OMNI Television launches $60,000 national scholarship program

Rogers announces 2020 Sportsnet Diversity and Gender Equity Initiative recipients TORONTO — As part of Rogers Sports and Media’s commitment to increasing diverse voices in media, OMNI Television announced today it will award $60,000 in scholarships over the next three years to post-secondary students across Canada who are pursuing careers in ethnic and third-language journalism. The new national scholarship program will award 10 scholarships of $2,000 each annually to students at universities and colleges. The first year of scholarships will be awarded in August 2021. More information is available here. “The global pandemic has reinforced how critical ethnic and third-language...