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Debates

The Travers Debates will bring together the elite of Canadian politics and media for a night of stimulating and witty debates of topics both weighty and light. On Tuesday, 16 October 2012 National Arts Centre at 7pm The tickets for this event are sold out.

About the Fellowship

Friends and colleagues of Jim Travers have established a fellowship fund to finance significant foreign reporting projects by Canadian journalists — staffers, freelancers or students — working in any medium.

2nd Recipient Announced

Mike Blanchfield, a seasoned international affairs reporter for The Canadian Press, has won the second annual R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship, the selection committee announced Wednesday More details

About Jim Travers

Jim Travers was an exceptional Canadian journalist with a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years as a foreign correspondent in Africa and the Middle East, an editor and political commentator.

First Recipient

Katie DeRosa is the first recipient of the Fellowship. Her reporting from Australia and Bangkok began appearing in November.

The Quiet Unravelling

James Travers, in this NNA winning piece, chronicles how Canada’s democratic institutions are undermined.

Tributes to Jim

Jim was a superb journalist. His love of the craft, his dedication to quality journalism and his powerful and intelligent Ottawa column were all testament to the essence of Jim Travers.

– John Honderich, chairman of Torstar

He was ‘handing over’ to me [in Cyprus]. I’m not sure which scared me most, his hair-raising tales or his insistence on telling them while he was taking hairpin turns in the Troodos Mountains at 60 kph.

– Aileen McCabe, former Southam News foreign correspondent

He was without doubt made for journalism. He was hilarious, mischievous, witty, curious, courageous and constantly bemused by humanity’s folly.

– Jim Coyle, Toronto Star feature writer

Jim reminded us all, in every column he wrote, what principled, high-minded journalism is intended to do: by challenging conventional wisdom, he enabled all of us to better understand our world. He was a courageous journalist whose voice shall be sorely missed.

– Tony Burman, head of strategy for the Americas, AlJazeera