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The William Southam Journalism Fellows are an integral part of the Massey College community. Since 1962, the program has gathered over 250 esteemed Canadian and international journalists for an academic year of education, reflection, and fellowship.
Applications must include a professional biography, current CV, a statement of intent explaining why you wish to be considered for a Fellowship and what course(s) of study you feel will contribute most to your professional development, how you would benefit from the multidisciplinary environment at Massey College, and how you would contribute to the Massey community. We also ask for three samples of recent work and the names of two referees that will provide reference letters.
Massey College is committed to fostering a culture of inclusivity and advancing equality – we encourage journalists from traditionally excluded and marginalized groups to apply.
Applications for 2024/2025 Fellowships are now open and will close on March 31st at midnight.
Garvia Bailey is a co-founder of the award-winning production company Media Girlfriends, which amplifies underrepresented voices in media. A Jamaican-born, small-town raised Torontonian, Garvia’s career spans two decades as a producer, host, and columnist for the CBC and JazzFM and as a freelance journalist. Her work includes the award-winning Canadian Black history podcast series, Strong and Free/Fort et Libre, which she hosted, co-wrote and co-produced. She is co-creator of Storytelling with a Focus on Podcasting, a Carleton University course. Garvia is a judge for the Hillman Prize for Investigative Journalism.
Julia Caron is the host of Quebec AM, Quebec’s only English-language province-wide daily morning show. Prior to working for the CBC she freelanced and was a regular contributor to Shameless Magazine, Racialicious, Jezebel and had successful features in Al-Jazeera and WORN Journal. She holds a BA Honours from Trent University and a Masters in Documentary Film Studies from Université Laval.
Hamutal Dotan is an editor, editorial consultant, and journalism teacher in Toronto with fifteen years of experience in magazine, newspaper, digital, and broadcast journalism. Previously she was senior editor at The Walrus, Focus editor at the Globe and Mail, and editor-in-chief of Torontoist, as well as a political analyst for the CBC. Features she has edited have been nominated for or won National Magazine Awards, National Newspaper Awards, and the Canadian Association of Journalists Award, among others. Her particular loves are long-form storytelling, editorial strategy, and building more equitable newsrooms.
Anna Mehler Paperny is an award-winning reporter with Reuters, covering everything from migration to health to justice. Her debut book, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person, was a national bestseller and was shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. She’s worked at The Globe and Mail and developed globalnews.ca’s award-winning Investigative Data Desk. Her work on deaths in Canadian prisons won an RTDNA Dan McArthur Award for investigative journalism.
Hasan Shaaban is a freelance photo journalist originally from Beirut, Lebanon who recently moved to Canada after facing death threats for his reporting. He was covering water shortages in a village in southern Lebanon when Hezbollah members threatened and attacked him. After covering Lebanon for years, the risk became too great, and he was forced to flee. Hasan has worked in a freelance capacity for the The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Der Tagesspiegel and many others.
The Globe and Mail’s Robyn Doolittle talks about her nearly two-year investigation into police response to sexual assault complaints.
Veteran journalists Carol Off (CBC), Michelle Shephard (Toronto Star), Manisha Krishnan (VICE), Shawney Cohen (VICE), and Kathy English (Toronto Star), discuss how they keep their sources safe while doggedly pursuing the story.
William Southam Journalism Fellows are outstanding Canadian journalists in mid-career who are invited to spend a year at Massey College, a graduate college within the University of Toronto. The objective of the fellowship program is to encourage improvement in journalism, offering journalists an opportunity to broaden their horizons by studying in a university setting.
Fellows are selected by a committee appointed by the President of the University and the Principal of Massey College. They are chosen for professional competence and future potential as effective and responsible journalists.
Three or more fellowships for Canadian journalists are awarded annually, tenable for one academic year, September to May.
Applicants must be full-time news or editorial employees with Canadian newspapers, news services, radio, television, or magazines, with at least five years’ experience. Freelance journalists working consistently in the media over a five-year period are also eligible.
Fellows enrol in any graduate or undergraduate courses, and have access to the full facilities of the University. There are no educational prerequisites for a Fellowship. Fellows do not receive credits or degrees for work done during the year.
The academic program typically combines general education with concentration in at least two courses; one course must be taken in full and all assignments completed.
In a parallel extra-curricular program, the Fellows meet regularly for informal seminars to discuss contemporary issues with guests invited from a wide variety of professions.
To obtain the maximum benefit of the program, the successful candidates agree to refrain from all professional work, including writing and broadcasting, during the period of the Fellowship. Personal holidays or travel is restricted to University holiday periods. Those selected are appointed Fellows-at-Large at the University of Toronto, with all the privileges of a Senior Resident at Massey College.
Fellows are invited, throughout the fellowship, to create a piece of reportage (in the format of their choice) that reflects Massey’s academic pursuits. Fellows will be expected to share their work through publication on the Massey College website.
The Fellowships underwrite: (1) A stipend of $4,900 per month, for the eight-month university year, from September to April; (2) All university fees; (3) Travel expenses up to the cost of economy air fare to and from Toronto for the Fellow and family; (4) Travel expenses for organized trips during the program.
If you are interested in the Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Journalism Fellowship, please see the information and application instructions below.
The Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Journalism Fellowship provides an opportunity for a journalist from one of JHR’s program countries in the Middle East and Sub Saharan Africa. Run in tandem with the Southam Fellowships, the same conditions apply.
Please visit the JHR Website for more information, and to apply for the Gordon N. Fisher/JHR Journalism Fellowship.
In furthering vibrant democracies and protecting journalists’ freedom of expression, Massey College in partnership with Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) are pleased to provide an opportunity for an international journalist in need of refuge because they face persecution or danger for their work defending freedom of expression, human rights or democracy in their home countries. Run in tandem with the William Southam Journalism Fellowships.
Zuhal Ahad
Wanja Gathu
Natasha Grzincic
Hannah Hoag
Omayra Issa
Valérie Ouellete
Michael Barclay
Rebecca Collard
Patrick Egwu
Mujtaba Haris
Jonathan Montpetit
Jalal Nazari
Wency Leung
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Emefa Dzradosi
Keith Gerein
Kyaw Soe Oo
Wa Lone
Duncan McCue
Leslie Young
Joey Coleman
Dana Gibreel
John Perry
Sarah Rogers
Martha Troian
Amy Dempsey
Richard Goddard
Lagu Joseph Kenyi
Richard Warnica
Chris Windeyer
Esther Mngodo
Silvia Rosa
Siobhan Roberts
Naheed Mustafa
Jim Rankin
Natalie Alcoba
James Lebans
Martine Laberge
Hugo de Grandpre
Katie Daubs
Rodney Sieh
Luiz Hidalgo Nunes Jr.
Mustapha Dumbuya
Elizabeth Renzetti
Jennifer Moroz
Emily Mathieu
Verena Klein
Samuel Awami
Lisa Godfrey
Sarah Lazarovic
Catherine Solyom
Angela Sterritt
Amara Bangura
José Peralta
Jody Porter
Veronique Morin
Kelly Crowe
David Rider
Luis Najera
Mary Triny Mena
Murray Whyte
Mary Agnes Welch
Gil Shochat
Teresa Chirwa
Peter Kuitenbrouwer
Ato Kwamena Dadzie
Neil Sandell
Luis Najera
Lee Pitts
Shawn Micallef
Robert Cribb
Elizabeth Bowie
Jeff Warren
Hugo Rodrigues
Susan Mahoney
Yong Ho Kim
Elizabeth Church
Ivan Semeniuk
Kevin Robertson
Rachel Pulfer
Eric Lemus
Marina Jimenezeu
Graham Thomson
Robert Mukasa
Michelle Gagnon
Eric Foss
Susan Delacourt
Andrew Teyie
Sheree-Lee Olson
Liane Faulder
Jeffrey Brown
Rob Warner
Kevin Sylvester
Marcus Gee
Nazim Baksh
Emmanuel Akli
Bashir Tariq
Kirk Makin
April Lindgren
Maureen Brosnahan
Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall
Marie-Reine Roy
Claude Mills
John Geiger
Don Butler
Avril Benoit
Philip Preville
Sandra Martin
Teddy Katz
Margo Harper
Rozima Ali
Aaron Berhane
Lynne Robson
Konstantin Parshin
Omatie Lyder
Monika Delmos
Shawn Blore
Richard Blackwell
Folagboye Adekeye
Doreen Zimbizi
Danielle Savoie
Sheila Pratt
David Napier
Peter Goodspeed
Kate Bell
Ransford Tetteh
John Racovali
Francois Pouliot
Sean O’Malley
David Miller
Joan Leishman
Charles Campbell
Vijay Thapa
Lynda Shorten
David Parkinson
Janet McFarland
Agnes Gruda
Sadia Zaman
Debkumar Mitra
Kimberly Lunman
Marta Gold
Robert Everett-Green
Yun-Xian Ding
Catherine Wallace
Sara Sseggane
Val Ross
Anne Marie Owens
Steve Lukits
Cathy Chan
Lou Clancy
Isabel Vincent
David Staples
Lisa Priest
Kajubi Mukajanga
Barbara Crook
Annie Cheng
Luca Pocci
Juliet O’Neill
Jongho Na
Anne Dawson
Anne Budgell
Daniel Schwartz
Sheila Robertson
Anne Collins
Patience Akpan
Ian Urquhart
Chandni Sahgal
Jane O’Hara
Paul Kaihla
John Ibbitson
Dawna Friesen
Lois Sweet
Thyra Obuobi
Douglas Fischer
Dale Eisler
Helen Branswell
Joe Sornberger
David Prosser
Judy Piercey
Sam Omatseye
Riccardo Fontani
Sandra Bartlett
Sheryl Ubelacker
Siham Muntasser
Lorraine Locherty
Deanna Herman
Jennifer Dundas
Robert Crew
Andrew Ogle
Anne Mullens
Patrick Martin
David Gollob
Paule Des Rivieres
Elaine Carey
Helene Pichette
Christine Mushka
Massimo Maccherini
Brenda Dalglish
Stephen Bindman
Susan Helwig
Beverley Spencer
Sheldon Gordon
Joan Crockatt
Robert Carty
Edward Struzik
Gary May
Josef Knycha
Christopher Grosskurth
Ann Dowsett Johnston
Leslie Scrivener
Stanley Oziewicz
Peter Morton
Dorothy Lipovenko
Lewis Harris
Geoffrey White
Yolande L’Ecuyer
Thomas Hopkins
E. Fulton
Michael Cobden
Joann Webb
William Peterson
Wendylee Koenig
Linda Hossie
Maria De Magistris
Murray Campbell
Kathryn Warden
Janice Mawhinney
Norma Greenaway
Michael Cooke
Peter Calamai
Judith Timson
Susan Riley
Susan MacKenzie
Douglas MacKay
Bernard Descoteaux
Paul Vasey
J. McConachie
Raymond Giroux
David Cobb
Helen Bullock
Gerard McNeil
Catherine Ford
Michael Enright
Maxine Crook
Murray Ball
John Skinner
Daniel Proudfoot
Jenni Mortin
Agnes McFarlane
G. Kirby
Michel Nadeau
Denis Massicotte
Linda Hughes
John Aitken
Hendrik Overduin
John Miller
Frank Jones
George Hutchison
Kathleen Brooks
Christina McCall
Gordon D. Fisher
Ray Dick
Yvonne Burgess
John Brehl
Maggie Siggins
David Oancia
Lillian Newbery
Donald MacLachlan
Real Bouvier
Nicolaas Van Rijn
Jonathan Manthorpe
Roger Lacasse
Sally Barnes
Mervin Anderson
Martin O’Malley
Hugh McCullum
Betty Lee
Arthur Bud Jorgensen
Francois Aubin
Arnold Zeman
David Stein
Bruno Gauron
Marian Bruce
John Brown
Dennis Anderson
Andrew Szende
Garry Smith
Philip McLeod
Kenneth Clarke
W. Harry Bruce
Albert Sokol
Lewis Seale
Paul Gibson
Guy Demarino
Peter Buckley
Robert Gravel
Reginald Vickers
Gary Oakes
Peter Jackman
Warren Gerard
Marcel Desjardins
Barrie Zwicker
Peter Ward
Peter Moon
James Ferrabee
Yves Bernier
Bernard Tierney
Robert Stewart
Richard Purser
Denis Grayhurst
Frank Adams
Donna Dilschneider
Carman Cumming
Mario Cardinal
Howard Bennett
Alan Anderson
Alan Morton
Allan Fotheringham
Arnold Bruner
Richard Snell
Robin Green
Robert Campbell
Jack Best
Robert Abra
Claude Tessier
Stephen Franklin
William Gold
Andrew Macfarlane
In association with Journalists for Human Rights, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Massey College and the University of Toronto are grateful for the generosity of the Alva Foundation, the estate of the late St. Clair Balfour, Lisa Balfour Bowen and the late Walter Bowen, Clair Balfour and Marci McDonald, Wilson J.H. Southam, the R. Howard Webster Foundation, the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, CBC/Radio-Canada, the McLaughlin Centre, and for the generosity of past Journalism Fellows.
For more information please contact:
Emily Mockler
Director, Partnerships and Programs
416-978-6606
Massey College
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Toronto ON M5S 2E1
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