{"id":62618,"date":"2020-01-09T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=62618"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:32","slug":"carleton-university-announces-2020-travers-journalism-fellowship-recipient-wendy-gillis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2020\/carleton-university-announces-2020-travers-journalism-fellowship-recipient-wendy-gillis\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University Announces 2020 Travers Journalism Fellowship Recipient Wendy Gillis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton University Announces 2020 Travers Journalism Fellowship Recipient Wendy Gillis\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Carleton University\u2019s Susan Harada, director of the School of Journalism and Communication<\/a>, announced today that Wendy Gillis has received this year\u2019s $25,000 R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship<\/a>. The fellowship is administered by Carleton and supports a significant foreign reporting project by Canadian journalists or journalism students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe received many excellent applications for the Travers Fellowship,\u201d said Harada. \u201cJim would have been pleased at the calibre of the proposals. In the coming year, our newest Travers Fellow will embark on a series of international stories that we believe will resonate with Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gillis, a reporter with the Toronto Star,<\/em> will cover the innovative ways cities in the United Kingdom and the United States are tackling violent crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs violence in Canada has risen over the last decade, politicians have poured millions of dollars into policing, a move that may see short-term gains but fails to address the reasons people commit crime to begin with,\u201d said Gillis. \u201cOther cities have tackled this problem differently. They\u2019ve not only relied on police, but they have taken a public health approach by treating crime as an illness that can be intercepted and prevented, not just treated after the fact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some cities have recruited doctors, teachers and social workers to the cause. They have laid fewer charges and have offered jobs and housing opportunities instead. In some cases, these approaches have resulted in long-term reductions in crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Travers Fellowship will allow Gillis to observe how this work is being done and report on its successes and challenges, all with an eye to what could be adopted in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s clear in Jim Travers\u2019 work is that he had an incredible knack for covering international events and making them relevant to Canadians,\u201d said Gillis. \u201cHe had a strong sense of fairness and a belief in democratic institutions. I hope my work will touch on all these aspects by highlighting solutions to violent crime from abroad, and showcasing ways our crime policy \u2013 and government institutions \u2013 might become more just.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement will be made at an event today, attended by members of the Travers family, Fellowship judges, previous Travers Fellows and colleagues of the former foreign correspondent. Travers was editor of the Ottawa Citizen<\/em>, executive editor of the Toronto Star<\/em> and an award-winning Ottawa columnist for the Star<\/em> at the time of his death on March 3, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Wendy Gillis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more than five years, Gillis has covered crime and police issues for the Toronto Star<\/em>. In 2016, she was part of a team nominated for the Governor General’s Michener Award for coverage of Ontario\u2019s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit. She was also part of a group nominated for a Canadian Hillman prize for the Star’s work on the police practice of carding. She was the recipient of a Canadian Mental Health Association’s media award for her work on the police shooting death of Andrew Loku. In 2017, she was awarded a residency at the Banff Centre’s Literary Journalism program, where she produced “Backfire,” a long feature investigation into an Ontario police officer involved in three fatalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendy has covered breaking news in French-speaking regions and countries, including the 2016 terrorist attack in Brussels and the 2017 mosque shooting in Quebec City. She was nominated for a National Newspaper Award (NNA) in 2013 for her coverage of the Lac-M\u00e9gantic train disaster, and as part of a team for the Star’s coverage of the 2018 Yonge Street van attack.
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\nAbout Jim Travers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travers worked as the Southam News<\/em> correspondent in Africa and the Middle East during the 1980s covering major stories \u2013 from apartheid in South Africa and the Ethiopian famine to the conflict in Lebanon and the Iran-Iraq war. Returning to Canada, he continued an influential career as general manager of Southam News<\/em>, editor of the Ottawa Citizen<\/em>, executive managing editor of the Toronto Star<\/em> and finally as an award-winning national affairs columnist known for his compassion and playful wit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He believed Canadians deserve first-hand, in-depth coverage of important stories outside our borders. He argued passionately that it is crucial for Canadian reporters to \u201cbear witness\u201d \u2013 because in our interconnected world, foreign news is local news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L’Universit\u00e9 Carleton annonce la r\u00e9cipiendaire de la bourse de journalisme Travers 2020, Wendy Gillis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan Harada, directrice de l\u2019\u00c9cole de journalisme et de communication de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Carleton, a annonc\u00e9 aujourd\u2019hui que Wendy Gillis a re\u00e7u cette ann\u00e9e la bourse R. James Travers pour la correspondance \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger, d\u2019une valeur de 25 000 $. La bourse est administr\u00e9e par Carleton et appuie un projet important de reportage \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par des journalistes ou des \u00e9tudiants en journalisme canadiens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abNous avons re\u00e7u de nombreuses excellentes candidatures pour la bourse Travers\u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Harada. \u00abLe calibre des propositions aurait plu \u00e0 Jim. Au cours de la prochaine ann\u00e9e, notre nouveau boursier Travers entreprendra une s\u00e9rie d’histoires internationales qui, selon nous, trouveront un \u00e9cho aupr\u00e8s des Canadiens. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gillis, journaliste au Toronto Star, couvrira les fa\u00e7ons novatrices dont les villes du Royaume-Uni et des \u00c9tats-Unis luttent contre les crimes violents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab Alors que la violence au Canada a augment\u00e9 au cours de la derni\u00e8re d\u00e9cennie, les politiciens ont investi des millions de dollars dans les services de police, une mesure qui peut voir des gains \u00e0 court terme mais qui ne r\u00e9sout pas les raisons pour lesquelles les gens commettent des crimes au d\u00e9part \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Gillis. \u00abD’autres villes ont abord\u00e9 ce probl\u00e8me diff\u00e9remment. Ils n’ont pas seulement compt\u00e9 sur la police, mais ils ont adopt\u00e9 une approche de sant\u00e9 publique en traitant le crime comme une maladie qui peut \u00eatre intercept\u00e9e et pr\u00e9venue, et non pas seulement trait\u00e9e apr\u00e8s coup.>><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certaines villes ont recrut\u00e9 des m\u00e9decins, des enseignants et des travailleurs sociaux \u00e0 la cause. Ils ont d\u00e9pos\u00e9 moins d’accusations et ont plut\u00f4t offert des emplois et des possibilit\u00e9s de logement. Dans certains cas, ces approches ont entra\u00een\u00e9 une r\u00e9duction \u00e0 long terme de la criminalit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La bourse Travers permettra \u00e0 Gillis d’observer comment ce travail se fait et de rendre compte de ses succ\u00e8s et de ses d\u00e9fis, tout en gardant \u00e0 l’esprit ce qui pourrait \u00eatre adopt\u00e9 au Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ce qui est clair dans le travail de Jim Travers, c’est qu’il avait un talent incroyable pour couvrir les \u00e9v\u00e9nements internationaux et les rendre pertinents pour les Canadiens”, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Gillis. \u00abIl avait un sens aigu de l’\u00e9quit\u00e9 et une croyance dans les institutions d\u00e9mocratiques. J’esp\u00e8re que mon travail abordera tous ces aspects en mettant en \u00e9vidence des solutions aux crimes violents commis \u00e0 l’\u00e9tranger et en montrant comment notre politique en mati\u00e8re de criminalit\u00e9 – et les institutions gouvernementales – pourraient devenir plus justes. \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L’annonce sera faite aujourd’hui lors d’un \u00e9v\u00e9nement auquel assisteront des membres de la famille Travers, des juges des bourses, d’anciens boursiers Travers et des coll\u00e8gues de l’ancien correspondant de presse \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger. Travers \u00e9tait r\u00e9dacteur en chef du Ottawa Citizen, r\u00e9dacteur en chef du Toronto Star et chroniqueur prim\u00e9 des affaires nationales pour le Star au moment de son d\u00e9c\u00e8s, le 3 mars 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 propos de Wendy Gillis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depuis plus de cinq ans, Gillis couvre les questions de criminalit\u00e9 et de police pour le Toronto Star. En 2016, elle faisait partie d’une \u00e9quipe mise en nomination pour le Prix Michener de la Gouverneure g\u00e9n\u00e9rale pour sa couverture de l’Unit\u00e9 des enqu\u00eates sp\u00e9ciales, le chien de garde de la police de l’Ontario. Elle faisait \u00e9galement partie d’un groupe en nomination pour un prix canadien Hillman pour le travail du Star sur la pratique polici\u00e8re du brevetage. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9cipiendaire d’un prix m\u00e9diatique d\u00e9cern\u00e9 par l’Association canadienne pour la sant\u00e9 mentale pour son travail sur la mort par balle d’Andrew Loku. En 2017, elle a obtenu une r\u00e9sidence au programme de journalisme litt\u00e9raire du Banff Centre, o\u00f9 elle a produit “Backfire”, un  long m\u00e9trage d\u2019enqu\u00eate sur un policier de l’Ontario impliqu\u00e9 dans trois d\u00e9c\u00e8s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wendy a couvert les nouvelles de derni\u00e8re heure dans les r\u00e9gions et pays francophones, nottamment l’attentat terroriste de 2016 \u00e0 Bruxelles et la fusillade de la mosqu\u00e9e de 2017 \u00e0 Qu\u00e9bec. Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 mise en nominatin pour un National Newspaper Award (NNA) en 2013 pour sa couverture de la catastrophe du train de Lac-M\u00e9gantic, et en tant que membre d’une \u00e9quipe pour la couverture par le Star de l’attaque de 2018 sur la rue Yonge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 propos de Jim Travers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travers a travaill\u00e9 comme correspondant de Southam News en Afrique et au Moyen-Orient dans les ann\u00e9es 1980, couvrant des sujets majeurs – de l’apartheid en Afrique du Sud et la famine \u00e9thiopienne au conflit au Liban et \u00e0 la guerre Iran-Irak. De retour au Canada, il a poursuivi une carri\u00e8re influente en tant que directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Southam News, r\u00e9dacteur en chef du Ottawa Citizen, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de la r\u00e9daction du Toronto Star et enfin en tant que chroniqueur prim\u00e9 des affaires nationales connu pour sa compassion et son esprit ludique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Il croyait que les Canadiens m\u00e9ritaient une couverture directe et approfondie d’histoires importantes \u00e0 l’ext\u00e9rieur de nos fronti\u00e8res. Il a soutenu avec passion qu’il est crucial que les journalistes canadiens \u00abt\u00e9moignent\u00bb – parce que dans notre monde interconnect\u00e9, les nouvelles \u00e9trang\u00e8res sont des nouvelles locales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven Reid
\nMedia Relations Officer
\nCarleton University
\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718
\n613-265-6613
\nSteven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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