TORONTO, April 20, 2022 /CNW/ – Serena Ryder, the award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and activist, will perform a tribute to David Suzuki at this year’s CJF Awards. Presented by the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF), the CJF Awards is an annual event that celebrates excellence in journalism by honouring those who have made significant contributions and by recognizing emerging talent. The event, taking place on June 7 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, will bring together leading news executives, reporters and corporate leaders from across the country to celebrate the industry’s best of the past year.
Ryder is a platinum-selling artist who has received six JUNO awards, a MuchMusic Video Award and a Canadian Screen Award in 2013. In 2021, Canada’s Walk of Fame recognized her with its distinguished Allan Slaight Music Impact Honour.
She is also an advocate for mental wellness and received the Margaret Trudeau Mental Health Advocacy Award in 2018. Her recent album, The Art of Falling Apart, explores her personal mental wellness journey.
“I am thrilled to perform in honour of David Suzuki at the upcoming CJF Awards,” says Ryder. “David is an inspirational journalist and person, and we can all learn from the way he cares about the world around him.”
David Suzuki will receive the tribute honour in recognition of his exceptional career in science broadcasting and commitment to informing Canadians about the climate-change crisis.
Hosting the ceremony is long-time CBC Radio fixture and community advocate Matt Galloway, host of The Current on CBC Radio One.
The awards ceremony will also feature opening remarks by Margaret Atwood.
In addition to the CJF Tribute to Suzuki, awards to be presented at the ceremony include the:
- CJFJackman Awards for Excellence in Journalism;
- CJF Lifetime Achievement Award;
- Landsberg Award;
- CJF Award for Climate Solutions Reporting; and
- CJF-Meta Journalism Project Digital News Innovation Award.
Fellowships to be recognized include the:
- CJF-CBC Indigenous Journalism Fellowships;
- CJF Black Journalism Fellowships Program; and
- Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award.
For more details on the June 7 ceremony, visit the CJF Awards site.
The CJF thanks the generous support of presenting sponsor Google.
The CJF also thanks sponsors Telus Communications Inc., Labatt Breweries of Canada, Accenture, Meta, lululemon, Aritzia, BMO Financial Group, Sobeys Inc., Medtronic Canada, CIBC, Rogers, Shaw, McCain Foods Ltd., KPMG Canada, CTV News, TD Bank Group, CBC/Radio-Canada, General Motors of Canada, Intact Financial, Apple News, Blakes, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Canadian Women’s Foundation, Canadian Bankers Association, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Council of Canadian Innovators, Global News, The Globe and Mail, La Presse, Longview Communications Inc., Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Power Corporation of Canada, Torys LLP, Massey College in the University of Toronto and philanthropist Zainool Mamdani.
Thanks also to The Globe and Mail, Porter Airlines, The Canadian Press and CISION for their in-kind contributions.
Cision is the exclusive distribution partner of the CJF.
SOURCE Canadian Journalism Foundation
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