2014 NPOY Picture Story Nominees
The 2014 NPOY Picture Story Nominees
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Michelle Siu / Independent — The Last Farmer – Charles Bradley
With his capable but trembling hands, 94-year-old farmer Charles Bradley, referred to as “Mr. Charles,” continues to work on his 450-acre farm that has been in his family since 1883. He lives with his wife Mary, 93, who maintains a joyful spirit despite her advanced dementia. They live independently with the support of an attentive daytime caregiver. Their story is all-too-common, as small family farms lose their profitability and large-scale farming is becoming the norm. Yet what remains is Mr. Charles, who according to Mary, has never been “a rocking chair kinda guy.”
Tim Smith / Brandon Sun — Cancer Patient Cheryl Mauthe
In February 2014, Cheryl Mauthe was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 32. The single mother had to spend the year dealing with her own illness while working to take care of her eight-year-old son Colin who was diagnosed with leukemia in August 2012, and his healthy six-year-old sister Emily. “I thought there’s no way we’re both going to make it… life doesn’t always have a happy ending.”
Tyler Anderson / National Post — Trapper William Tozer
William Tozer is the inspiration for the main character, Uncle Will Bird, in Canadian author Joseph Boyden’s 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel ‘Through Black Spruce’. He spends much of the winter hunting and trapping marten in the James Bay lowlands.
Michelle Siu / Independent — The Cost of Giving Life – Guatemalan Teen Moms
For a Guatemalan woman, getting pregnant can be dangerous. The country is recovering from a history of genocide, civil war and discrimination and an inequality exists in many forms including gender.
Guatemala holds the highest rate of gender inequality in Latin America ranking 116 out of 135 countries worldwide. This inequality is evidenced through the country’s treatment of its pregnant women and girls. Holding amongst the highest teen pregnancy and birth rates in Central America, the country’s inadequate maternal healthcare deeply affects generations of women and children.
Kevin Van Paassen / The Globe and Mail — Kim’s Choice
The disease that is ravaging 52-year-old Kim Teske’s brain has already stolen her ability to walk and speak clearly. Next it will cause cognitive loss, emotional turmoil and further physical degradation causing her limbs to flail uncontrollably. The disease will lead Kim down a long, slow road to incapacitation and eventual death.
Huntington’s Disease is a genetic brain disorder which affects about one in every 7,000 Canadians according to the Huntington’s Society of Canada.
Of Kim’s five siblings, her brother Brian and sister Deanna already have the disease.
In the face of all this, Kim has made a decision to die and to do so on her own terms. She will starve herself to death.
The list of all 2014 NPOY nominees.
