Dr. Malgorzata (Margaret) P. Bonikowska is a Polish-Canadian print and radio journalist, broadcaster, community activist, educator, linguist, teacher, author, and cultural entrepreneur. Educated in Poland and Great Britain, she is the editor-in-chief of the leading Polish-Canadian newspaper “Gazeta”, of “POLcast” - the award-winning first-ever English-language podcast about Poland and Poles around the world, and of Our Kids Polska. She collaborates with radio stations in New York City and Montreal, and is a contributor to renowned magazines in Poland.

 

She has received numerous awards, both Canadian and Polish, including Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (Canada), the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, the International Order of St. Stanislaus (Poland), the Canadian Ethnic Journalists' and Writers' Club 25th Anniversary Award (Canada), Brilliant Minded Women Award (Canada), an Award of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, an Ontario Volunteer Service Award (Canada), and others.