title: Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award
text: # Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award
  
  The Yves O. Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award is presented annually by the Geological Association of Canada to "a journalist who is a resident of Canada and who has been exceptionally effective in presenting one or more earth science stories during the previous 1-3 years in one of Canada's daily or weekly newspapers or periodicals." The award was established by and is named after Yves O. Fortier, a founding member of the Geological Association of Canada and a former Director of the Geological Survey of Canada.
  
  ## Recipients
  
  Source: GAC
  
  * 2001 – Ed Struzik of the Edmonton Journal
  * 2002 – Larry Pynn of the Vancouver Sun
  * 2003 – Ed Struzik of the Edmonton Journal
  * 2004 – Bob Burtt of the Waterloo Record
  * 2005 – Peter Calamai of the Toronto Star
  * 2006 – Margret Brady of the Ottawa Citizen
  * 2007 – Colin Hunter (journalist) of Waterloo Record
  * 2008 – Dominique Forget of Géographica (L'Actualité)
  * 2009 – Marian Scott of The Gazette
  * 2010 – Randy Boswell of CanWest News Service
  * 2011 – Karissa Donkin and Hilary Paige Smith of The Telegraph
  * 2012 – Edward Struzik of Edmonton Journal
  * 2013 – Tom Spears of The Ottawa Citizen
  * 2014 – Kate Lunau of Maclean's Magazine
  * 2015 – Margaret Munro of Postmedia News
  * 2016 – Ivan Semeniuk of The Globe and Mail
  * 2017 – not awarded
  