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Marie Wadden (born 1955) is a Canadian broadcast journalist and author. She has worked with the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) in Quebec and Newfoundland.[1] She is also the author of Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland and Where the Pavement Ends: The Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation.
Career
[edit]Journalism
[edit]Wadden started working as a reporter and producer for CBC Television in St. John’s in 1977.[1][2] She has since left the organization.[3][4] Atlantic Kon Tiki, her 2014 radio documentary about Henri Beaudout's 1956 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the raft L'Égaré II won silver at the 2014 New York Radio Awards.[5][6][7]
Books
[edit]Wadden is the author of the 1991 non-fiction book Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland, which won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction in 1992.[8][9] In 2006, she wrote Where the Pavement Ends: The Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation which was nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.[10][11] The research was funded by an Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy grant.[12][13]
Publications
[edit]Non-Fiction Books
[edit]- Wadden, Marie (1991). Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland. Douglas & McIntyre.
- Wadden, Marie (2008). Where the Pavement Ends: The Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation. Douglas and McIntyre.
Selected Articles
[edit]Wadden, Marie. (2016) My Syrian Namesake in The Globe and Mail, October 3, 2016.[14]
Wadden, Marie. (2013) Gerry Cooney and His Tough Family Legacy in Placentia from CBC News, Sept. 19, 2013.[15]
Wadden, Marie. (2013) Let's Not Give Up on Natuashish from CBC News. October 5, 2013.[16]
Wadden, Marie. (2012) Three Canadians, Two Kittens, One Raft in The Globe and Mail, August 3, 2012.[17]
Wadden, Marie. (2011) Aboriginal Women on the Frontline of an Addiction Crisis in Changing Places. Edited by Jean Guthrie and Valerie Burton. Inanna Publications. [18]
Wadden, Marie. (2009) Fund Inuit, Not Canadian, Arctic Sovereignty in The Globe and Mail, August 18, 2009.[19]
Awards and Honors
[edit]| Year | Award | Work | Result | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | New York Festival Radio Award | Atlantic Kon Tiki | Silver | [5] |
| 2011 | Atlantic Journalism Award | Breaking the Ice; Greenland | Won | [20] |
| 2009 | Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing | Where the Pavement Ends | Shortlisted | [21] |
| 2008 | Winterset Award | Where the Pavement Ends | Shortlisted | [22] |
| 2005 | Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy | Tragedy or Triumph: Canadian Public Policy and Aboriginal Addiction | Won | [12] |
| 1992 | Edna Staebler Award | Nitassinan: The Innu Struggle to Reclaim Their Homeland | Won | [8] |
References
[edit]- 1 2 Wadden, Marie. "Wadden, Marie (1955-)". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. 5: 495.
- ↑ "Social aspects | University of Toronto Faculty of Law". jackmanlaw.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
- ↑ Wadden, Marie (2014-06-26). "I sat down by the CBC and wept". SaltWire.
- ↑ "Don't invite people over if stairs are slippery, warns injured woman". CBC News. 2017-01-11.
- 1 2 "Marie Wadden's "Atlantic Kon-Tiki" Receives Award". The Raftsmen. July 16, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "The incredible true story of Canada's Kon-Tiki". canadiangeographic.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
- ↑ "Dr. C column brings home gold radio award". CBC News.
- 1 2 "1992: Marie Wadden, Nitassinan". Laurier: Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction: Previous Winners. 1992. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ Svensson, Tom G. (1993). "BOOK REVIEWS" (PDF). The Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 13 (1).
- ↑ "2008 Finalist Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for Where the Pavement Ends: Canada's Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation". Writers' Trust of Canada. 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Where the Pavement Ends". BC Studies. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
- 1 2 "The Atkinson: Journalism for the Public Good - Fellows". 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ Noël, Caroline (2008-12-01). "After the Apology". Literary Review of Canada. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
- ↑ "A Syrian family's loss became my blessing". The Globe and Mail. May 25, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Gerry Cooney and his tough family legacy in Placentia". The CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador. September 19, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Let's not give up on Natuashish". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador. October 5, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Three Canadians, two kittens, one raft: A little-known journey across the Atlantic". The Globe and Mail. August 3, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ Burton, Valerie; Guthrie, Jean (2014). Changing Places: Feminist Essays on Empathy and Relocation. Inanna. ISBN 978-1-77133-084-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ "Fund Inuit, not Canadian, Arctic sovereignty". The Globe and Mail. August 18, 2009. Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "AJAs Announces 2011 Winners". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
- ↑ "Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing". Writers' Trust of Canada. Archived from the original on 2025-11-08. Retrieved 2026-09-20.
- ↑ "Winterset Award". Winterset in Summer. Retrieved 2026-09-20.