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EVENT INFO
Fairmont Royal York Hotel
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
100 Front Street West, Toronto
Cocktail reception 6:00 PM
Program & dinner 7: 00 PM
Click here for map & directions to Royal York Hotel
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2009 Awards
The 12th annual International Press Freedom Awards was held at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto on Wednesday, December 9, 2009. This year's event was hosted by Lloyd Robertson, anchor of CTV National News and Heather Hiscox, Host of CBC News: Morning.
The theme of the 2009 event was the culture of impunity that allows the murder of journalists to go unpunished. More than 1000 reporters have been killed on the job in the past decade, many of them were murdered - 90 per cent of these crimes have gone unpunished.
The CJFE awards gala was made possible by the support of returning Evening Sponsor Scotiabank, Platinum Sponsor CTV and Reception Sponsor CBC News, along with the valued support of other organizations and individuals across the media, legal, academic and business communities.
The gala dinner brings together corporate sponsors with an influential group of journalists, publishers, editors, media executives, business leaders and senior public servants. They all come together to honour the courage of journalists around the world and to let the community know they stand in defence of press freedom.
The 2009 event raised over $80,000 to support the work of CJFE.
2009 IPFA Chairs
Lori Abittan, President & CEO, Multimedia Nova Corporation
Norm Bolen, Director mDialog
Patrick Gossage, Chairman, Media Profile
John A. Honderich, Chair, Torstar Corp.
Robert Hurst, President, CTV News
Madeline Ziniak, National Vice President, Rogers OMNI Television
2009 IPFA Committee
Carol Off, Chair
Arnold Amber
Heather Armstrong
Dawn Becker, Event Organizer
Jet Belgraver
Susanne Gossage
Anita Mielewczyk
Julie Payne
Susan Reisler
Lesley Sparks
Mary Deanne Shears