Chantal Hébert and Terry
Mosher to receive the prestigious Michener-Baxter award for
contributions to Canadian Journalism
OTTAWA,
ON, May 21, 2024 /CNW/ - The Michener Awards
Foundation (MAF) today announced it is awarding Chantal Hébert and
Terry Mosher its prestigious
Michener-Baxter Award for exceptional service to Canadian public
service journalism.
The Michener-Baxter Award was established in 1983 and is
presented at the discretion of the foundation's board of directors.
The award is named for Clive Baxter,
who received the first Michener Award in 1971 from then-Governor
General Roland Michener.
"This year the Michener Awards Foundation is proud to recognize
these two great journalists who have spent their careers informing,
educating and entertaining Canadians," said Margo Goodhand, Chair of the MAF. "We are
thrilled to recognize Ms. Hébert and Mr. Mosher for their
extraordinary contributions to our profession."
Michener-Baxter Award winners are selected by a committee of the
MAF board following an open call for nominations. The award's
criteria can be found here.
Chantal Hébert, OC, is a freelance political
columnist whose work is featured on radio, television and in print
in both French and English. Ms. Hébert is receiving the
Michener-Baxter Award for her commitment over the past several
decades to explaining English and French Canada to one another –
and to themselves. She is widely considered to be among the
country's best analysts of politics in terms of federal-provincial
relations and national unity. To this, because of her knowledge,
expertise and judgment, she brings an unparalleled voice coupled
with a unique blend of moral authority and political realism.
Terry Mosher, OC, got his
start drawing caricatures on the streets of Quebec City and has been cartooning since 1967
under the pen name AISLIN. Though he has spent most of his career
with the Montreal Gazette, his work has been published around the
world. Mr. Mosher is being recognized with a Michener-Baxter Award
for his commitment to informing Canadians and lifting their spirits
through humour that is cutting, but never cruel. He is also being
recognized for his leadership in reminding Canadians and many
around the world of the importance of freedom of speech, through
his encouragement of cartoonists in countries where freedom of
expression is suppressed, and his generous philanthropy.
Ms. Hébert and Mr. Mosher join a distinguished group of
Michener-Baxter recipients. More about this prestigious award, and
its past honourees, can be found here:
https://www.michenerawards.ca/michener-baxter-award-nomination/
Both Michener-Baxter recipients will receive their award at an
awards ceremony to be held in Ottawa on June
14 at Rideau Hall, hosted by Her Excellency the Right
Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada. The evening gala will also honour the
2024 Michener fellowship recipients and the Michener Award
recipient and finalists.
Our thanks to Cision for sponsoring this announcement.
About the Michener
Awards
The Michener Awards honour, celebrate, and promote excellence in
Canadian public service journalism. Established in 1970 by the late
Right Honourable Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada from 1967 to 1974, the Michener Awards
are Canada's premier journalism
award. The Michener Awards Foundation's voluntary Board of
Directors administers the award, in partnership with the Rideau
Hall Foundation with sponsorship from BMO, Cision, Power
Corporation of Canada, and TD.
Learn more at www.MichenerAwards.ca.
SOURCE Michener Awards Foundation