The Mindset Awards were also announced during the CAJ gala.
Toronto Star reporters Alyshah Hasham and Wendy Gillis have earned a Canadian Association of Journalists award for daily excellence for a 2021 story on a Muslim family killed in London, Ont.“So many people shared their memories of the Afzaal family with us during a time of unimaginable pain and horror,” Hasham said. “As we come close to the first anniversary of their deaths, we remember them and their community.”Wendy Gillis said daily news is “always a team effort.
The Mindset Awards were also announced during the CAJ gala, with a team from the Toronto Star and Investigative Journalism Bureau at the University of Toronto receiving a first place prize for the 2021 Mindset Award for Reporting on the Mental Health of Young People. Robert Cribb and Morgan Bockneck of the Star, alongside Charlie Buckley, Giulia Fiaoni, Declan Keogh, Radha Kohly, Liam G. McCoy and Danielle Orr of the Investigative Journalism Bureau, won the award for the 2021 portion of the two-year collaborative series called“It is a deep honour having these stories recognized in such a prestigious award,” said Robert Cribb, a Star investigative reporter and director of the Investigative Journalism Bureau.