Donaldson Scholarship
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The Joan Donaldson Newsworld Scholarship is awarded annually by CBC Newsworld
to aspiring journalists in honour of Newsworld's former head, Joan Donaldson
. As many as eight recipients are chosen from journalism programs from across Canada. It is considered as one of the highest awards in Canadian student journalism. Many recipients continue to work for CBC Newsworld as reporters or behind the scenes.
There has been controversy that the selection process places too much emphasis on gender and racial diversity, which is a common criticism of CBC in general. This was brought to a head in 2005 when senior management voiced their concerns internally over that year's group, calling it a "failure" and saying that it was not adequately representative of Canadian society. That year seven out of the eight recipients were female and no visible minorities were represented. This resulted in a greater attention to diversity in the 2006 selection, with that year's group being thought of as ideally balanced.
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CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
to aspiring journalists in honour of Newsworld's former head, Joan Donaldson
Joan Donaldson
Joan Marsha Donaldson was a Canadian journalist, and was the founding head of CBC Newsworld. She came to Newsworld from CBC's main network....
. As many as eight recipients are chosen from journalism programs from across Canada. It is considered as one of the highest awards in Canadian student journalism. Many recipients continue to work for CBC Newsworld as reporters or behind the scenes.
There has been controversy that the selection process places too much emphasis on gender and racial diversity, which is a common criticism of CBC in general. This was brought to a head in 2005 when senior management voiced their concerns internally over that year's group, calling it a "failure" and saying that it was not adequately representative of Canadian society. That year seven out of the eight recipients were female and no visible minorities were represented. This resulted in a greater attention to diversity in the 2006 selection, with that year's group being thought of as ideally balanced.
Donaldson Scholars
2006- Jayson Go (University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
) Reporter for Breakfast TelevisionBreakfast TelevisionBreakfast Television is a Canadian morning news and entertainment program which airs on the Citytv stations . Each station produces its own local edition of Breakfast Television....
at Citytv EdmontonCKEM-TVCKEM-DT is a television station based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Owned and operated by Rogers Media, it is part of the Citytv system and was formerly the flagship station of Craig Media's A-Channel system between 1997-2005... - Rafi Mustafa (Ryerson UniversityRyerson UniversityRyerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...
) CBC NewsworldCBC NewsworldCBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
producer - Jennifer Choi (University of King's CollegeUniversity of King's CollegeThe University of King's College is a post-secondary institution in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. King's is a small liberal arts university offering mainly undergraduate programs....
) CBC NewsworldCBC NewsworldCBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
producer - Miranda Mathews (St. Thomas UniversitySt. Thomas University (New Brunswick)St. Thomas University is jointly a public and Roman Catholic liberal arts university located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It offers degrees exclusively at the undergraduate level for approximately 3,000 students in the liberal arts, humanities, journalism, education, and social work....
) CBC NewsworldCBC NewsworldCBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and... - Megan Thomas (Carleton UniversityCarleton UniversityCarleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
), Associate Producer for CBC Radio in Sudbury, Ontario - Peter Cowan (Ryerson UniversityRyerson UniversityRyerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...
), Radio Reporter for CBC News in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and LabradorHappy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and LabradorHappy Valley – Goose Bay is a Canadian town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.Located in the central part of Labrador, the town is the largest population centre in that region. Incorporated in 1973, the town composes the former town of Happy Valley and the Local Improvement District of... - Emilie White (Concordia UniversityConcordia UniversityConcordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
) - Tanya Beja (Carleton UniversityCarleton UniversityCarleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
), Reporter for Global BC
2005
- Sarah Everts (Carleton University)
- Hilary Walker (Ryerson University)
- Roger Samson (Carleton University)
- Caroline Locher (Concordia University)
- Catherine Cullen (Concordia University)
- Willow Smith (Ryerson University)
- Jennifer Anderson (University of Western OntarioUniversity of Western OntarioThe University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
) - Bethany Lindsay (University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
)
2004
- Deana Sumanac (Ryerson University)
- Sarah Quadri (Ryerson University)
- Lyla Miller (Carleton University), radio reporter for CBC News in Sudbury, ON
- Kathleen Renne (University of King's College)
- Samira Hussain (University of Western Ontario)
- William Mbaho (University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
) - Paul McGrath (Concordia University), producer for The HourCBC News: The HourGeorge Stroumboulopoulos Tonight is a Canadian television talk show broadcast on CBC Television and hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos. Originally known as The Hour from 2005 to 2010, it first aired on January 17, 2005. The program is currently initially broadcast on CBC Television at 11:05 p.m....
- Silas Polkinghorne (University of ReginaUniversity of ReginaThe University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated...
)
2003
- Derron Bodell (Concordia University)
- Angela Chang (The University of King's College), newsreader CBC Radio Fredericton
- Jeremy Keehn (University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
), senior editor at The WalrusThe WalrusThe Walrus is a Canadian general interest magazine which publishes long form journalism on Canadian and international affairs, along with fiction and poetry by Canadian writers. It launched in September 2003, as an attempt to create a Canadian equivalent to American magazines such as Harper's, The... - Raelyne Linton (University of Regina) currently studying nursing
- Nicola Luksic (Carleton University)
- Rick Matthews (Ryerson University), producer for The HourCBC News: The HourGeorge Stroumboulopoulos Tonight is a Canadian television talk show broadcast on CBC Television and hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos. Originally known as The Hour from 2005 to 2010, it first aired on January 17, 2005. The program is currently initially broadcast on CBC Television at 11:05 p.m....
- Zulekha Nathoo (University of Western Ontario), working in Zambia
- Corey Snook (University of Western Ontario)
2002
- Kirsten Anderson (University of Regina)
- Sara Brunetti (Carleton University)
- Katie Eggins (Concordia University)
- Jennifer Haynes (University of Western Ontario)
- Karen Kawawada (University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
), reporter for The Kitchener-Waterloo Record - Liam Mitchell (University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
), Manager of External Relations for the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of TorontoUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada... - Kelly Patrick (Carleton University)
- Heather Robinson (University of Western Ontario), reporter for CBC TV Victoria
2001
- Caroline Plante (Concordia University), reporter for Global Quebec in Quebec City, Quebec
- Joan Ireland (Saskatchewan Indian Federated College)
- Colleen Ross (University of Western Ontario)
- Jennifer Chen (University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
), associate producer for CBC Radio's The Early Edition in Vancouver, British Columbia - Lyndsay Duncombe (Ryerson University), reporter for CBC News at SixCBC News at SixCBC News produces a variety of local newscasts for CBC Television's owned-and-operated stations throughout Canada. On most stations, the local news operation is currently titled CBC News: [city/province name], such that the 6:00 p.m. newscast on CBLT is named CBC News: Toronto at 6...
in Winnipeg, Manitoba - Erin Bourdreau (University of King’s College), producer for CBC TV London UK
- Julie Grenier (Carleton University)
- Andrea Sellinger (University of Regina)
2000
- Peter WallPeter Wall (CBC Video Journalist)Peter Wall is a Canadian video journalist based in Toronto, currently working for CBC Television's The National. As a VJ, he reports, writes, shoots and edits his own stories and documentaries....
(University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
), video journalist for CBC's The National - Chris Epp (Ryerson University)
- Kristen Higgins (University of Regina)
- Danielle Stone (University of King's College)
- Danielle Brown (Concordia University)
- Carissa Almeida (University of Western Ontario)
- Connie WalkerConnie Walker (journalist)Connie Walker is a Canadian journalist.Walker grew up in the Okanese First Nation, in Saskatchewan.Walker was awarded a Joan Donaldson Newsworld Scholarship while studying at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, which provided her with an opportunity to work as an intern for CBC Newsworld...
(Saskatchewan Indian Federated College), former host of Street CentsStreet CentsStreet Cents is a teen-themed newsmagazine TV series that originally aired on CBC Television between 1989 and 2006. It was one of a few shows focused on consumer and media awareness for young people. The series was created by producer John Nowlan. He cites Britain's Pocket Money as one of the...
on CBCCanadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster... - Jennifer Brown (Carleton University)
1999
- James MacDonald (University of Western Ontario)
- Daniel Kitts (Carleton University), producer with TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin
- Signe Katz (Concordia University)
- Farha Akhtar (University of Regina)
- Michelle Hugli (Saskatchewan Indian Federated College)
- Ian Clayton (University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
) - Angela Naus (Ryerson University)
- Robert Sawatzky (University of King's College)
External links
- Donaldson Scholarship