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The ten medals mean that The Walrus has received the most awards of any Canadian magazine at the NMAs for the third consecutive year.The Walrus won six gold and four silver medals at the National Magazine Awards (NMA), held June 6 at the Carlu in Toronto. The ten medals mean that The Walrus has received the most awards of any Canadian magazine at the NMAs for the third consecutive year.

The magazine also received twenty-seven honourable mentions, and the award for Best New Writer, Patrick White, for his article “Red Rush” (April 2007).

Read more about the NMA awards in the Globe and Mail.

Gold medal winners:

• Fiction: Stephen Heighton, “The Dead Are More Visible” (December 2007)
• Spot Illustration: Leif Parsons, “Tank Tank” (June 2007)
• Arts + Entertainment: Adam Gopnik, “The Mindful Museum” (June 2007)
• Portrait Photography: Robyn Cumming, “Miss Canadiana”, in “Alienated Cosmopolitans” (May 2007)
• Illustration: Sam Weber, “God’s Slow Death” (April 2007)
• Politics and Public Interest: Don Gillmor, “Once Upon a Country” (February 2007)

Silver medal winners:

• Best Cover: Antonio E De Luca, December 2007
• Still-life Photography: Russell Monk, “Rock Bottom” (December 2007)
• Personal Journalism: Rick Salutin “The Autobiography of an Idea” (December 2007)
• Photojournalism + Photo Essay: Benoit Aquin, “The Chinese Dust Bowl” (October 2007)

For an archive list of honourable mention recipients, click here.

Up next for The Walrus: this Thursday, June 12, Luminato’s The Dark City

Here are shots of yesterday’s Walrus luncheon and debate at the University Club of Toronto, titled “Canada and the Surveillance Society: Whose Camera Is on You and Why Don’t You Mind?”

Stimulating discussion was provided to the well over 100 attendees courtesy of writer Hal Niedzviecki and world-renowned futurist Robert J. Sawyer, with the talk moderated by the CBC’s Carol Off.

In the following clip, Niedzviecki and Sawyer discuss the advantages and consequences of a surveillance society. Can transparency improve public safety? (Quicktime required):

The discussion escalates into a provocative debate as the role surveillance has in challenging privacy is questioned:

For upcoming Walrus events and tickets, including June 12’s The Dark City (part of Luminato) see walrusmagazine.com/events.

Photos by Laird Saunderson: