Eva Holland, 2021 Magazine Award Winner

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Eva has been a full time freelancer for the past fourteen years. Much of her work focuses on the environment, especially the intersection of wilderness and society. She has been published in the New York Times, Wired, Bloomberg, Businessweek, the Washington Post, Smithsonian, Esquire, The Walrus, Cottage Life, Chatelaine, Hakai, the Globe and Mail, Canadian Geographic, Hazlitt, and Maisonneuve. Eva is a Western Magazine Awards winner and the author of the 2020 book Nerve: A Personal Journey Through the Science of Fear.

Eva's winning submission was her article "Justice on Trial", published in the June 2021 edition of The Walrus Magazine. The article concerns the trial of Brayden Bushby who was charged with the death of Barbara Kentner. Kentner, a thirty-four-year-old First Nations woman, died from an internal injury after being struck in the abdomen with a trailer hitch. The article follows the course of a trial that would once more test the Indigenous communities’ faith in Canada’s legal system.

You can read Eva's winning article here (Link for "here" https://thewalrus.ca/looking-for-justice-finding-betrayal/)

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Carly Lewis, 2023 Magazine Winner

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Arno Kopecky, 2022 Magazine Award Winner

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Bonny Reichert, 2022 Book Award Winner

A National Magazine Award-winning journalist. Bonny began her career as an editor at Today’s Parent, Canadian’s largest parenting magazine, moving up in seniority before switching to Chatelaine with a then-readership of 3.1 million.

Eva Holland, 2021 Magazine Award Winner

Eva has been a full time freelancer for the past fourteen years. Much of her work focuses on the environment, especially the intersection of wilderness and society.

Josiah Neufeld, 2021 Book and 2014 Magazine Award

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Alex Roslin, 2020 Magazine Award Co-Winner

Alex Roslin is a journalist based in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. He has focused on social justice and investigative reporting for nearly 30 years.

Francesca Bianco, 2020 Magazine Award Co-Winner

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Roberta Staley, 2019 Book Award Winner

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