Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 3:01 pm
Helping public understanding of New Zealand’s COVID-19
response has been a focus for both recipients of this
year’s Critic and Conscience of Society Award, presented
by The Gama Foundation in a ceremony in Christchurch today
[6 July].
Gama Foundation’s
Grant and Marilyn Nelson, Associate Professor Siouxsie
Wiles, Professor Alexander Gillespie at today’s Critic and
Conscience of Society Award presentation in
Christchurch.
Two $50,000 Critic and Conscience of
Society Awards are being presented: to Associate Professor
Siouxsie Wiles (University of Auckland) and
Professor
Alexander Gillespie (University
of Waikato).
The award was established to encourage
academic staff at New Zealand universities to act as