Media
Club of Ottawa
Executive 2018-19
President,
June
Coxon
Secretary-Treasurer.Iris
ten
Holder
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Board
of
Directors: June Coxon, Iris ten Holder, Helen Bednarek Van Eyk
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Program
2018-2019
Tuesday,
September 18
Topic:
Travel Writing Today. Panelists: travel writers Susan Korah, Susan
Hallett, Peter Johansen, Laura Byrne Paquet. Where: Honeywell Room.
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Tuesday,
October 23
Speaker: Ainalem Tebeje
Topic: My
Love Story In Broken English
Where: Honeywell Room, Ottawa City Hall. Time: 6
pm- 8 pm.l
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Tuesday,
November 13
Speaker: Bill Fairbairn, Editor emeritus, Riverview Park Review
community newspaper; journalist with experience on three continents;
author of Newsboy - Adventures From a Life in Journalism. Where:
Honeywell Room, Ottawa City Hall. Time: 6 pm-8 pm.
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December 2018
Social Event
Lunch
at the Lord Elgin Hotel and silent
auction fundraiser.
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February
19, 2019
Margaret Graham Award Presentation
Guest Speaker: Alberte Villeneuve Sinclair, author and newspaper columnist
Honeywell Room,Ottawa City Hall
March
19 2019
Alexandra Pope, digital editor, Canadian Geographic and
Canadian Geographic Travel
Billings Room, Ottawa City Hall
April 23, 2019
Topic: The Importance of Press Freedom, Speakers: Susan Korah and Anna Desmarais
Billings Room, Ottawa City Hall
May 21, 2019
Topic: Science Journalism, Speaker: Kathryn O’Hara, adjunct research professor, Carleton University.
Billings Room, Ottawa City Hall
June 15, 2019
AGM - Speaker:
Deanna Young, English Poet Laureate,
Lord Elgin Hotel, Mackenzie Room
Program
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Award
Programs
The
Margaret
Graham Award
is awarded yearly in November to students at
Algonquin
College and
Carleton University
Recipients for 2018 were Illiyana Shoushounova of Algonquin
College and Connor Oke of Carleton University
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The Melba Lent Woelflé Award
is awarded yearly in June to a journalism student with excellent
writing
skill at
Algonquin College.
Recipient for 2017 was Michael Clarke.
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Celebration of Life for David French
 On
May 19, Iris ten Holder and June Coxon represented the Media Club at a
Celebration of Life for David French, a long time Club member who died
at Kingston General Hospital on December 2. The May 19 celebration, at
the Gatineau City Hall, brought out more than 200 of his colleagues and
friends. David’s children, Geneviéve and Alexandre
French gave the two-hour presentation, other family members and
close friends made their contribution, thus ensuring David's presence
for all to relive and remember.
This Month: Science Journalism
 Guest Speaker: Kathryn
O’Hara, Adjunct Professor, School of Journalism, Carleton
University
Kathryn
O’Hara’s journalism experience includes more than
twenty-five years working in both radio and television as a host,
reporter, producer and researcher mainly in public broadcasting.
Kathryn has a MSc. in Science Communication from The Queen’s
University of Belfast and Dublin City University. She held the
inaugural CTV Chair in Science Journalism from 2001-2018. She was on
the steering committee for the National Cancer Institute of
Canada’s Prevention Research Initiative. She was a member of the
Council of Canadian Academies’ Expert Panel on Research
Integrity.
Kathryn O`Hara is currently a part of CIHR’s College of Reviewers
and Carleton’s Communication, Risk and Public Health Research
Group. Kathryn is the former president of the Canadian Science
Writers’ Association and after that, Treasurer of the World
Federation of Science Journalists.
Dates to watch:
June 15, 2019
Deanna Young, English Ottawa Poet Laureate, will speak at Media Club of Ottawa Annual General
Meeting and Brunch on June 15, 2019 at the Lord Elgin Hotel. Click here to see Deanna Young's web site.
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Remembering
Janet Web
David John George French
Margaret Virany (1933-2018)
Jean Portugal (-2018)
Rosaleen Dickson (1921-2018) *
Henry Heald (1929 - 2016) *
Mike Heenan (1942-2014)
Borgny Pearson (1920-2014)
Olive Dickason (1920-2011)
Ethel Jean Southworth (1923-2008)
Melba Lent Woelfle (1910-2004)
Gladys Arnold (1905-2002)
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A R C H I V E S
Meetings
held in previous years:
The
highlighted links below will show a list of
speakers for the year
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Award
Programs
The
Margaret
Graham Award
is awarded yearly in November to students at
Algonquin
College and
Carleton University
http://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/margaret-virany-1070516864
Recipients for 2017 were Rebecca Atkinson of Algonquin
College and Gabrielle Van Looyen of Carleton University
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The Melba Lent Woelflé Award
is awarded yearly in June to a journalism student with excellent
writing
skill at
Algonquin College.
Recipient for 2017 was Michael Clarke.
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Next Meeting
21 May 2019
Science Journalism
Guest Speaker: Kathryn O'Hara, Adjunct Professor, School of Journalism, Carleton University
Billings Room, Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier Ave, West. Ottawa
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
For more information call
613 521-4855
RSVP by May 19
Coffee, tea and treats
Admission $10
Note: Books about the Canadian Women's Press Club (now the Media Club) will be available for purchase:
Order your copy by email here. Write the title of the book in the subject line.. Cash payment at the meeting. or pay by Interact to ithsocial@gmail.com.
No daughter of Mine by Kay Rex $12
The Sweet Sixteen by Linda Kay ($20)
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Previous
Meetings
23 April 2019
The Importance of Press Freedom
Speakers: Susan Korah and Anna Desmarais
19 March 2019
Speaker
Alexandra Pope,
Digital editor, Canadian Geographic and
Canadian Geographic Travel
Alexandra Pope is the digital editor of Canadian Geographic and
Canadian Geographic Travel. She previously inaugurated the role of
social media coordinator at The Weather Network and was a reporter for
weekly print newspapers. A digital native, she is keenly interested in
new forms of storytelling and the role and responsibilities of
journalism in our connected age.
19 February 2019
Margaret Graham Award Presentation
Connor Oke of
Carleton University and Iliyana Shoushounova of Algonquin College
received the Margaret Graham Award Certificate and a cheque.
Guest Speaker was
Alberte Villeneuve
Photo Credit: Baico Publshing
Alberte Villeneuve, author and newspaper columnist, discussed her
writing experiences and brought copies of her latest book
More information
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November 2018
Newsboy
Speaker:
Bill
Fairbairn, author of The Printer's Devil (2112), On the Run
in
Africa (2015), Newsboy (2016), and co-author of Germaroon
23 October 2018
The
panel
discussion scheduled for our October 23 meet had to be cancelled.
Instead, Ainalem Tebeje, who has attended some of our meetings, has
agreed to discuss her novel
My
Love Story In Broken English
Aina
is a refugee
of Ethiopian origin. She has worked as a journalist, reporter,
correspondent and sub-editor as well as in several capacities for
Canadian government departments.
18 September 2018
The Pros
and Cons of Travel Writing
Panelists:
Susan Hallett, Susan Korah, Peter Johansen and Laura Byrne Paquet
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Meetings
and Social Events held during 2017-2018
(in progress)
Last update: April 2, 2019
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