http://www.lightstalkers.org/levonsevunts <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">Levon Sevunts is an award winning Montreal-based freelance journalist. <br/> Born and raised in Armenia</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">, Levon started his journalistic career in 1990, covering wars and civil strife in the </span> <place></place> <span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">Caucasus</span> <span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">and </span> <place></place> <span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">Central Asia</span> <span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">for a number of Armenian and Russian independent news outlets. <br/> In 1992, after the government in </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">shut down the TV program Levon was working for, he immigrated to Canada</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">. He learned English and graduated from </span> <place></place> <placename></placename> <span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">McGill</span> <span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"></span> <placetype></placetype> <span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">University</span> <span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">with a BA in Political Science. <br/> In 1999, Levon started writing a foreign affairs column for the Montreal Gazette. <br/> In November 2001, he received the Norman Webster Award for Foreign Reporting for his work in Afghanistan</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">. <br/> In 2002, Levon received the Queen Elizabeth II 50th Jubilee Medal and the Tekeyan Cultural Association Award for Excellence in Journalism. <br/> His work has appeared in major Canadian </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">newspapers and magazines, including The National Post, The Toronto Star, The New York Times and The Washington Times, the Reader's Digest, Canadian Business, Today's Parent,&nbsp;<span style="mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">U.S. Homeland Security &amp; Defense Magazine, as well as BBC, CBC, Global TV and T&eacute;l&eacute;-Qu&eacute;bec</span>. <br/> In July and August 2004, Levon was on a freelance assignment in Chad </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">and </span> <place></place> <city></city><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">Darfur</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">, </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">for The Toronto Star and The Washington Times. He was the first Canadian journalist to report from the rebel-held part of </span> <place></place> <span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">Darfur</span> <span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">. In May and June 2005, he was embedded reporter for The Washington Times and The Toronto Star with </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">and Canadian troops in Afghanistan</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">.<br/> Currently Levon is the producer of The Link, a two-hour daily radio show on Radio Canada International http://www.rcinet.ca/thelink<br/> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Levon is fluent in English, French, Russian and Armenian, and has basic knowledge of Arabic.&nbsp; <p>&nbsp;</p> </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> en-us <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/286479/IMG_0245_small.jpg' /><br />Darfur 2004<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286479'>Darfur 2004</a> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:03:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286479 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/286476/IMG_0243_small.jpg' /><br />Darfur 2004<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286476'>Darfur 2004</a> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:03:06 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286476 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/286473/IMG_0233_small.jpg' /><br />Darfur 2004<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286473'>Darfur 2004</a> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:02:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286473 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/286470/IMG_0230_small.jpg' /><br />Darfur 2004<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286470'>Darfur 2004</a> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:02:40 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286470 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/286467/IMG_0203_small.jpg' /><br />Darfur 2004<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286467'>Darfur 2004</a> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:02:22 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286467 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/286464/IMG_0191_copy_small.jpg' /><br />Darfur 2004<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286464'>Darfur 2004</a> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:02:12 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286464 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/286461/IMG_0181_small.jpg' /><br />Darfur 2004<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286461'>Darfur 2004</a> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:01:54 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286461 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/286458/IMG_0177_small.jpg' /><br />Darfur 2004<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286458'>Darfur 2004</a> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:01:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286458 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/286455/IMG_0160_small.jpg' /><br />Chad 2004<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286455'>Chad 2004</a> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:01:33 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286455 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/286452/IMG_0158_small.jpg' /><br />Chad 2004<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286452'>Chad 2004</a> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:01:26 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/286452