The Executive Education of HEC Montréal, in collaboration with Pale Bleu Dot Foundation – Japan, is launching the second edition of the Global Media Peace Awards (GMPA) as an attempt to encourage and support peace-building efforts across the globe.
GMPA is inviting radio and television broadcasters, digital media experts and citizens, public and private, to demonstrate their abilities to prevent conflict and to resolve conflict by sharing their local, regional, and international stories in conflict prevention and resolution.
There will be three cash awards across Radio, Television and Digital Media. First prize is C$5000, second prize is C$2500 and the third is of C$1500.
There are no registration fees from participating organizations or individuals.
Entry deadline is August 31, 2025. Media programs produced in English or French (subtitle accepted) between January 2024 and August 2025 are acceptable.
Each participant / media organisation can submit up to three entries: one entry, in each category, either reportage, documentary, or docudrama, with a maximum duration of 52 minutes. Entries must be free from any political propaganda or intentional commercial advertising. News reporting and storytelling through animation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are also acceptable.
Jury members for Radio include:
KyungHee Kim (Chairperson), Executive Producer of KBS Radio’s Hanminjok Channel
Flavia Voinea, Journalist, Manager of Bucharest FM Radio Romania Regional Network
Andrea Borgnino, Journalist, author, and radio host, Rai – Italy
Irina Kornienko, Director of the Radio Culture Channel, the Ukrainian Public Broadcaster
Giedrius Masalskis, Head of radio – Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT
Wenny Zulianti, Head of Radio Republik Indonesia Meulaboh, Aceh, Indonesia
Colleen Holder, Dir. Corp. Comms. & Productions, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
Nguyen Thuy Hoa, Director, International Cooperation Department, The Voice of Vietnam
Yasser Garrana, Advisor to ASBU Director General on Radio Affairs and former Head of ASBU Radio, Arab States Broadcasting Union
François Xavier Thiaw, Director of Radio RTS, Senegal
Wang Xinyue, General Manager Assistant & Head of Overseas Audio Video Team, Sichuan Guancha, Sichuan Radio and Television, China
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