Canadian Ethnic Media Association announces award winners for 2010 32nd
annual awards to be presented November 6th at Airport Holiday Inn as part of
"Ethnicity, Governance and Social Justice: Linking Canada to the World"

TORONTO, Nov. 4 /CNW/ - This year the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) Awards will mark the 32^nd annual presentation of its awards, which will take place on Saturday, November 6^th.  The Awards presentation  is the closing gala event to "Ethnicity, Governance and Social Justice: Linking Canada to the World" a two-day educational conference held at the Holiday Inn Toronto International Airport Hotel. 

From noon to 1:00 p.m. on November 6^th, Madeline Ziniak, Chair of CEMA and National Vice President of OMNI Television; Dat Nguyen, President, CEMA; Gina Valle, documentary producer & writer and Bill Yancoff, Producer, Macedonian Heritage, will participate in the panel discussion, " The Role of Ethnic Media in Canada."  Later that same day, the Canadian Ethnic Media Association will present its awards for excellence in print, radio, television and the internet - as well as the special Sierhey Khmara Ziniak Award.

"We are again proud to reaffirm the importance of multilingual expression that reflects the reality of Canada and serves the diverse audiences of this country," says Madeline Ziniak, Chair of CEMA and National Vice President of OMNI Television. "CEMA remains unsurpassed in its ongoing recognition and celebration of excellence in Canadian ethnocultural media in a contemporary context."

The CEMA Awards Gala will take place in the Trillium Ballroom of the Holiday Inn, beginning with a pre-awards reception at 6:00 p.m. and followed at 7:00 p.m. by the balance of the evening's program, which will include diverse entertainment in addition to presentation of the awards.  At  9:00 p.m. a post-awards reception will close out the evening, and wrap up the conference; CEMA Award Winners for 2010 are:

Television -

• Documentary - Gina  Valle, producer/director, The Last Rite;
• News - Sudha Krishnan, news anchor/reporter, OMNI News: South Asian Edition, Alberta;

Radio -

• Dr. Qais Ghanem - creator and host, Dialogue for Diversity, CHIN Radio, Ottawa;

Internet -

• Paul Nguyen - webmaster/producer, Jane-Finch.com;

Print -

• Ewart Walters - editor, The Spectrum;

Sierhey Khmara Ziniak Award -

• Anna Chiappa - documentary producer, director.

Further details will be revealed during the 2010 CEMA Awards Gala this Saturday. Tickets may be purchased at www.canadianethnicmedia.com.

About CEMA:

The Canadian Ethnic Media Association (formerly known as the Canadian Ethnic Journalists and Writers Club) was founded in 1978 as an inclusive organization for print, radio and television media; an internet category was added in 2004 to better meet the evolving needs and technology of ethnic journalism practitioners. CEMA publishes a website at www.canadianethnicmedia.com .

For further information:

Media Contact:
Madeline Ziniak - [phone]