Jury


The Polaris Music Prize is a juried award determined by journalists, broadcasters, bloggers and programmers from across Canada. Jury members are selected annually by the Polaris Board of Directors. The Polaris Jury consists of over 200 members from local and national media who display a wide breadth and depth of knowledge of Canadian music and passion for discovering new albums.

All jury members submit a ballot indicating their Top 5 albums of the year; the results form the Polaris Prize Long List and, after a second round of voting, the Polaris Prize Short List. An 11-member Grand Jury is selected each year to convene at the Polaris Awards gala, where they determine the Polaris Prize Winner. To ensure an impartial outcome, no one with direct financial relationships with artists is eligible to become a jury member. The organization itself is a registered, not-for-profit corporation.


Jury Members

Bryan Acker
Herohill

Gregory Adams
Georgia Straight

Andrew Alba
aux.tv

Glenn Alderson
BeatRoute

Dave Alexander
Rue Morgue

Amanda Ash
Edmonton Journal

Garvia Bailey
CBC Radio 1

Patrick Baillargeon
Voir

Brent Bambury
CBC Radio 1

Michael Barclay
freelance journalist

Brad Barker
Jazz FM

Justin Beach
nxew

René Beaudin
Musique Plus

Adrien Begrand
MSN

Cedric Belanger
Journal De Quebec

Mike Bell
Calgary Herald

Guillaume Bellavance
CHOQ FM

Denise Benson
The Grid

Robert Benson
Bravo!

Stuart Berman
The Grid

Yves Bernard
Le Devoir

Chris Bilton
The Grid

Patrick Binette
Galaxie

Laurent K. Blais
10KILOS.US

Karen Bliss
freelance journalist

Benjamin Boles
NOW

Dave Bookman
102.1 The Edge

James Booth
CBC Radio 3

Adam Bowie
Daily Gleaner

Rob Bowman
York University

Peter Bradley
CFRU

Ryan Bresee
CKCU

Aaron Brophy
Risky Fuel

Laurie Brown
CBC Radio 2

Alain Brunet
La Presse

Adam Bunch
Little Red Umbrella

Émilie Côté
La Presse

Michel Cécyre
Bande à part

Keith Carman
Metro

Lorraine Carpenter
Mirror

Ashley Carter
Aux.tv

Marsha Casselman
Resonancity.com

Cheli Sauvé Castonguay
Musique Plus

Jenny Charlesworth
Spinner

Sharlene Chiu
MTV Canada

Jenna Chow
CBC Radio 1

Lisa Christiansen
CBC Radio 3

Leah Collins
dose.ca

Shawn Conner
The Snipe News

Ben Conoley
Punknews.org

J.D. Considine
The Globe And Mail

Stephen Cooke
The Chronicle Herald

Jim Corcoran
CBC Radio: À Propos

Elaine Corden
Freelance Journalist

Sarah Cordingley
CiTR

Andrea-Jane Cornell
CKUT

Alexandre Courteau
Bande à part

Del F. Cowie
Exclaim!

Tom Coxworth
CKUA

Alan Cross
Astral Radio

David Dacks
Exclaim!

Jonathan Dekel
Dose.ca

Stuart Derdeyn
Vancouver Province

Patrice Desmarais
CFLX

Mike Devlin
Times Colonist

Jim Di Gioia
Quick Before It Melts

Mary Dickie
Freelance Journalist

Mike Doherty
National Post

Kat Dornian
CJSW

Howard Druckman
Words and Music

Rob Duffy
The Grid

Katherine Duncan
CBC Radio

T'Cha Dunlevy
Montreal Gazette

Michael Elves
101.5 UMFM

Robert Everett-Green
The Globe And Mail

Amanda Farrell-Low
freelance journalist

Mitch Fillion
Southern Souls

Christine Fortier
CISM

Simon Fournier
Rouge FM
Luke Fox
Exclaim!

Yuani Fragata
Bande à part

Brad Frenette
CBC music

Doug Gallant
The Guardian

Lana Gay
CBC Radio 3

Jian Ghomeshi
Q

Carla Gillis
NOW

John Goodman
North Shore News

Ian Gormely
CHRY

Michael-Oliver Harding
Nightlife.ca

Ty Harper
City On My Back

Stuart Henderson
PopMatters

Jenny Henkelman
CKUW

Melissa Hetu
TFO

Johnny Hockin
MTV

Donna Hopper
Soo Today

Alex Hudson
Chipped Hip

Josiah Hughes
FFWD

Dave Jaffer
freelance journalist

Nicholas Jennings
freelance journalist

Kyle Joe
MuchMusic

Michael Joffe
aux.tv

Stephanie Johns
The Coast

Ben Kaplan
National Post

Ken Kelley
MusicNerd Chronicles

Brendan Kelly
Montreal Gazette

Kevin Kelly
Newfoundland Herald

John Kendle
Uptown

Vish Khanna
CBC music

Andrew King
Canadian Musician

Tony King
CKUA

Bob Klanac
The Beat Magazine

Nick Krewen
freelance journalist

Antoine Léveillé
Voir

Marc-André Labonte
CISM

Liisa Ladouceur
Polaris ex officio

Kevin Laforest
Hour

Olivier Lalande
Nightlife Magazine

Pierre Landry
CBC Radio 1

Justin Lanoue
CFUV

Olivier Laveaux
Voir

Grant Lawrence
CBC Radio 3

Marc Xavier Leblanc
freelance journalist

Erik Leijon
freelance journalist

Bruce Leperre
CKDM

Chandler Levack
Maissoneuve

Aaron Levin
Weird Canada

Cam Lindsay
Exclaim!

Sarah Liss
freelance journalist

Jesse Locke
Weird Canada

Jason MacNeil
freelance journalist

Francois Marchand
Vancouver Sun

Daniel Marcoux
CKRL

Calum Marsh
cokemachineglow

Stéphane Martel
Multiidées

Christine McAvoy
Vancouver is Awesome

Aubrey McInnis
freelance journalist

Steve McLean
freelance journalist

Ryan McNutt
McNutt Against The Music

Mark Medley
National Post

Robert Mersereau
CBC

Sean Michaels
Said The Gramophone

Anupa Mistry
freelance journalist

Guillaume Moffet
Voir

Sébastien Moffet
CHYZ

Chris Morin
Planet S

Dave Morris
freelance journalist

Jeremy Morris
Midnight Poutine

Raju Mudhar
Toronto Star

Eden Munro
Vue Weekly

Brendan Murphy
Montreal Buzz

Dimitri Nasrallah
Freelance Journalist

Alan Neal
CBC Radio 2

Jamie O'Meara
freelance journalist

Jesse Ohtake
The Cyberkrib

Joshua Ostroff
Spinner Canada

Renato Pagnani
Edmonton Journal

Philippe Papineau
Le Devoir

Roch Parisien
Rocon Communications
Nick Patch
Canadian Press

Ryan B. Patrick
Freelance Journalist

Andre Peloquin
BangBang

David Perri
Brave Words

Bernard Perusse
Montreal Gazette

Matthieu Petit
Voir

Catherine Pogonat
MusiquePlus

Tom Power
CBC Radio 2

Tim Powis
Bravo!

Thomas Quinlan
Exclaim!

Alan Ranta
Tiny Mix Tapes

Ben Rayner
Toronto Star

Cormac Rea
Xpress

Scott Reid
cokemachineglow

Phillipe Rezzonico
Ruerezzonico

Mark Rheaume
CBC

Jason Richards
MuchMusic

Trevor Risk
Ion Magazine

Li Robbins
CBC music

Graham Rockingham
The Hamilton Spectator

Noah Sabourin
Live 88.5

Joni Sadler
CHUO

John Sakamoto
Toronto Star

Andreanne Sasseville
Sirius Satellite Radio

Lynn Saxberg
Ottawa Citizen

Fateema Sayani
Ottawa Magazine

Jason Schneider
freelance journalist

John Sekerka
Xpress

Neha Sharma
MTV

Tabassum Siddiqui
freelance journalist

Craig Silliphant
Planet S

Paola Simonetto
Musique Plus

Darryl Smith
CKDU

Sandy Smith
Slowcoustic.com

Mykael Sopher
Painting Over Silence

Sandra Sperounes
Edmonton Journal

Ian Steaman
Different Kitchen

Gregg Stewart
MuchMusic

Jeanette Stewart
The Star Pheonix

James Stewart-Reaney
The London Free Press

Jared Story
Uptown

George Stroumboulopoulos
CBC

Sam Sutherland
aux.tv

James Sutton
100.5 The Peak

Dominic Tardif
Voir

Ric Taylor
View

James Tennant
CFMU

Donald Teplyske
Red Deer Advocate

Brock Thiessen
Exclaim!

Adam Thompson
Sonic 102.9

Laura Thompson
CBC

Nicolas Tittley
Musique Plus

Lauren Toyota
MuchMusic

Richard Trapunski
Now

Eric Trudel
MusiquePlus

Mike Usinger
Georgia Straight

Nicole Villeneuve
Aux.tv

Phil Villeneuve
Fab Magazine

Eric Volmers
Calgary Herald

Jay Walker
CHOM

Matt Wells
MuchMoreMusic

Jason Wellwood
Hellbound.ca

Brad Wheeler
The Globe And Mail

Darby Wheeler
The Strombo Show

Patrick White
Huffington Post Quebec

Allan Wigney
The Wig

Rob Williams
Winnipeg Free Press

Carl Wilson
The Globe And Mail

Jill Wilson
Winnipeg Free Press

Lisa Wilton
Calgary Sun

Curtis Wright
freelance journalist

Jordy Yack
View Magazine

Frank Yang
Chromewaves

Anna Zee
Q104

Natalie Zina Walschots
Exclaim!

Jordan Zivitz
Montreal Gazette

Jen Zoratti
Uptown
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