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
Discorder

Andrew Alba
aux.tv

Glenn Alderson
BeatRoute

Dave Alexander
Rue Morgue

Amanda Ash
freelance journalist

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
PopMatters

Cedric Belanger
Journal De Quebec

Mike Bell
Calgary Herald

Denise Benson
Eye Weekly

Robert Benson
Bravo!

Stuart Berman
Eye Weekly

Yves Bernard
Le Devoir

Chris Bilton
Eye Weekly

Patrick Binette
Galaxie

Laurent K. Blais
33MAG.com

Karen Bliss
freelance journalist

Benjamin Boles
NOW

Dave Bookman
102.1 The Edge

James Booth
CBC Radio 3

Rupert Bottenberg
Mirror

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

Cheli Sauvé Castonguay
Musique Plus

Jenny Charlesworth
Spinner

Sharlene Chiu
MTV Canada

Jenna Chow
CBC Radio 1

Lisa Christiansen
CBC Radio 3

Scott Clyke
freelance journalist

Leah Collins
dose.ca

Shawn Conner
Guttersnipe News

Ben Conoley
Voir

J.D. Considine
The Globe And Mail

Stephen Cooke
The Chronicle Herald

Jim Corcoran
CBC Radio 1

Elaine Corden
Harper Street Publishing

Andrea-Jane Cornell
CKUT

Alexandre Courteau
Bande à part

Del F. Cowie
Exclaim!

Tom Coxworth
CKUA

Alan Cross
Explore Music

David Dacks
CIUT

Jonathan Dekel
Gasoline

Stuart Derdeyn
Vancouver Province

Mike Devlin
Times Colonist

Jim Di Gioia
Quick Before It Melts

Mary Dickie
Elle

Mike Doherty
freelance journalist

Stephanie Domet
CBC Radio 1

Kat Dornian
CJSW

Matthieu Dugal
Radio-Canada

Katherine Duncan
CBC Radio

T'Cha Dunlevy
Montreal Gazette

Tyrone Edwards
MuchMusic

Robert Everett-Green
The Globe And Mail

Amanda Farrell-Low
freelance journalist

Mitch Fillion
Southern Souls

Christine Fortier
freelance journalist

Simon Fournier
Latitude Franco

Yuani Fragata
Bande à part
Brad Frenette
Vancouver Sun

Doug Gallant
The Guardian

Matt Galloway
CBC Radio 1

Lana Gay
CBC Radio 3

Jian Ghomeshi
Q

Carla Gillis
Now

Mike Giunta
Galaxie

John Goodman
North Shore News

Kate Harper
CHARTattack

Ty Harper
City On My Back

Peter Hemminger
Fast Forward Weekly

Stuart Henderson
PopMatters

Jenny Henkelman
CKUW

Johnny Hockin
MTV

Donna Hopper
Soo Today

Alex Hudson
Chipped Hip

Dave Jaffer
freelance journalist

Nicholas Jennings
freelance journalist

Kyle Joe
MuchMusic

Michael Joffe
aux.tv

Ben Kaplan
National Post

James Keast
Exclaim!

Jason Keller
Now

Ken Kelley
MusicNerd Chronicles

Brendan Kelly
Montreal Gazette

Kevin Kelly
Newfoundland Herald

John Kendle
Uptown

Vish Khanna
freelance journalist

Andrew King
Canadian Musician

Tony King
CKUA

Nick Krewen
freelance journalist

Bob Kronbauer
Vancouver Is Awesome

Antoine Léveillé
Voir

Marc-André Labonte
CISM

Olivier Lalande
Nightlife Magazine

Pierre Landry
Radio One

Alison Lang
The Coast

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
Eye Weekly

Aaron Levin
Weird Canada

Cam Lindsay
Exclaim!

Sarah Liss
CBC Radio

Jesse Locke
Texture

Adrian Mack
The Georgia Straight

Bob Mackowycz
CBC Radio 2

Jason MacNeil
freelance journalist

Francois Marchand
Vancouver Sun

Calum Marsh
cokemachineglow

Stéphane Martel
Paroles & Musique

Aubrey McInnis
freelance journalist

Steve McLean
MSN.ca

Ryan McNutt
McNutt Against The Music

Luke Meat
CITR

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
Exclaim!

Alan Neal
CBC Radio 1

Josh O'Kane
Canadian University Press

Jamie O'Meara
freelance journalist

Jesse Ohtake
The Cyberkrib

Quinn Omori
From Blown Speakers
Joshua Ostroff
Spinner Canada

Renato Pagnani
freelance journalist

Philippe Papineau
Le Devoir

Roch Parisien
Rocon Communications

Nick Patch
Canadian Press

Andre Peloquin
BangBang

David Perri
Brave Words

Bernard Perusse
Montreal Gazette

Matthieu Petit
Voir

Marie-Hélène Poitras
Voir

Matthew Pollesel
i (heart) music

Tom Power
CBC Radio 2

Tim Powis
Bravo!

Thomas Quinlan
Urbnet

Alan Ranta
Tiny Mix Tapes

Ben Rayner
Toronto Star

Cormac Rea
Xpress

Scott Reid
cokemachineglow

Philippe Renault
RueFrontenac.com

Phillipe Rezzonico
RueFrontenac.com

Mark Rheaume
CBC

Trevor Risk
Ion Magazine

Li Robbins
CBC

Graham Rockingham
The Hamilton Spectator

Noah Sabourin
Live 88.5

John Sakamoto
Toronto Star

Andreanne Sasseville
Sirius Satellite Radio

Lynn Saxberg
Ottawa Citizen

Fateema Sayani
freelance journalist

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

James Stewart-Reaney
The London Free Press

Jared Story
Uptown

George Stroumboulopoulos
CBC

Sam Sutherland
Exclaim!

James Sutton
100.5 The Peak

Ric Taylor
View

James Tennant
CFMU

Mark Teo
FFWD

Donald Teplyske
Red Deer Advocate

Adam Thompson
Sonic 102.9

Kath Thompson
97.7 FM

Laura Thompson
CBC

Nicolas Tittley
Musique Plus

Lauren Toyota
MuchMusic

Richard Trapunski
Now

Mike Usinger
Georgia Straight

Nicole Villeneuve
Torontoist

Eric Volmers
Calgary Herald

Matt Wells
MuchMoreMusic

Jason Wellwood
CILU

Brad Wheeler
The Globe And Mail

Patrick White
Canoe.ca

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
See

Jordy Yack
View Magazine

Frank Yang
Chromewaves

Jordie Yow
freelance journalist

Anna Zee
Q104

Jordan Zivitz
Montreal Gazette

Jen Zoratti
Uptown
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