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The Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy
Call for Entries for Canadian Journalists
The Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy is designed to further both the tradition of liberal journalism in Canada and the commitment to social and economic justice of Joseph E. Atkinson, former publisher of the Toronto Star.
The Fellowship provides a grant for a Canadian journalist to undertake a year-long research project on a topical public policy issue.
Since its establishment in 1988, the Atkinson Fellowship has aided research into some of Canada’smost important and often most compex policy debates. Fellows have investigated
the causes, the effects, the debates and the solutions that most enhance equality, opportunity, justice and an understanding of who we are as Canadians (scroll for links to past Fellowships below).
While the Fellowship is interested in any number of topics, and is open to new and imaginative ideas for research, it favours issues that are in the forefront of public debate and have implications for Canadian society at large (e.g., poverty, unemployment, trade agreements, welfare, child care, etc.). The Fellowship will not consider projects in history, anthropology, literature, folklore and related areas.
Terms
The annual competition for the Atkinson Fellowship is open to all full-time Canadian journalists in print or broadcast media. Preference is given to those applicants who have already achieved some distinction in reporting on policy issues.
The Fellowship is held for a one-year period (from September 1 to August 31) and is not renewable. The stipend is $75,000. A budget for research expenses up to $25,000 will also be considered. The Fellow will be expected to exclude other journalistic activities during this period.
The goal of the Fellowship is to produce a major report that can be published as a series of newspaper articles and later reprinted in booklet form. Therefore, the report should be written for the general public and not for a specialized audience. The project must be completed within the one-year period of the Fellowship and published shortly thereafter.
The series of articles will be made available without charge to all interested members of Canadian Press. The Fellow is also free to develop the report into a book or television or radio documentary.
To Apply
The Atkinson Fellowship is an annual competition open to all full-time Canadian journalists in print or broadcast media. Preference is given to those applicants who have already achieved some distinction in reporting on policy issues. The Fellowship is sponsored by the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, the Toronto Star, and the Honderich Family.
1. To be considered, all that is required is a THREE PAGE maximum LETTER of INTENT, along with your curriculum vitae, that summarizes your topic, its importance, brief outline of proposed articles, and treatment/approach to be received by Monday, January 11, 2010.
2. The Fellowship Committee will choose three to five Finalists who will be invited to submit a full application and proposal for consideration for the 2010 Fellowship award. Each finalist will receive an honorarium for submitting a proposal.
Send 4 copies of your Letter of Intent and CV to:
Elizabeth Chan
Coordinator, Atkinson Fellowship Committee
The Atkinson Charitable Foundation
1 Yonge Street, Suite 1508
Toronto, ON M5E 1E5
416 869 4034 telephone
416 865 3619 fax
echan@atkinsonfoundation.ca
Click here to download the Fellowship Brochure (in english)
La bourse Atkinson en affaires publiques - Description (francais)
The Fellowship: Links to Current and Past Series
Kate Taylor (2008), an arts columnist at the Globe and Mail and award-winning novelist, won the 2009 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy for her project entititled: Maple Leaf Rag: Canadian Cultural Sovereignty in the Digital Age, she will study how a national culture can survive the forces of digitization and globalization. Kate Taylor is an award-winning novelist. Her 2003 novel Mme Proust and the Kosher Kitchen won the Commonwealth Prize for Best First Novel - Canada/Caribbean region; the Toronto Book Award and the Canadian Jewish Book Award. Her second novel, A Man in Uniform, is a detective story set in late 19th-century France and will be published by Doubleday Canada in 2010. More...
Alanna Mitchell (2008)
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Alanna Mitchell |
2009 Atkinson Fellowship Series:
Brainstorm, by Alanna Mitchell
Alanna Mitchell, a Toronto-based writer and journalist who specializes in global science issues, spent much of the past year investigating the controversial push to use brain science to improve education.
She travelled to England, France, Australia and the U.S. as part of her 2008 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy.
Her series delves into the push to put the brain at the centre of the education system — and the pushback. An up-close look at neuroscience in action. What are schools really for? With seven myths about the brain. More…
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Judy Steed (2007)
Ed Struzik (2006)
Click here to read the full series (pdf)
Marie Wadden (2005)
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Where the Pavement Ends
Canada's Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation
By Marie Wadden, former Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy
A passionate wake-up call to make social healing in Aboriginal communities an immediate national priority.
Click here for more info |
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Tragedy or Triumph
Canadian Public Policy and Aboriginal Addiction |
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Marie Wadden grew concerned about addiction in Canadian Aboriginal communities when first visiting Davis Inlet in 1978. Her passion for the subject earned her the 2005 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy and led her to a year-long, cross-country trek to look at the causes, effects and potential solutions to the addiction crisis among Aboriginals. More about the series…
Click here to hear Marie Wadden's interview on Sounds Like Canada, Cbc radio, calling for thousands of small acts of reconciliation with Aboriginals in the country.
Check out Marie Wadden's book, Where the Pavement Ends: Canada's Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation (2008). It is a passionate wake-up call to make social healing in Aboriginal communities an immediate national priority. Click here for more info |
Marie Wadden |
Ann Silversides (2004)
Biomedical Research: In Whose Interests?
Andrew Duffy (2003)
Class Struggles: Public Education and the New Canadian
Anne Rees (2002)
Red File Alert: Public Access at Risk
Margaret Philp and Patti Gower (2001)
When the bough breaks
Linda Goyette (2000)
Here to Stay
Alison Griffiths and David Cruise (1999)
Hear No Evil
Frances Bula (1998)
No Place Like Home
Scott Simmie (1997)
Out of Mind: A study of Canada’s mental health care system
Lisa Priest (1996)
Operating in the Dark. Accountability in our Health Care System
André Picard (1996)
A Call to Alms. The Voluntary Sector in the Age of Cutbacks
Lois Sweet (1995)
The Fourth “R”: Religion in our Classrooms
Milville Tremblay (1994)
Hostage to the Debt
Sandra Martin (1994)
The Politics of Equity
Anne K. Mullens (1993)
Euthanasia: Dying for leadership
Marci McDonald (1992)
Taking Orders: How the U.S. shaped Canada’s foreign policy
Daniel P. Stoffman (1991)
Pounding at the Gates, a study of Canada’s immigration system
Linda McCuaig (1991)
Canada’s Social Programs Under Attack
Andrew Nikiforuk (1990)
AIDS: How health campaigns have missed the mark
Daniel J. Smith (1990)
The Struggle for Self Rule, a study of Canada’s native people
Paul D. McKay (1989)
Plundering the Future, on the state of Canada’s environment
Ann Pappert (1988)
The Reproductive Revolution, on the social and policy implications of reproductive technology | 
