The Narwhal’s visual journalism was recognized with top honours for human rights reporting at the Canadian Association of Journalists 2023 awards gala in Vancouver on Saturday. Ian Willms’ portrait of a man’s life — and death — in Fort Chipewyan, downstream of Alberta’s oilsands, took home the JHR/CAJ award in a tie alongside CBC’s look at the global refugee crisis. Ian in Fort McKay in 2012, on one of his many trips to communities near the oilsands of northern Alberta. The Globe and Mail’s Grant Robertson took home the CAJ’s McGillivray Award for best investigative journalism for his reporting on Hockey Canada’s secret funds for sexual assault settlements. Winners in other categories included the CBC, Radio-Canada, the Toronto Star and The Globe and independent outlets The Tyee, The Discourse, La Presse and Maisonneuve.

Source: CBC News April 16, 2023 06:27 UTC