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'''Dionne Bunsha''' is | '''Dionne Bunsha''' is Climate and Conservation Engagement Coordinator, at the [[University of British Columbia]] Botanical Gardens in Canada.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/dionnebunsha/?originalSubdomain=ca {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref> She was a prominent [[journalist]] in India. | ||
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Bunsha was born and raised in Mumbai, India. | Bunsha was born and raised in [[Mumbai, India]]. She completed a Bachelors degree in economics and commerce at the University of Mumbai, and a [[diploma]] in [[Social Communication]]s [[News media|Media]] at the [[Sophia Polytechnic]], [[Mumbai]], in 1995. She has a [[Master’s degree]] in [[Development Studies]] from the [[London School of Economics]] (2000), and in 2008 Bunsha was awarded a prestigious [[John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists|John S. Knight Fellowship for journalism]] at [[Stanford University]], USA. In mid-2009 she enrolled as a [[PhD]] student in environmental studies at [[Simon Fraser University]] in Canada, but graduated with a Masters in Resource and Environment Management in 2012. By 2010 she had moved into research on indigenous community conservation and cultural heritage, and lectured at [[Kwantlen Polytechnic University]]. From 2015-2021 she led the Lower Fraser Aboriginal Knowledge project, responding to oil spills and climate change,<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/dionnebunsha/details/experience/ {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref> before joining the [[University of British Columbia]]. | ||
==Journalism== | |||
Bunshaa was a prominent journalist in India, mostly in the 1990s and 2000s, exposing [[Suicide in India|suicide deaths]] among [[Farmers' suicides in India|farmers]], religious strife in India, [[human rights]], threats to the Indian [[Environmentalism|environment]] and a range of other crucial issues. She worked for [[The Times of India]] from 1995-1999, and then ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'' magazine from 2001-2008. Her published articles are on human rights, politics, [[wildlife conservation]] and [[climate change]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jsk.stanford.edu/fellows/class-of-2009/|title = Class of 2009}}</ref> More recently she has written for [[the Guardian]], and [[the Toronto Star]]. She authored the prizewinning book, ''[[Scarred: Experiments with Violence in Gujarat]]'' (2006). | |||
She | ==Awards== | ||
She was awarded two of the [[Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards]] in 2006-2007 for 'Environmental Reporting' and 'Books (Non-Fiction)', presented by the [[President of India]] [[A. P. J. Kalam]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ramnath-goenka-foundation/2006_winners.html |title=Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2006 |publisher=Express India |accessdate=2014-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128091154/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ramnath-goenka-foundation/2006_winners.html |archive-date=28 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[International Federation of Journalists]] (IFJ) Journalism for Tolerance Prize for [[South Asia]] in 2005;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?index=3610&Language=EN |title=IFJ Global - Announcement of Winners for South Asia IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize |publisher=IFJ.org |date=2005-12-23 |accessdate=2011-09-02}}</ref> the Sanskriti Award for Journalism in 2003; and the People’s Union for [[Civil Liberties]] Human Rights Award in 2003. | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:57, 15 June 2022
Dionne Bunsha is Climate and Conservation Engagement Coordinator, at the University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens in Canada.[1] She was a prominent journalist in India.
Background[edit]
Bunsha was born and raised in Mumbai, India. She completed a Bachelors degree in economics and commerce at the University of Mumbai, and a diploma in Social Communications Media at the Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai, in 1995. She has a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the London School of Economics (2000), and in 2008 Bunsha was awarded a prestigious John S. Knight Fellowship for journalism at Stanford University, USA. In mid-2009 she enrolled as a PhD student in environmental studies at Simon Fraser University in Canada, but graduated with a Masters in Resource and Environment Management in 2012. By 2010 she had moved into research on indigenous community conservation and cultural heritage, and lectured at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. From 2015-2021 she led the Lower Fraser Aboriginal Knowledge project, responding to oil spills and climate change,[2] before joining the University of British Columbia.
Journalism[edit]
Bunshaa was a prominent journalist in India, mostly in the 1990s and 2000s, exposing suicide deaths among farmers, religious strife in India, human rights, threats to the Indian environment and a range of other crucial issues. She worked for The Times of India from 1995-1999, and then Frontline magazine from 2001-2008. Her published articles are on human rights, politics, wildlife conservation and climate change.[3] More recently she has written for the Guardian, and the Toronto Star. She authored the prizewinning book, Scarred: Experiments with Violence in Gujarat (2006).
Awards[edit]
She was awarded two of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2006-2007 for 'Environmental Reporting' and 'Books (Non-Fiction)', presented by the President of India A. P. J. Kalam;[4] the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Journalism for Tolerance Prize for South Asia in 2005;[5] the Sanskriti Award for Journalism in 2003; and the People’s Union for Civil Liberties Human Rights Award in 2003.
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dionnebunsha/?originalSubdomain=ca [self-published source]
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dionnebunsha/details/experience/ [self-published source]
- ↑ "Class of 2009".
- ↑ "Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2006". Express India. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "IFJ Global - Announcement of Winners for South Asia IFJ Journalism for Tolerance Prize". IFJ.org. 23 December 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
Further reading[edit]
- Bunsha, D. 2006. Scarred: Experiments with Violence in Gujarat. Penguin Books India
External links[edit]
- Living people
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Indian women journalists
- Journalists from Maharashtra
- Sophia Polytechnic alumni
- Writers from Mumbai
- Indian investigative journalists
- Women writers from Maharashtra
- The Times of India journalists
- 21st-century Indian women writers
- 21st-century Indian journalists
- 20th-century Indian women writers
- 20th-century Indian journalists