 On November 3, 2014, Jian Ghomeshi, the disgraced former CBC "Q" host and host of the first Polaris Gala, was removed from the Polaris juror pool.Polaris officials made no official announcement on the subject.In 2015, the Polaris jury also launched the Polaris Heritage Prize now known as the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize, an annual award program to honour classic Canadian albums released prior to the creation of the Polaris Prize.