Gordon Sinclair Foundation

Gordon Sinclair – Roving Reporter

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The Gordon Sinclair Foundation

The Gordon Sinclair Foundation was established in 1984 by a group of friends of the late journalist and broadcaster, Gordon Sinclair, to honour his memory and recognize his contributions to Canadian journalism. In 2014 the Foundation launched the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary to honour the legacy of Sinclair’s style of reporting through an annual bursary meant to encourage a young Canadian journalist to undertake a challenging reporting assignment.

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Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary

The Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary will support a research and reporting trip by an early career Canadian journalist who has recently graduated from one of Canada’s university-level journalism programs. The purpose of the $15,000 bursary will be to encourage a young journalist to get off the beaten track and to spend a considerable period away on a reporting assignment – a minimum of six weeks. To be successful, the applicant would have to outline a proposal to travel abroad or to a region of Canada that is not usually well covered by the media and to research and then prepare a substantial body of journalistic work on an important issue.

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November 27, 2017

Annie Burns-Pieper, 2017 Roving Reporter, reports from Madagascar

With multiple dispatches to the CBC, Toronto Star and Thomson-Reuters Foundation, winner of the 2017 bursary details the impact of a White House policy reversal on the inhabitants of the distant island of Madagascar

June 12, 2017

Annie Burns-Pieper, 2017 Roving Reporter Bursary winner, to report from Madagascar

Journalist Annie Burns-Pieper will use the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary to travel to Madagascar to report on US President Donald Trump’s reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule — which bans foreign aid to groups that perform or promote abortion — and how it has impacted global health programs, specifically family planning and women’s health services.

February 4, 2017

Corbett Hancey, 2016 Roving Reporter bursary winner, reports from Lebanon for the Toronto Star

ARSAL, LEBANON—A frigid wind rips across the mountaintop as Col. Ahmed Assir, a commander in the Lebanese Army’s Ninth Infantry Brigade, peers into the valley below. The town of Arsal lies at the bottom, inside an army cordon set up two years ago after a brief Daesh takeover.

June 16, 2016

2016 Roving Reporter Bursary winner will report on Syrian refugees in Lebanon

TORONTO (June 16, 2016) – Journalist Corbett Hancey will use the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary to travel to Lebanon to explore how the country is coping with the influx of refugees and the pressures of the Syrian civil war. The Gordon Sinclair Foundation awarded the bursary today at its annual meeting, in Toronto. Hancey, […]

June 14, 2016

Gordon Sinclair Foundation meets June 16 to announce Bursary winner

The board of directors of the Gordon Sinclair Foundation meets in Toronto on Thursday, June 16 for the foundation’s annual general meeting and to announce this year’s winner of the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary. The Roving Reporter Bursary was created in memory of Gordon Sinclair, who made his name gallivanting around the world for […]

February 22, 2016

CBC-Radio’s Tapestry airs 23-minute documentary by Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter bursary winner

Another great piece of work by 2015 Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter bursary winner Jodie Martinson has been broadcast on the CBC-Radio program Tapestry. Jodie used the bursary to follow singer Khari McClelland’s journey in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Detroit as he sought music that could help him understand more about the lives of escaped slaves, such […]

February 16, 2016

2015 Gordon Sinclair bursary winner Martinson’s work to air on CBC’s The National

In a proud moment for the Gordon Sinclair Foundation, an amazing piece of journalism from Jodie Martinson – the 2015 winner of the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary – will air tonight on CBC’s The National. The 9-minute documentary marks the culmination of singer Khari McClelland’s journey. Jodie used the bursary to follow the singer […]