Canadian Science Writers' Association Award Archives

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1990 SCIENCE JOURNALISM AWARDS
Presented June 1, 1991, Calgary

PRINT MEDIA
NEWSPAPERS: ($1000 Prizes)
Science and Health: Mark Lowey, "Tooth for a Tooth", The Calgary Herald.

Science and Technology: Mark Lowey, "The Fusion Tamers", The Calgary Herald.

Science and Natural Resources: Margaret Munro, "Juggling with Genes", The Vancouver Sun.

Science in Society: Terry Gilbert, "Need to Know", The Calgary Herald.

MAGAZINES: ($1000 Prizes)
Science and Health: Merilyn Mohr, "Gates of Pain", Equinox.
Hon Mention: Art Hister, "The Real Terminator", Western Living.

Science and Technology: No winner declared.

Science and Natural Resources: Jennifer Bennett, "The Age of Resin", Harrowsmith.

Science in Society: No winner declared.

SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS: ($1000 Prize) Beppi Crosariol, "The Biotechnology Revolution", Queen's Quarterly.

THE JUNIOR AWARD: ($500 Prize) Claire Gagnon, "Enigme dans les remparts de Québec", Québec Science.

ELECTRONIC MEDIA ($1000 Prizes)
RADIO
Items Under 10 Minutes: Kerry Regier, "Killer Whale Dialects".

Items 10 to 30 Minutes: Marc Bourgault , "L'Air que vous respirez peut-il etre aussi pur a l'interieur qu'il devrait l'etre à l'exterieur", Société Radio Canada - Aujord'hui la science.

Items Over 30 Minutes: Anita Gordon, Jay Ingram, Penny Park, Ben Schaub, John Marynowicz, "Two Missing Hours", CBC Radio - Quirks and Quarks.

TELEVISION Items Under 10 Minutes: Eva Everything, "Animal Eyes", CBC Television - Wonderstruck.

Items 10 to 30 Minutes: Avis Favaro, Paula Waddell, Joe DaPonte, Kevin Smith, "The Genetic Revolution", Global Television.

Items Over 30 Minutes: Jerry Thompson, Margaret Slaght, "The Renaissance of Aspirin", CBC Television - The Journal.

1991 SCIENCE JOURNALISM AWARDS
Presented May, 1992, Waterloo

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NEWSPAPERS: ($1000 Prizes)
Science and Health: Bernard Levy, "Les maux de dos enfin expliques", Le Devoir.

Science and Technology: Beppi Crosariol, "Men of Steel, Wills of Iron", The Financial Times of Canada.

Science and Natural Resources: Margaret Munro, "Flight of the Snow Goose", The Vancouver Sun.

Science in Society: Terry Gilbert, "The Preemies", The Calgary Herald.

MAGAZINES: ($1000 Prizes)
Science and Health: Nicholas Regush, "Health and Welfare's National Disgrace", Saturday Night.

Science and Technology: Lorraine Brown, "Preservation Instinct", Equinox, and Kevin Scanlon, "Small Wonders", Equinox.

Science and Natural Resources: Forbes Aird, "Faucet Fuel", Harrowsmith.

Science in Society: Kevin Scanlon, "Liberation in Technology", Equinox.

SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS: ($1000 Prize) Beppi Crosariol, "Josef Svoboda: The Triumphs of an Arctic Plant Ecologist", Queen's Quarterly.

THE JUNIOR AWARD: ($500 Prize) No winner declared.

ELECTRONIC MEDIA ($1000 Prizes)
RADIO
Items Under 10 Minutes: Marc Bourgault, "Orthinologie", Société Radio Canada - Aujord'hui la science.

Items 10 to 30 Minutes: Anita Gordon, Jay Ingram, Penny Park, Cathy Alex, Ben Schaub, Larry Morey, "Tourette's Syndrome", CBC Radio - Quirks and Quarks.

Items Over 30 Minutes: Colman Jones, "What Causes AIDS? A Second Look", CBC Radio - IDEAS.

TELEVISION
Items Under 10 Minutes: Eva Everything, "Colours", CBC Television - Wonderstruck.

Items 10 to 30 Minutes: Jack Micay, "Oxygen, What a Gas!", Maclean-Hunter Cable.

Items Over 30 Minutes: Liz Palmer, Mary Anne Alton, "After the Tears", CBC Television - The Journal.

1992 SCIENCE JOURNALISM AWARDS
Presented June 4, 1993, University of King's College, Halifax

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NEWSPAPERS: ($1000 Prizes)
Science and Health: Paul Taylor, "How Bugs Outwit Drugs", The Globe and Mail.

Science and Technology: Ed Struzik, "Brave New World of Food Technology", The Edmonton Journal.

Science and Natural Resources: Mark Hume, "Tapping the Flow", The Vancouver Sun.

Science in Society: Paul Taylor, "Two Ways of Looking at Deafness", The Globe and Mail.

MAGAZINES: ($1000 Prizes)
Science and Health: Nicholas Regush, "Last Gasp", Equinox.

Science and Technology: Terrence Dickinson, "Probing the Planets", Equinox.

Science and Natural Resources: Ed Struzik, "Cry of the Whooper", Equinox.
Hon Mention: Augusta Dwyer, "The Trouble at Great Whales", Equinox.

Science in Society: Adrian Forsyth, "No New Worlds", Equinox.

SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS: ($1000 Prize) Grant Buckler, David Carey, "The Crisis in High Tech Education", Canadian DataSystems.
   Hon Mention: David Todd, "The Numbers and the Spheres", University of
   Toronto Magazine.

THE JUNIOR AWARD: ($500 Prize) Laura Brillinger, "Last Resort Treatment for Obesity", Western News.

ELECTRONIC MEDIA ($1000 Prizes)
RADIO
Items Under 10 Minutes: Michael Colton, "Preserving Natural Spaces", CBC Radio - The World at Six.

Items 10 to 30 Minutes: Ira Basen, Jay Ingram, Ben Schaub, Chris Grosskurth, Larry Morey, "Cranial Pursuits: The Talking Brain", CBC Radio - Cranial Pursuits.
Hon Mention: Yanick Villedieu, "Sang: La transfusion a securité maximum", Société Radio Canada - Aujord'hui la science.

Items Over 30 Minutes: Anita Gordon, Bob McDonald, Penny Park, Ben Schaub, Larry Morey, "Tales from the Grave: The 1918 Massacre of the Russian Royal Family", CBC Radio - Quirks and Quarks.

TELEVISION
Items Under 10 Minutes: Claude d'Astous, Jean-Guy Michaud, "Culture d'Artères", Société Radio-Canada - Découverte.

Items 10 to 30 Minutes: Michelle Metivier, Trish Wood, Sandra Kleinfeld, "Touching Words", CBC Television - the fifth estate.
Hon Mention: Avis Favaro, Jennifer Sherriff, George Gedeon, "System Overload: Stress in the '90's", Global Television News - The 6:00 Report.

Items Over 30 Minutes: Margaret Slaght, Leslie MacKinnon, "Menopause" CBC Television - The Journal.
Hon Mention: Pierre Masonneuve, Claude d'Astous, Solange Gagnon, Mario Masson, Gilles Provost, Francine Charron, "Faut-il detruire le stade?", Société Radio-Canada - Découverte.

1993 SCIENCE JOURNALISM AWARDS
Presented June 4, 1994, University College, University of Toronto

PRINT MEDIA
NEWSPAPERS: ($1000 Prizes)
Science and Health: Michael Smith, Lisa Priest, Marilyn Dunlop, "The Mystery of DNA", The Toronto Star.

Science and Technology: Margaret Munro, Douglas Todd, "Rewriting the Language of Life", The Vancouver Sun.
Hon Mention: Michael Smith, "Computer Power to the People", The Toronto Star.

Science and Natural Resources: Larry Pynn, "Fauna Forensics: Sloving Wildlife Crime", The Vancouver Sun, and Shelley Page, "Killer Asteroid Left a Footprint", The Ottawa Citizen.

Science in Society: Lydia Dotto, "Global Warming: Dealing With Uncertainty", The Globe and Mail.

MAGAZINES: ($1000 Prizes)
Science and Health: Bruno Dubuc, "L'ablation de la moitié du cerveau", Québec Science.
Hon Mention: Evelyn Michaels, "To Screen or not to Screen", Chatelaine.

Science and Technology: Daniel Wood, "Waiting for Another Big Blast", Canadian Geographic, and Anne-Marie Simard, "Mort aux bugs!", Québec Science.

Science and Natural Resources: Jerry Thompson, "Diverting Interests", Equinox.

Science in Society: No winner declared.

TRADE PUBLICATIONS: ($1000 Prize) Suzanne Kingsmill, "Troubled Waters", The Medical Post.

THE JUNIOR AWARD: ($500 Prize) Brian Higgins, "Schizophrenia: Researchers Probe Brain Chemistry for Answers", Western News.

ELECTRONIC MEDIA ($1000 Prizes)
RADIO
Items Under 10 Minutes: Janet Smellie, Judy McLinton, Pat Scott, "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome", CBC Radio - Mackenzie Morning.
Hon Mentions: David Miller, "Putting the Collar on a Polar Bear", CBC Radio - Mackenzie Morning, and Marc Bourgault, "Système de reconnaissance et de synthèse de la parole Northern Telecom", Société Radio Canada - Aujord'hui la science.

Items 10 to 30 Minutes: Yanick Villedieu, "Étonnant généthon", Société Radio Canada - Aujord'hui la science.

Items Over 30 Minutes: Jay Ingram, Ira Basen, Ben Schaub, Ann Stewart, Rod Crocker, Greg DeClute, "Born to Talk", CBC Radio - The Talk Show.
Hon Mention: Colman Jones, "Red Shift Controversy', CBC Radio - IDEAS.

TELEVISION
Items Under 10 Minutes: Solange Gagnon, Jackie Corkery, "Trou d'ozone", Société Radio-Canada - Découverte.

Items 10 to 30 Minutes: Julien Sher, Linden MacIntyre, Peter Findlay, "All in Their Heads", CBC Television - the fifth estate.
Hon Mention: Jerry Thompson, Robin Christmas, "The Secret Life of Cold Fusion", CBC Television - Prime Time News.

Items Over 30 Minutes: Jean-Pierre Rogel, Max Cacopardo, "Genetique: L'aventure et le vertige", Société Radio-Canada - DOSSIER.

1994 SCIENCE IN SOCIETY JOURNALISM AWARDS ($1000 Prizes)
Presented June 9, 1995, at the National Press Club in Ottawa

NEWSPAPERS
Health, Medicine, and Social Sciences: Ben Parfitt, "Cryptic Critters Evade Detection: A New and Potentially Dangerous Parasite Might Threaten Our Water", The Georgia Straight, Nov 18, 1994.

Technology, Environment, and Physical Sciences: G. Joseph Hall, "'Greed' Alone Led to Cod Disaster", The Toronto Star, Feb 13, 1994.

MAGAZINES
Health, Medicine, and Social Sciences: Barbara Wade Rose, "Fatal Dose", Saturday Night, June 1994.

Technology, Environment, and Physical Sciences: Tony Leighton, "The New Nature: How Digital Magic is Remaking Reality", Equinox, Nov/Dec 1994.

TRADE PUBLICATIONS: Lydia Dotto, "The New Eugenics?", University of Toronto Magazine, Summer 1994.

JUNIOR AWARD ($500 Prize): No winner declared.

RADIO
Items 10 Minutes and Over: Bob McDonald, Penny Park, Anita Gordon, "The Science of Love", CBC Radio - Quirks and Quarks, Feb 12, 1994.

TELEVISION
Items Under 10 Minutes: Hélène Leroux, Hélène Courchesne, "Vaccin contre la malaria", Société Radio-Canada/Découverte, May 29, 1994.

Items 10 Minutes and Over: Jerry Thompson, Deborah Cadbury, "Sex Under Siege", CBC Television - Witness, Oct 18, 1994.

BOOKS
Children's Books: Jay Ingram, Sylvia Funston, A Kid's Guide to the Brain, Owl Books, 1994.

General Books: Jay Ingram, The Burning House: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain, Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 1994.

1995 SCIENCE IN SOCIETY JOURNALISM AWARDS ($1000 Prizes)
Presented May 10, 1996, at the McGill University Faculty Club Ballroom

NEWSPAPERS
Health, Medicine, and Social Sciences: Stephen Strauss, "Virtual Reality Too Real For Many: Sickness Bodes Ill for Games Market", The Globe and Mail, March 4, 1995.

Technology, Environment, and Physical Sciences: Brian McAndrew, "Watershed: Special Report on Life Around Lake Ontario", The Toronto Star, October 1, 1995.

MAGAZINES
Health, Medicine, and Social Sciences: Mark Witten, "Solving Alzheimer's", Saturday Night, November 1995
Honourable Mention: Robert Semeniuk, "War Babies", Equinox, January/February 1995.

Technology, Environment, and Physical Sciences: Wayne Grady, "Lessons From the Loneliest Lab", Equinox, January/ February 1995.

TRADE PUBLICATIONS: Jean Hamann, "Les Microbes Contre-Attaquent", Université Laval CONTACT, Printemps-Été 1995.

THE HERB LAMPERT STUDENT WRITING AWARD ($750 Prize): Ben Porchuk, "Big Blue: Secrets of Survival", Seasons, Winter 1995.

RADIO
Items Under 10 Minutes: Veronique Mandal, "Children Who Have Strokes", CBC Radio, November 12, 1995.

Items 10 Minutes and Over: Yanick Yilledieu, Marc Bourgault, "La Science Qui Fit La Bombe Atomique", Société Radio-Canada - Les Années-Lumière, August 6, 1995.

TELEVISION
Items Under 10 Minutes: Morgan Elliott, "Mummy", Discovery Channel Canada - @discovery.ca, January 26, 1995.

Items 10 Minutes and Over: Jerry Thompson, "Pandora's Double Helix", CBC Television - Witness, October 31, 1995.

BOOKS
Children's Books: Adrian Forsyth, How Monkeys Make Chocolate, Owl Books, 1995.

General Books: André Picard, The Gift of Death: Confronting Canada's Tainted Blood Tragedy, HarperCollins Canada Ltd, 1995.

1996 SCIENCE IN SOCIETY JOURNALISM AWARDS ($1000 Prizes)
Presented in Vancouver, June, 1997

NEWSPAPERS
Health, Medicine, and Social Sciences: Jacki Leroux, "Schizophrenia", The Ottawa Sun, August 11, 1996.

Technology, Environment, and Physical Sciences: Terry Glavin, "Shooting Fish in a Barrel", The Georgia Straight, June 13, 1996.

MAGAZINES
Health, Medicine, and Social Sciences: Robert Semeniuk, "The Devil's Own Device", Equinox, September/October 1996.

Technology, Environment, and Physical Sciences: Jean-Pierre Rogel, "Le nucléaire tue encore", Québec Science, April 1996.

TRADE PUBLICATIONS: Pippa Wysong, "Primum Non Expendere!", The Medical Post 1996 National Survey, Fall 1996.

THE HERB LAMPERT STUDENT WRITING AWARD ($750 Prize): Russell Bonduriansky, "Storm in a Teacup", Seasons, Summer 1996.
Honourable Mention: Eric Squair, "The Gene Trade", The Varsity, April 11, 1996.

RADIO
Items Under 10 Minutes: David Miller, Jeannie Arreak-Kullualik, "Bowheads: In the Balance", CBC Radio North - The Trailbreaker, November 12, 1996.

Items 10 Minutes and Over: Colman Jones, "Déja Vu: AIDS in Historical Perspective", CBC Radio - IDEAS, January 10, 1996.
Honourable Mention: Ira Basen, Harry Forestell, Ann Stewart, "The Seventh Age (Part II)", CBC Radio - Quirks and Quarks, April 27, 1996.

TELEVISION
Items Under 10 Minutes: Mario Masson, Francine Charron, "Mommies Inuit", Société Radio-Canada - Découverte, April 14, 1996.

Items 10 Minutes and Over: Wendy Mesley, Ann Harbron, "Wired Flesh", CBC Television - Undercurrents, November 29, 1996.
Honourable Mention: Christine Nielsen, Leslie Peck, Barbara Simon, "Cord Blood", CTV - W5, December 24, 1996.

BOOKS
Children's Books: Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Squares: Shapes in Math, Science and Nature, Kids Can Press Limited, 1996.

General Books: Richard and Sydney Cannings, British Columbia: A Natural History, Greystone Books, Douglas & McIntyre Limited, 1996.

1997 SCIENCE IN SOCIETY JOURNALISM AWARDS ($1000 Prizes)
Presented May 30, 1998, in the Regatta Room at the Westin Harbour Castle on the Harbourfront in downtown Toronto

NEWSPAPERS
Health, Medicine, and Social Sciences: Stephen Strauss, "Hello Dolly, It's So Scary To See You", The Globe and Mail, March 1, 1997.

Technology, Environment, and Physical Sciences: Nancy Baron, "Drugs From the Deep", The Georgia Straight, September 11, 1997.

MAGAZINES
Health, Medicine, and Social Sciences: Normand Grondin, "Le retour des électrochocs", Québec Science, March 1997.

Technology, Environment, and Physical Sciences: Catherine Collins, "Creature Comforts", Equinox, January/February 1997.

TRADE PUBLICATIONS: Helen Byrt, "Cholesterol", PHARMAguide, Issue 4, October 1997.

THE HERB LAMPERT STUDENT WRITING AWARD ($750 Prize): Ellyn Kerr, "It's All In Your Head: The Biology of Pain", The McGill Reporter, September 11, 1997.

RADIO
Items Under 10 Minutes: Bill Gillespie, "Acid Rain: Part I", CBC Radio News - The World at Six, October 1, 1997.
Honourable Mention: Dan Falk, "Hunting the Neutrino", CBC Radio News Syndication, October 7, 1997.

Items 10 Minutes and Over: Bob McDonald, Harry Forestell, Ann Stewart, "Learn Baby Learn", CBC Radio - Quirks and Quarks, November 29, 1997.

TELEVISION
Items Under 10 Minutes: Mario Masson, Chantal Théorêt, "Sommes-nous martiens?", Société Radio-Canada - Découverte, March 16, 1997.

Items 10 Minutes and Over: John Livingston, Nancy Archibald, "The Natural History Of A Point Of View", CBC Television - The Nature of Things, January 16, 1997.

BOOKS
Children's Books: Vivien Bowers, Crime Science: How Investigators Use Science to Track Down the Bad Guys, Owl Books (Greey de Pencier Books Inc), 1997.

General Books: Wayne Grady, The Quiet Limit of the World: A Journey to the North Pole to Investigate Global Warming, Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1997.

1998 SCIENCE IN SOCIETY JOURNALISM AWARDS ($1000 Prizes)
Presented May 29, 1999, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ottawa

NEWSPAPERS
Joan Hollobon Award for Health and Medical Reporting: Carolyn Abraham, "A World Gene Hunt Targets Canada", The Globe and Mail, November 28, 1998.

Natural Resources, Nature, and the Environment: Ben Parfitt, "Wildlife Lost", The Georgia Straight, January 8, 1998.

Technology and Industrial Innovation: Ben Parfitt, "Forest Follies", The Georgia Straight, January 8, 1998.

MAGAZINES
Health and Medicine: Augusta Dwyer, "Sour Milk", Equinox, February/March 1998.

Natural Resources, Nature, and the Environment: Garry Hamilton, "Welcome to Slime City", Equinox, June/July 1998.

Technology and Industrial Innovation: Peter Verburg, "Is there something we don't know?", Canadian Business Magazine, February 27, 1998.

SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS: Mathieu-Robert Sauvé, "L'ennemi invisible", Les Diplômés, Université de Montréal, Printemps 1998.

THE HERB LAMPERT STUDENT WRITING AWARD ($750 Prize): Dale Lum, "Nuclear Cargo Run", The Ubyssey, (University of British Columbia), September 8, 1998.

RADIO
Items 10 to 25 Minutes: Jim Lebans, Ann Stewart, Bob McDonald, "How Can the Wolf Survive", CBC Radio One - Quirks & Quarks, January 17, 1998.
Honourable Mention: Dr Miriam Shuchman, Ann Stewart, "For Profit or For Patients", CBC Radio One - Quirks & Quarks, September 12, 1998.

Items 25 Minutes and Over: Jim Lebans, Ann Stewart, Bob McDonald, "Cancer: The Quest for the Cure", CBC Radio One - Quirks & Quarks, April 4, 1998.

TELEVISION
Items 10 to 25 Minutes: Annette Goebel, Dr Brian Goldman, "Bryce's Story", CBC Television - The Health Show, September 29, 1998.

Items 25 Minutes and Over: John Bassett, Vishnu Mathur, "Reefer Madness II", CBC Television - The Nature of Things, October 15, 1998.
Honourable Mention: Gilles Provost, Marièlle Choquette, "Ammoniac", Société Radio-Canada - Découverte, September 20, 1998.

BOOKS
Children's Books: Stephen Cumbaa, Susan Hughes, Megalodon: The Prehistoric Shark, Somerville House Publishing, 1998.

General Books: Jay Ingram, The Barmaid's Brain and Other Strange Tales from Science, Viking (Penguin Books Canada Ltd), 1998.

1999 SCIENCE IN SOCIETY JOURNALISM AWARDS ($1000 Prizes)
Presented June 3, 2000, at the International Conference Centre, 240 Jarvis Street, in downtown Toronto

NEWSPAPERS
Joan Hollobon Award for Health and Medical Reporting: Shelley Page, "The Inheritance", The Ottawa Citizen, October 3, 1999.

Natural Resources, Nature, and the Environment: Brian McAndrew, "Troubled Water", The Toronto Star, September 25, 1999.

Technology and Industrial Innovation: Ian MacLeod, "Genesis Inc.", The Ottawa Citizen, September 25, 1999.

MAGAZINES
Health and Medicine: Louise Gendron, "Vivre jusqu'à 130 ans", L'actualité, July 1999.

Natural Resources, Nature, and the Environment: Nancy Baron, "The Ancient Mariner", The Georgia Straight, December 9, 1999.
Honourable Mention: Catherine Collins, "Our Grand Obsession", Cottage Life, March 1999.

Technology and Industrial Innovation: Michael Smith, "Food Fright", Report on Business Magazine, November 1999.

SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS: Joe McAllister, "Troubled Waters", The Nutrition Factor, 1999.

THE HERB LAMPERT STUDENT WRITING AWARD ($750 Prize): Patti Edgar, "The Ones That Got Away", The Martlet, (University of Victoria Student Newspaper), May 20, 1999.

RADIO
Items 10 to 25 Minutes: Jim Handman, "Asteroid Impact", CBC Radio One - Quirks & Quarks, October 23, 1999.
Honourable Mention: Dominique Lapointe, "Dolly", Société Radio-Canada - Les Années Lumiere, December 19, 1999.

Items 25 Minutes and Over: Colman Jones, Max Allen, "The Bacteria Revolution" (Part 2), CBC Radio - IDEAS, June 4, 1999.

TELEVISION
Items 10 to 25 Minutes: Michel Rochon, Pascal Gélinas, La musique et le cerveau", Société Radio-Canada - Découverte, October 24, 1999.

Items 25 Minutes and Over: Michael Allder, John Bassett, "Dead Heat", CBC Television - The Nature of Things, March 4, 1999.

BOOKS
Children's Books: Shelley Tanaka, I Was There: Secrets of the Mummies, Scholastic Canada Limited, 1999.

General Books: Marq de Villiers, Water, Stoddart Publishing Company Limited, 1999.