GAC® National Medals & Awards
Yves O. Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award
The Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award of the Geological Association of Canada is awarded for excellence in journalistic presentation of earth science in the newsprint media. The award shall recognize a journalist who is a resident of Canada and who has been exceptionally effective in presenting one or more earth science stories during the previous 1-3 years in one of Canada's daily or weekly newspapers or periodicals. The award will be granted annually, subject to the submission of satisfactory nominations. The award is named after Yves O. Fortier, a founding member of the Geological Association of Canada and a former Director of the Geological Survey of Canada. Entries for the Yves Fortier Award deal with a broad spectrum of Earth science topics, ranging from Earth to ocean and atmosphere. They are judged on the basis of originality, clarity of interpretation, scientific accuracy and value in promoting a broader understanding of Earth sciences to the public.
The Geological Association of Canada (GAC®) is pleased to announce that
Marian Scott, The Gazette, Montreal, QC for her article entitled “Rocking the Science World”,
has been selected as the 2009 recipient of the GAC®'s Yves Fortier
Earth Science Journalism Award, and will receive the Award's $1,000 prize.
Biography
Marian Scott is a senior reporter at The Gazette in Montreal whose in-depth feature articles span a spectrum of topics, with a particular focus on environmental issues, from the local food movement to global climate change. A graduate of the Université de Montréal, Scott began her career in journalism as a writer-broadcaster for CBC Radio. Her work has also appeared in Canadian Geographic, Today’s Parent and Reader’s Digest.