CJF Indigenous Health Journalism Fellowship Selection Committee

2026 Selection Committee

 

Connie Walker – Chair

Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist and host of the acclaimed podcasts, Stolen and Missing & Murdered, CBC News

Nelson W. Bird, and Indigenous man with glasses, speaks into a microphone.Nelson Bird

Lecturer, Indigenous Journalism & Communication Arts, First Nations University

Cheryl McKenzie headshotCheryl McKenzie

Broadcast journalist and the Director of News and Current Affairs for the APTN National News

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Lauren Pelley

Senior Health & Medical Reporter, CBC News

 

André Picard

Author and Journalist, The Globe and Mail, specializing in health care issues