Dalton Camp Award Winning Essays

2012 Winner & Finalists

WINNER - Regan Burles completed an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History at the University of Ottawa in 2011. He will commence a Master of Arts program in Political Science at the University of Victoria in September 2012.

"Filter Bubbles": Public discourse in an age of citizen
Journalism

FINALIST - Mark Brister is a freelance writer and graduate student at the University of Guelph.

The media narcissus, warring gladiators, and the carnival mirror

The 2012 DALTON CAMP AWARD was presented in association with the Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the The Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario on May 31, 2012.

2011 Winner & Finalists

WINNER - Nancy Black is a freelance writer and participant in the Royal Roads Masters of Professional Communication program. Nancy enjoys the many privileges of living in Calgary, Alberta but never takes them for granted.

Dismantling the Scarecrow: An Exploration Into Calgary’s Cultural Coming of Age

FINALIST - Joshua Noble completed his Bachelors degree in Psychology at The King's University College in 2010. He is a recent recipient of both the Academic Silver Medal and SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship. He plans to begin working on his Masters of Communication at Simon Fraser University this autumn.

WikiLeaks, Canadian Media and Democracy: Media with a Face

FINALIST - Megan Cécile Radford is a 2011 graduate of the Master of Arts in Journalism program at the University of Western Ontario and has a Bachelor in Social Justice and Peace from The King's University College. She grew up in Canada and Senegal and hopes to become a foreign correspondent.

How Canadian Newspaperwomen Won the Vote

Presentation of the 2011 DALTON CAMP AWARD Congress 2011 Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences Beaverbrook Art Gallery Fredericton, New Brunswick June 2, 2011

2010 Winners

ETHAN RABIDOUX - Stratford, Ontario native Ethan Rabidoux is a graduate of Political Studies from Queen's University and Journalism from the University of Western Ontario. He is a former debt collector, sailor and student leader turned radio journalist for 1240 CJCS in his hometown. Ethan's blogs can be seen at http://inthepen.wordpress.com/ and http://rabidoux.tumblr.com/.

Street Gospels: Political cartoons and their role in canadian democracy

ROSALYN YAKE - Rosalyn Yake is a graduate of Ryerson's Journalism program, and is currently completing a Masters degree in Canadian and Indigenous Studies at Trent University. She has worked as a researcher and commentator at CBC radio in Quebec City, and is the founder of Starfish Scholarships India, a charity based in Toronto.

No news is Bad news: the 2006 norway house elections

Formal announcement and presentation: Musee des beux-arts, Montreal Quebec, Thursday, June 3, 2010.

2010 Presentation Videos: Rosalyn Yake acceptance speech, Ethan Rabidoux acceptance speech, feature guest speaker Francine Pelletier

2009 Winners

MARIAM SHEIBANI - Born and raised in Ottawa, Mariam Sheibani is a graduate of the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs and Policy Management at Carleton University. In the fall she will begin her master's degree in Legal Studies at Carleton University on a SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship.

Canadian Media: Government 'Watchdog' or 'Lapdog'?

HEATHER STILWELL - Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Heather Stilwell completed a double major in political science and psychology at Dalhousie University. A resident of Montreal, she is about to begin graduate studies in journalism at Concordia University.

Remixing Democratic Discourse - New Media and the End of 'Read Only'

Formal announcement and presentation: the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Thursday, May 28, 2009.

2008 Winners

MATTHIEU AIKINS is a freelance writer and photographer (www.maikins.com). While travelling in Europe, Matthieu learned that his essay won the 2008 Dalton Camp Award.
He is a graduate of Queen's University.

Democratic values and the institutions that nurture them
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FRASER MACLEAN is a graduate of the Art Institute of Vancouver (Recording Arts) and currently is a student at the University College of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford. A passion for travel has led him across Canada, and to New York, Chicago, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia and Scotland.

Magic Mirror: YouTube and its Implications for Democracy
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Formal announcement and presentation: the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Thursday, June 5, 2008.

2007 Winners

GARETH LEWIS is a recent university graduate from UBC. His passion for politics has led him to conferences at West Point USMA to NATO simulations in Washington DC. He is also an avid filmmaker, backcountry snowboarder and begins work with the international brewery InBev in August 2007 in Belgium.

Blogging Democracy: The contribution of political blogs to democracy
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AUDREA LIM is currently a Masters student in philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York and a graduate of the University of Toronto, where she completed a B.Sc. in physics and philosophy. She grew up in Calgary and has also lived in Taipei.

'For' and 'Against' Hérouxville: Democracy and the Question of Media Responsibility
pdf PDF (664KB) | html HTML | audio Audio of author reading essay (mp3 - 2.6 MB)

Formal announcement and presentation: the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Thursday, May 31, 2007.

2006 Winners

Joe
Goodwill JOE GOODWILL is a full-time writer, researcher and parent, and is also working on a Masters thesis in English Literature and Gender Studies. Born and raised in South Africa, Joe has lived for the past eight years in East Vancouver with three young daughters, two of whom were adopted in South Africa.

I've Looked at Life from Both Sides Now: The Media in Democracies and Dictatorships
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JOCELYN GERKE placed on the Canadian Young Historians' National Award Honour Roll in 2003 for an essay on Canadian history. In the autumn of 2006 she will attend the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business combined with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations.

The Spirit of Democracy
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Formal announcement and presentation: the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Thursday, June 1, 2006.

2005 Winners

KURT PEACOCK is a researcher and historian living in Saint John, New Brunswick. He has previously written for the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the Telegraph Journal. He is currently working with Vibrant Communities Saint John, a community initiative designed to reduce poverty in Canada's oldest incorporated city.

Dalton Camp would never have written like this: The Decline of National Reporting in Canada
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MEGAN WENNBERG is a freelance writer, photographer and filmmaker living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Megan has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University, and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of King's College. Originally from Saint John, New Brunswick, she has lived and worked across Canada.

Judging democracy by its weakest link: when here becomes their
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Formal announcement and presentation: Banff World Television Festival, Monday, June 13, 2005.

2004 Winners

DANIELLE DEVEREAUX is a writer and a graduate student in Women's Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has a strong interest in media education and is currently writing curricular guides for the Media Education Foundation, Northampton, Massachusetts. She lives in St. John's.

Democracy as dialogue: how the media influence Canadian democracy
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CAREESA GEE is completing a Masters degree in International Affairs at Carleton University, where she also earned an undergraduate degree in Journalism. Her studies have included the role of the media in foreign policy. She has worked both for the print media and the Canadian government.

Uneasy Coexistence - Maintaining media freedom within the state security paradigm
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MYLES LESLIE graduated from the Masters of Journalism program at the University of British Columbia in May 2004. He has worked as a reporter, writer, and editor for CBC National Radio, and has freelanced in the Vancouver press. He travelled to Hong Kong on a Canadian Association of Journalists' student research fellowship in early 2004.

The King of Comedy: Reformatting Journalism to Rescue Democracy
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A formal announcement and presentation took place at the Banff Television Festival Monday, June 14, 2004.

2003 Winners

JEAN COLÉNO, originally from Montreal, is a graduate student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto where his research focuses on political theory and media studies.

Context and Ideology in the Canadian Media
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LESLIE VRYENHOEK is a writer and communications professional in Winnipeg. She has worked in public relations and media relations for several non-profit organizations, including the Canadian Red Cross.

Mourning Strangers: The Impact of Emotional Reporting on Public Discourse
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RUSSELL WANGERSKY is editor of the St. John's Telegram and also a columnist and freelance magazine writer. His columns have appeared in the Edmonton Journal, the National Post, the Ottawa Citizen and the Vancouver Province. BBC Wildlife Magazine, Canadian Geographic, Maclean's and Time have published his articles. He is the 2003 editorial winner in the Canadian Newspaper Awards.

EBITDA-mocracy: How Canada's changing media threatens democracy
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A formal announcement and presentation took place at the Banff Television Festival June 9, 2003.

Banff Television Festival 2003 Award Presentation booklet: PDF (430KB)

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