2006 Polaris Music Prize

Steve Jordan is the founder and Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize. Steve is a former A&R Executive with Warner Music Canada and True North Records.

MISSION STATEMENT
The operation of a not-for-profit organization that annually honours, celebrates and rewards creativity and diversity in Canadian recorded music by recognizing, then marketing the albums of the highest artistic integrity, without regard to musical genre, professional affiliation, or sales history, as judged by a panel of selected critics and experts.

$20,000 Polaris Music Prize to be decided and awarded - on September 18, 2006 in toronto -  to the artist deemed to have recorded the Canadian album of the year.

2006 NOMINEES

Broken Social Scene, Cadence Weapon, The Deadly Snakes, Final Fantasy, Sarah Harmer, K'Naan, Malajube, Metric, The New Pornographers, Wolf Parade

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tim Baker, Sunrise Records / Retail Music Association of Canada
Terry Canham, Canham Ross
Kim Cooke, MapleMusic Recordings
Steve Kane, Warner Music Canada
Liisa Ladouceur, journalist
Jack Ross, The Agency Group
Jacob Smid, Emerge Entertainment
Chris Taylor, Sanderson Mitsopolis Burshtein / Last Gang Recordings