UBC Journalism faculty member Duncan McCue and alumna Chantelle Bellrichard have been awarded a 2016 Hillman Prize for their work on a CBC multimedia project focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous women.
The Canadian Hillman Prize recognizes Canadian journalists whose work makes a difference to the lives of Canadians.
Hillman Prize judges selected three pieces this year “that brought to light critical new information on the subject of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada and contributed to the federal government’s decision to call an inquiry into this tragedy.”
McCue and Bellrichard were part of a CBC team who produced Missing and Murdered: Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls. The project examined unsolved cases from across Canada spanning six decades, and included input from more than 100 family members — many who had never spoken out previously. The series included an interactive database of stories and photos of more than 230 women.
The project was also recently awarded a Canadian Screen Award for best cross-platform project – non-fiction.
Duncan McCue has been a reporter for CBC News in Vancouver for over 15 years. His news and current affairs pieces are featured on CBC’s flagship news show, The National.
He is an adjunct professor at the UBC School of Journalism. He designed the curriculum for and has taught the Reporting in Indigenous Communities course at the School since 2012.
The unique course allows UBC Journalism students to report from First Nations communities across southern British Columbia. He has also developed an online educational guide to assist reporters who cover Indigenous communities.
McCue is Anishinaabe, a member of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation in southern Ontario.
Chantelle Bellrichard is a Vancouver-based multimedia journalist who has been working at CBC since 2012.
A graduate of the UBC School of Journalism, she divides her time between CBC, working at the School and freelance documentary projects.
She recently hosted an investigation into BC’s “Highway of Tears” for VICE News, Searchers: Highway of Tears.
