Past Recipients

RECIPIENTS OF THE CHPCA CHAMPION AWARD

AWARD YEARS
2006	2007

2007 Recipient: Zone3 Inc.

Zone3 Inc., a Quebec-based production company, has developed an excellent three-part documentary series entitled Le dernier match de la vie, that examined how death is addressed in the province of Quebec. Hosted by M. Claude Charron, the documentary series explores the many settings of death, including hospitals, private homes and palliative care centers. This excellent documentary series introduced the viewing audience to Quebecers who have been touched by death and who have traveled the final journey along the path of life, as a patient or as a caregiver or family member. On behalf of the hospice palliative care community, the CHPCA recognizes the exceptional contribution of Zone3 Inc. towards raising awareness of the importance of quality hospice palliative care services.

2006 Recipient: The Ottawa Citizen

The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) is pleased to announce that the Ottawa Citizen was selected to be the first recipient of the newly created Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Media Award.

Created in 2006, the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Media Award publicly recognizes journalists and/or media organizations for outstanding media coverage of issues related to hospice palliative and end-of-life care in Canada.

The Ottawa Citizen was selected as the recipient of this new award in recognition of the excellent series of 28 articles entitled “A Revolution in Dying” that was run in the Ottawa Citizen in May of 2005. The series of articles explored various topics in the field of hospice palliative care and portrayed the current state of end-of-life care in a clear and concise manner. The quality of the reporting in this series was exceptional and on behalf of the hospice palliative care community we would like to thank The Ottawa Citizen for raising the awareness of this issue among the general public.