Draft:Marie Wadden
Marie Wadden | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) |
| Occupations | Writer and journalist |
| Known for | Producer at CBC and writer of Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland and Where the Pavement Ends: The Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation. |
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Marie Wadden (born 1955) is a Canadian broadcast journalist and author. She has worked with the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) in Quebec and Newfoundland.[1] She is also the author of Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland and Where the Pavement Ends: The Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation. Marie Wadden has a B.A (Hons.) in History, Memorial University and an M.A. in Journalism, Western University.
Career
[edit]Journalism
[edit]Wadden started working as a reporter and producer for CBC Television in St. John’s in 1977.[1][2] She retired in 2014.[3][4] She has won awards in Canada for her work and several in the U.S., including a Chris Award for “Honour Thy Father” at the 1994 Columbus International Film and Video Festival, a Gabriel Award in 1998 and Atlantic Kon Tiki, her 2014 radio documentary about Henri Beaudout's 1956 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the raft L'Égaré II won silver at the 2014 New York Radio Awards.[5][6]
Books
[edit]Wadden is the author of the 1991 non-fiction book Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland, which won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction in 1992.[7][8] In 2006, she wrote Where the Pavement Ends: The Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation which was nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.[9][10] The research was funded by an Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy grant.[11][12]
Publications
[edit]Non-Fiction Books
[edit]- Wadden, Marie (1991). Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland. Douglas & McIntyre.
- Wadden, Marie (2008). Where the Pavement Ends: The Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation. Douglas and McIntyre.
Selected Articles
[edit]Wadden, Marie. (2016) My Syrian Namesake in The Globe and Mail, October 3, 2016.[13]
Wadden, Marie. (2013) Gerry Cooney and His Tough Family Legacy in Placentia from CBC News, Sept. 19, 2013.[14]
Wadden, Marie. (2013) Let's Not Give Up on Natuashish from CBC News. October 5, 2013.[15]
Wadden, Marie. (2012) Three Canadians, Two Kittens, One Raft in The Globe and Mail, August 3, 2012.[16]
Wadden, Marie. (2011) Aboriginal Women on the Frontline of an Addiction Crisis in Changing Places. Edited by Jean Guthrie and Valerie Burton. Inanna Publications. [17]
Wadden, Marie. (2009) Fund Inuit, Not Canadian, Arctic Sovereignty in The Globe and Mail, August 18, 2009.[18]
Wadden, Marie. (2008). We Don’t Get Native Despair. Toronto Star, February 10, 2008.[19]
Awards and Honors
[edit]| Year | Award | Work | Result | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | New York Festival Radio Award | Atlantic Kon Tiki | Silver | [5] |
| 2011 | Atlantic Journalism Award | Breaking the Ice; Greenland | Won | [20] |
| 2009 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing | Where the Pavement Ends | Shortlisted | [21] |
| 2008 | Winterset Award | Where the Pavement Ends | Shortlisted | [22] |
| 2005 | Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy | Tragedy or Triumph: Canadian Public Policy and Aboriginal Addiction | Won | [11] |
| 1992 | Edna Staebler Award | Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland | Won | [7] |
References
[edit]- 1 2 Wadden, Marie. "Wadden, Marie (1955-)". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. 5: 495.
- ↑ "Social aspects | University of Toronto Faculty of Law". jackmanlaw.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
- ↑ Wadden, Marie (2014-06-26). "I sat down by the CBC and wept". SaltWire.
- ↑ "Don't invite people over if stairs are slippery, warns injured woman". CBC News. 2017-01-11.
- 1 2 "Marie Wadden's "Atlantic Kon-Tiki" Receives Award". The Raftsmen. July 16, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "The incredible true story of Canada's Kon-Tiki". canadiangeographic.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
- 1 2 "1992: Marie Wadden, Nitassinan". Laurier: Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction: Previous Winners. 1992. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ Svensson, Tom G. (1993). "BOOK REVIEWS" (PDF). The Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 13 (1).
- ↑ "2008 Finalist Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for Where the Pavement Ends: Canada's Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation". Writers' Trust of Canada. 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Where the Pavement Ends". BC Studies. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
- 1 2 "The Atkinson: Journalism for the Public Good - Fellows". 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ Noël, Caroline (2008-12-01). "After the Apology". Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
- ↑ "A Syrian family's loss became my blessing". The Globe and Mail. May 25, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Gerry Cooney and his tough family legacy in Placentia". The CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador. September 19, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Let's not give up on Natuashish". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador. October 5, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Three Canadians, two kittens, one raft: A little-known journey across the Atlantic". The Globe and Mail. August 3, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ Burton, Valerie; Guthrie, Jean (2014). Changing Places: Feminist Essays on Empathy and Relocation. Inanna. ISBN 978-1-77133-084-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ "Fund Inuit, not Canadian, Arctic sovereignty". The Globe and Mail. August 18, 2009. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ Wadden, Marie (February 10, 2008). "We Don't Get Native Despair". Toronto Star.
- ↑ "AJAs Announces 2011 Winners". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
- ↑ "Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing". Writers' Trust of Canada. Archived from the original on 2025-11-08. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
- ↑ "Winterset Award". Winterset in Summer. Retrieved 2026-09-20.