Toronto (July 17, 2024) – One young Canadian reporter will embark on an extended reporting trip to the Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean through the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary. Kiribati may soon be the first country that rising sea levels will swallow up because of climate change. No part of the […]
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The passing of CBC broadcaster Connie Sinclair was marked by the members of the Gordon Sinclair Foundation at their annual board meeting, a gathering that she attended many times over the years. Connie Sinclair passed away on Feb. 2 after an ongoing battle with cancer. She was a former newsreader at CBC Radio, in Toronto, […]
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This year’s recipients are the latest in a long line of young journalists who have been awarded funding by the Gordon Sinclair Foundation to undertake reporting expeditions around the world.
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Montreal-based freelance journalist Josie Fomé has released her new documentary exploring the rise of local philanthropy within the international aid sector in response to the pandemic.
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It is with sadness that we share the news of the passing of Don Johnston – the long-time news director of CFRB radio in Toronto and founding member of the Gordon Sinclair Foundation. Don died on Monday, in his 92nd year.
Read MoreCalgary-based multimedia journalist will travel to the former Eastern Bloc to cover the impact of ongoing political changes
Read MoreJournalist Katrina Clarke will use the Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary to investigate the failures and successes of Indigenous education across Atlantic Canada and abroad, providing an international context to Canada’s efforts at truth and reconciliation.
Read MoreWith 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
Read MoreJournalist 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.
Read MoreARSAL, 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.
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