MMJC student wins Joan Donaldson Scholarship

Prévost-Manuel named CBC Donaldson Scholar
Western News, March 2, 2020

Jade Prévost-Manuel likes pushing herself. After spending a year between degrees working on a macadamia nut farm in Hawaii and exploring underwater shipwrecks while living solo on a dive island in Thailand, she’s up for anything.

The Master’s in Journalism & Communication student will be a little closer to home for her next adventure, as the 23-year-old was named the recipient of the Joan Donaldson CBC News Scholarship. She is set to begin a four-month paid internship with the CBC Toronto this summer as one of eight nationwide Donaldson Scholars.

“I’ve always been a writer, writing poetry and fiction growing up. I went to school with the mindset that eventually I would be a writer. But I’m also a huge nature nerd,” said Prévost-Manuel, who earned an Anthropology and Biology degree from McGill University in 2018.

“When I started working for the (McGill) Tribune, I realized I had this ability to take complicated subject matter and synthesize it in a way that’s more acceptable to a public unfamiliar with science. So even though I went to school for different subjects, I had a love of learning my whole life. The same routine can make you stagnant.” (continue reading)