EVENT INFO

Fairmont Royal York Hotel
Thursday, November 25, 2010
100 Front Street West, Toronto
Cocktail reception 6:00 PM
Program & dinner 7: 00 PM

Click here for map & directions to Royal York Hotel

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2009 Awards

The 12th annual Gala was held at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto on Wednesday, December 9, 2009. The event was hosted by Lloyd Robertson, anchor of CTV National News and Heather Hiscox, Host of CBC News: Morning.

The theme of the 2009 event was the culture of impunity that allows the murder of journalists to go unpunished. More than 1000 reporters have been killed on the job in the past decade, many of them were murdered - 90 per cent of these crimes have gone unpunished.

The CJFE Gala was made possible by the support of returning Evening Sponsor Scotiabank, Platinum Sponsor CTV and Reception Sponsor CBC News, along with the valued support of other organizations and individuals across the media, legal, academic and business communities.

The Gala dinner brings together corporate sponsors with an influential group of journalists, publishers, editors, media executives, business leaders and senior public servants. They all come together to honour the courage of journalists around the world and to let the community know they stand in defence of press freedom.

The 2009 event raised over $80,000 to support the work of CJFE.

PAST EVENTS

2010 Dinner Committee

Lori Abittan, President & CEO, Multimedia Nova Corporation
Denise Donlon, General Manager, CBC Radio
Patrick Gossage, Chairman, Media Profile
John A. Honderich, Chair, Torstar Corp.
Frank Switzer, Vice-President Corporate Communications, Sun Life Financial
Madeline Ziniak, National Vice President, Rogers OMNI Television

2010 Gala Steering Committee

Carol Off, Chair
Arnold Amber
Jet Belgraver
Theresa Burke
Annie Game
Susanne Gossage
Jaclyn Law
Dara McLeod
Anita Mielewczyk
Jennifer Murray, Event Coordinator
Julie Payne
Susan Reisler
Mary Deanne Shears
Michelle Shephard
Sarah Spinks
Mary Deanne Shears