OTTAWA /CNW/ – Aboriginal Peoples Television Network and the Canadian Association of Journalists are pleased to announce a new award to recognize exemplary journalism that educates and informs Canadians about Indigenous experiences.

This award responds to part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action No. 85. In that call to action, APTN is encouraged to continue “to develop media initiatives that inform and educate the Canadian public, and connect Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.”