Nominations open for NIA-Toronto Star Journalism in Ageing Prize

Prize Information

• Each prize recipient will be awarded $5,000 CAD and will be connected to experienced Toronto Star journalists as well as NIA researchers and experts in the field of ageing. This will allow the prize recipients to be supported by the Toronto Star’s journalism infrastructure, bolstered by the latest evidence and insights into the lived experienced of older adults rom the NIA and its partners.
• Prize recipients will be required to produce journalism in an agreed-upon format (article, podcast, photo journalism, etc.) that will then be published by the Toronto Star.

Eligibility Criteria

• The contest is open to journalists of any experience level, including students. Individuals must also be a legal resident of Canada (excluding Quebec) and of the age of majority in the province or territory of residence. You are not eligible to enter or win if you are:
  • an employee, officer, director, representative or agent of the NIA, the Toronto Star’s editorial;
  • department, or, if applicable, any of their respective advertising or promotion agencies, or any other company or individual engaged in the provision of goods or services related to this Contest (collectively, the “Contest Parties”), or
  • a member of the immediate family (parent, child, sibling, or spouse) or household (whether related or not), of any of the above individuals.

Conditions

• Each entry must:
  • be in English;
  • not contain any content that depicts explicit sexuality, or that is harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or is hatefully, racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive or objectionable, as determined by the Contest Sponsor in its sole discretion;
  • not infringe on the intellectual property rights, or defame or invade the publicity or privacy rights, of any third party, living or deceased.

For more information, visit National Institute on Ageing (NIA).