Media Awards 2012
Rosalind Prober Award Winner
Sheldon Kennedy
Professional athlete, child rights advocate and sexual abuse survivor. Honoured for his inspirational fight against child sexual exploitation.
Media Awards Winners and Nominees
Catherine Solyom
The Montreal Gazette
Sex trade: The girls next door
Human trafficking is a hidden issue that’s hard to prove: Penalties often light when predators are convicted
WINNER! Tanya Hvilivitzky and Carolyn Mullin
Niagara Magazine
The Underground World of Trafficking Humans
Tu Thanh Ha
Globe and Mail
Case highlights undercover world of catching a pedophile
Alison Langley
Welland Tribune Niagara Falls Review – Special Report: Danger Lurks Online
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2012/05/12/special-report-danger-lurks-online
Jason Van Rassel
Calgary Herald – Protecting the public from sex offenders : Abduction raises questions of how sex offenders are monitored
Trevor Wilhelm
The Windsor Star – Windsor man serving 110 years in jail for soliciting sex online
Daphne Bramham
The Vancouver Sun – The Chilling Reality of sex tourism
WINNER! Caroline Montpetit
Le Devoir – Prostitution juvenile-une traite qui ne profite pas aux jeunes filles
Kathleen Frenette
Journal de Québec – Le Net est une mine d’or
http://fr.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/imprimer.cgi?id=1056422
La Maison de Sabrina
http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/quebeccanada/archives/2011/11/20111101-082135.html
WINNER! Diana Swain, Timothy Sawa, Angela Gilbert
the fifth estate, CBC – Scout’s Honour
Diana Swain, Timothy Sawa, Angela Gilbert
the fifth estate, CBC – The Lost Boys
Larry Day
Pyramid Productions – Theo Fleury: Playing With Fire
Maureen Palmer
Doc Zone, CBC Television – Sext Up Kids
Caroline Van Vlaardingen and Karla Kaminski
CTV News Montreal – Dirty Little Secrets (2 part special report)
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/special-report-dirty-little-secret-1.715545
WINNER! Michel Jean
TVA – Cyber-predateurs dans la mire
WINNER! Daphne Bramham
Vancouver Sun – Stolen Innocence
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/sextourism/index.html
Ashley Wills
News Talk 650 – Prostitution #YXE : Underage sex sells in the city
http://ckom.com/story/prostitution-yxe-underage-sex-sells-city/64809