Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award
# Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award

The Yves O. Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award is presented annually by the Geological Association of Canada to "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 was established by and 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.

## Recipients

Source: GAC

* 2001 – Ed Struzik of the Edmonton Journal
* 2002 – Larry Pynn of the Vancouver Sun
* 2003 – Ed Struzik of the Edmonton Journal
* 2004 – Bob Burtt of the Waterloo Record
* 2005 – Peter Calamai of the Toronto Star
* 2006 – Margret Brady of the Ottawa Citizen
* 2007 – Colin Hunter (journalist) of Waterloo Record
* 2008 – Dominique Forget of Géographica (L'Actualité)
* 2009 – Marian Scott of The Gazette
* 2010 – Randy Boswell of CanWest News Service
* 2011 – Karissa Donkin and Hilary Paige Smith of The Telegraph
* 2012 – Edward Struzik of Edmonton Journal
* 2013 – Tom Spears of The Ottawa Citizen
* 2014 – Kate Lunau of Maclean's Magazine
* 2015 – Margaret Munro of Postmedia News
* 2016 – Ivan Semeniuk of The Globe and Mail
* 2017 – not awarded
