The Centre for Investigative Journalism Award (1986–1990) was given for excellence in investigative journalism by Canadian journalists. It was administered by the Canadian
Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ).
History
Founded in 1978,[1] CIJ began giving the awards in 1986.[2] The inaugural awards had just two categories: print and broadcast.[2] The categories were refined in 1987 to be newspaper, magazine, television, and radio.[3] The 1990 awards split the newspaper category into open newspaper and small newspaper, and the radio and television categories were each split into network and regional.[4] They were the final awards given under the organization's name before it was changed to the
Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) the day after the awards ceremony.[5][6] The CAJ continued giving awards from 1991 onward under its new name.[7]
He was honored for an investigation into the federal government's decision to allow
StarKist to ship cans of tainted tuna from its
Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.[2] Fisheries minister
John Fraser resigned as a consequence of the report, and millions of cans of tuna were recalled.[2]
They were honored for a series of articles on the mass arrest of 32 men who were charged with committing
sex offenses in a washroom at a shopping mall in
St. Catharines, Ontario.[2] The St. Catharines police department changed its procedures for handling such offenses as a result of the series.[2]
They were honored for their stories about five Soviet
Red Army deserters they interviewed in
Afghanistan who were being held captive by
rebel Afghan forces, the soldier's petition for asylum in Canada, and the aborted mission to rescue them.[3][17] The reporters worked with the
Department of External Affairs and International Trade to liberate the soldiers and bring them to Canada, and delayed publication of their stories until the soldiers were safe.[3]
He was honored for his account of real estate
flipping that greatly increased the price of an Oerlikon Aerospace land purchase.[13][22] The day after the story was published, Prime Minister
Brian Mulrooney fired
André Bissonnette, the minister of small business, and ordered the
RCMP to open an investigation because of the suspicious timing of the transactions relative to Oerlikon being awarded a government contract.[23]
They were honored for a story about a three month investigation into links between Vancouver barber Gilbert Paul Jordan and the alcohol-relate deaths of at least nine native women he got drunk for sexual gratification.[16][24] Jordan was convicted of manslaughter the day before the series was published, and later sentenced to 15 years.[24]
He was honored for a story on Canadian servicemen held in
North Africa and French
prisoners of war who were never recognized by the Canadian government.[13]
The Centre for Investigative Journalism Award (1986–1990) was given for excellence in investigative journalism by Canadian journalists. It was administered by the Canadian
Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ).
History
Founded in 1978,[1] CIJ began giving the awards in 1986.[2] The inaugural awards had just two categories: print and broadcast.[2] The categories were refined in 1987 to be newspaper, magazine, television, and radio.[3] The 1990 awards split the newspaper category into open newspaper and small newspaper, and the radio and television categories were each split into network and regional.[4] They were the final awards given under the organization's name before it was changed to the
Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) the day after the awards ceremony.[5][6] The CAJ continued giving awards from 1991 onward under its new name.[7]
He was honored for an investigation into the federal government's decision to allow
StarKist to ship cans of tainted tuna from its
Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.[2] Fisheries minister
John Fraser resigned as a consequence of the report, and millions of cans of tuna were recalled.[2]
They were honored for a series of articles on the mass arrest of 32 men who were charged with committing
sex offenses in a washroom at a shopping mall in
St. Catharines, Ontario.[2] The St. Catharines police department changed its procedures for handling such offenses as a result of the series.[2]
They were honored for their stories about five Soviet
Red Army deserters they interviewed in
Afghanistan who were being held captive by
rebel Afghan forces, the soldier's petition for asylum in Canada, and the aborted mission to rescue them.[3][17] The reporters worked with the
Department of External Affairs and International Trade to liberate the soldiers and bring them to Canada, and delayed publication of their stories until the soldiers were safe.[3]
He was honored for his account of real estate
flipping that greatly increased the price of an Oerlikon Aerospace land purchase.[13][22] The day after the story was published, Prime Minister
Brian Mulrooney fired
André Bissonnette, the minister of small business, and ordered the
RCMP to open an investigation because of the suspicious timing of the transactions relative to Oerlikon being awarded a government contract.[23]
They were honored for a story about a three month investigation into links between Vancouver barber Gilbert Paul Jordan and the alcohol-relate deaths of at least nine native women he got drunk for sexual gratification.[16][24] Jordan was convicted of manslaughter the day before the series was published, and later sentenced to 15 years.[24]
He was honored for a story on Canadian servicemen held in
North Africa and French
prisoners of war who were never recognized by the Canadian government.[13]