Winners of the 2023 Mindset Awards
The Mindset Award for reporting on the Mental Health of Young People
Laura Lynch (with Rachel Sanders and Catherine Rolfsen) wins first prize for "Emily's story: one activist's journey through climate anxiety" broadcast on CBC Radio's What on Earth on June 25.
Kenyon Wallace of The Toronto Star wins an Honourable Mention for "Minds Lost in the Maze" within a multi-author series The kids aren't all right. Wallace's article was published on October 30.
The Mindset Award for Reporting on Mental Health in the Workplace
Jeremy Hainsworth wins first prize for his five-part series "Existential crisis: There's a mental health problem in B.C.'s courts" published by Vancouver Is Awesome from October 29 to November 2.
Jana Pruden (with Kasia Mychajlowycz) wins an Honourable Mention for “Helen in Hell”, episode 2 of a Globe & Mail podcast series In Her Defence, released on October 10.
The awards will be presented at a celebratory lunch on Friday, May 31 at the Canadian Association of Journalists national conference in Toronto. Winners will receive their prizes from, and discuss their work with, Kevin Newman, journalist and former network TV anchor in Canada and the United States.
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Winners of the 2022 Mindset Awards for reporting on the mental health of young people and for workplace mental health reporting were celebrated at a Forum lunch at the CAJ National Conference in Vancouver on April 14, 2023.
First Prize Winners
Carly Weeks, winner of the Mindset Award for Reporting on Workplace Mental Health, for:
The Globe and Mail
Freelance writer, reporter and photographer Leyland Cecco, winner of the Mindset Award for reporting on the mental health of Young People, for:
How a Tourette’s Diagnosis Helped Me Understand Who I Am
The Walrus
Listen to a podcast of the event including discussion of the winning work with host Kathryn Gretsinger :
Honourable Mentions
Freelancer Christina Frangou (left) won an Honourable Mention in the Workplace category for:
Maclean’s
Erin Anderssen of The Globe and Mail also won an Honourable Mention in the Workplace category for:
How Mental Health Training for Regular Citizens is Helping to Fill Canada’s Therapy Gap
Erin could not be present. (Photo: The Globe and Mail)
Rachel Collier (right) and Paul MacNeill won an Honourable Mention in the Young People category for: Through the CRACKS part of a year-long investigation into systemic failures in mental health and addiction care in Prince Edward Island.
The Eastern Graphic
Photos: Michelle Meiklejohn