin Steuter, chair of the sociology department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.

Judges for the 2009 Michener Award:

Russell Mills (vice president and chief judge), former publisher of the Ottawa Citizen and current chairperson of the National Capital Commission; Donna Logan, former managing editor, CBC national radio news and founding director of the school of journalism, University of British Columbia; Kim Kierans, director of the school of journalism, University of Kings College, Halifax and former news editor, CBC national radio news; Christopher Waddell, associate director, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, and former Parliamentary Bureau Chief, CBC Television news; Claude Papineau, former vice-president, The Canadian Press.

Judges for the 2010 Michener-Deacon Fellowships:

Lindsay Crysler (chair), former managing editor of The Gazette, Montreal; former director journalism department, Concordia University, Montreal; Clinton Archibald, professor of public ethics, St. Paul University, Ottawa; Lynne Van Luven, associate professor of journalism & creative non-fiction, University of Victoria; Erin Steuter, chair, sociology department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB; Michael Goldbloom, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Bishops University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, and former publisher of The Gazette and the Toronto Star.

Judges for the 2008 Michener Award

Russell Mills (Vice President and Chair of Judging), Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Media and Design, Algonquin College in Ottawa; Chair of the National Capital Commission and former Publisher of the Ottawa Citizen; Kim Kierans, Professor and Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Kings College in Halifax and former CBC News reporter and editor; Donna Logan, Professor Emerita and Founding Director of the School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia and former Vice President of English Radio Networks for the CBC; Christopher Waddell, associate director, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa and former Parliamentary Bureau Chief, CBC Television news; René Roseberry, former News Editor, Le Nouvelliste, Trois-Rivières, former Director of Public Relations and Information, Université du Québec and President of the Grand Prix des Hebdos du Québec.

Judges for the 2009 Michener-Deacon Fellowship:

Lindsay Crysler (chair), former managing editor of The Gazette, Montreal; former director journalism department, Concordia University, Montreal; Clinton Archibald, professor of public ethics, St. Paul University, Ottawa; Lynne Van Luven, associate professor of journalism & creative non-fiction, University of Victoria; Erin Steuter, chair of the sociology department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB; Professor Marc Raboy, Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications, McGill University.

Judges for the 2007 Michener Award

Russell Mills (Vice President and Chair of Judging), Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Media and Design, Algonquin College in Ottawa; Chair of the National Capital Commission and former Publisher of the Ottawa Citizen; Kim Kierans, Professor and Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Kings College in Halifax and former CBC News reporter and editor; Donna Logan, Professor Emerita and Founding Director of the School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia and former Vice President of English Radio Networks for the CBC; Dr. Catherine McKercher, Associate Professor of Journalism and Communications, Carleton University, and former Washington correspondent, The Canadian Press; René Roseberry, former News Editor, Le Nouvelliste, Trois-Rivières, former Director of Public Relations and Information, Université du Québec and President of the Grand Prix des Hebdos du Québec.

Judges for the 2008 Michener-Deacon Fellowship:

Lindsay Crysler (chair), former managing editor of The Gazette, Montreal; former director journalism department, Concordia University, Montreal; Clinton Archibald, professor of public ethics, St. Paul University, Ottawa; Lynne Van Luven, associate professor of journalism & creative non-fiction, University of Victoria; Erin Steuter, chair of the sociology department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB; Professor Marc Raboy, Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications, McGill University.

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