TORONTO – The Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding on June 27 – Multiculturalism Day – with a gala awards and entertainment program in Toronto.
The event begins at 7:15 p.m. at the Velma Rogers Graham Theatre, 333 Bloor St. E. Toronto.
It will be taped and broadcast at a later date on Rogers OMNI Television stations.
On hand will be the Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State for Multiculturalism, and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.
The CEMA juried awards presentations will be in made in four categories, plus the Sierhey Khmara Ziniak Award.
The juried award winners are:
Print
News or feature – Marg Jetelina, editor, The Canadian Immigrant for “Cultural Compromise,” an affecting article on the work of Vancouver’s Godwin Eni, physician, educator and community leader.
Editorial – Naeem “Nick” Noorani, publisher, The Canadian Immigrant for his critical editorial “Canada’s Transition Penalty” on underemployment of immigrant professionals.
Radio
Feature – Martin Silva, broadcaster, for presentation on the successful result of liver transplant from Dina Lomoro to Jorge Galego on CHIN radiothon for Toronto Western hospital.
Opinion – Ernest Tannis, ADR program, CHIN Radio, Ottawa for a sensitive program featuring an imam, a minister and a rabbi and their views on the patriarch Abraham.
Television
News or feature – Grace Fusillo, producer/writer and director of Fuel Productions’ moving documentary, “The Great Communicator — Johnny Lombardi,” funded and broadcast by Rogers OMNI Television.
Opinion – Angie Seth, anchor/reporter, OMNI News: South Asian Edition for the lively “Democracy 101” on how students are encouraged to express political opinions prior to adulthood.
Internet
News or feature – Andrew Miller, Editor, Blunt Magazine, for “Death” a revealing description of life as a hospital service assistant with pride in his work.
Editorial – Suresh Jaura, publisher, South Asian Outlook for his incisive editorial “Two Kinds of Canadians” on systemic prejudices against non-whites.
The Sierhey Khmara Ziniak Award will be presented to Dat Ngyuen, publisher and editor of Vietnamese weekly, Thoi Bao, for “journalistic excellence in publishing his weekly newspaper and his integral initiative in rescuing Ontario print media from punitive taxation.”
