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Awards > Recent Winners 2005-2006 

 

A Tradition of Excellence

Each year the generosity of Ryerson's alumni, friends and partners in the community allow the School of Journalism to recognize and reward its most outstanding students for their academic achievements and service to Ryerson's community life.  We celebrate our previous winners.

 

2005-2006 

A. O. Tate Memorial Award (Presented by the Southern Ontario Newspaper Guild)

For excellence in reporting in first year.

Armina Ligaya and Geoffrey Nixon

Ahepa Award

For the student in clear academic standing, enrolled in any year and in any stream of study in the School of Journalism, deemed to have written or produced the best example of journalistic work on international issues over the past academic year.

Alison Northcott

Albert E. Wadham Memorial Award

For the two students entering their third year who have the highest academic standing among those majoring in magazine journalism.

Rachel Barsky  and Ashley Petkovski

Ben Grant and Paul Heming Copy Editing Award (Sponsored by the Toronto Sun)

For the student considered For have been the best headline writer and copy editor on The Ryersonian.

Meaghan Bowering

Caren King Scholarship

For the student(s) in the fourth year of the Magazine Stream who have demonstrated talent and skill in the business aspects of magazine journalism by presenting a superior magazine prospectus.

Carley Baxter, Joseph Castaldo, Sumayyah Hussein, Marlene Rego and Rudy Sabga

Catherine Keachie Magazine Journalism Scholarship

For overall excellence in magazine skills, including a demonstrated commitment for the crafts of editing and writing in the graduating year.

Jacqueline Nunes

CBC Newsworld Award

For the most promising broadcast student on the basis of study in Introduction For Broadcasting.

Nadia Awad

Chinese Canadian Community Scholarship

For high academic standing throughout the program.

Diana Tseng

CityTV Colin Vaughan Memorial Scholarship

For excellence in broadcast journalism.

Lois Lee

CNW Group Award

To the graduating student who has shown the greatest interest and advancement in news reporting and writing during his or her years of study at Ryerson.

Unnati Gandhi

David Tafler Scholarship for Excellence in Magazine Journalism

For the student in the graduating year of the program in the Magazine stream who has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills; academic excellence; a passion & dedication to the craft of magazine journalism & who is respected by their peers.

Marco Ursi

DaWDL Award in Broadcast Journalism

For innovative/creative work based on major course assignments submitted in the third-year broadcast reporting course.

Kennedy Jawoko, Calvin Lau and Shallima Maharaj

Del Bell Memorial Award

For overall academic proficiency in the first year of the four-year program with a demonstrated flair for news and feature writing.

Jesse Trautmann

Dick Lunn Memorial Award

For the graduating student who has made the most significant contribution to The Ryersonian.

Michelle McQuigge

Donner Canadian Foundation Howard Intrator Memorial Scholarship

Recognizing the outstanding business writing accomplishment of a student in the undergraduate or graduate journalism program with a newspaper or magazine major.

Jennifer Fong

Douglas Creighton Award

For demonstrated academic proficiency by a student entering first year of the two-year program for university graduates.

Maria Nguyen

E.U. (Ted) Schrader Memorial Award

For highest academic standing in third year.

Jennifer Fong

Floyd Chalmers Prize for Excellence in Business Journalism

For the student, enrolled in any year and any stream of the Jouranlism program, who is in clear academic standing and has written or produced the best example of business journalism over the past academic year, showing investigative skills and intellectual depth.

Julia Belluz

Gordon Froggatt Memorial Award

For the student who is deemed to have shown the most promising newsroom leadership in the graduating year.

Jeffrey Hawkins

Gordon Sinclair Scholarships for Journalism

For the most deserving student in the two year program on the basis of the first year of study.

Maria Christia Gardiola, Jesse McLean, Mark Medley and Tim Shufelt

J. L. Beaton Award

For the most promising magazine student in third year.

Jennifer Fong

James H. Carter Memorial Scholarship

For highest cumulative grade point average by a graduating student in the two-year program.

Ashleigh McKenna

Jay Sussman Memorial Award

For the journalism student who demonstrates excellence in political studies and journalism.

Jessica Whitby

Jean Pasquantonio Tudor Memorial Newspaper Journalism Award

For the student entering the third-year newspaper stream with the highest cumulative grade point average in second year.

 Erin Atack

Jeff Junke Memorial Award for Excellence in Radio Journalism

For excellence in radio broadcasting in the final year.

Aarti Pole

Jerry Davey Photography Award

For the best photographer for The Ryersonian.

Jennifer Gerson

Jerry Gladman Memorial Scholarship

For the student who produces the best single story in a first year print course.

Geoffrey Nixon

Jim Cormier Memorial Award

To the second year student who has demonstrated academic excellence upon completion of second year and has made an outstanding contribution to university life.

Canice Leung and Mimi Szeto

Joe Perlove Scholarship

For the student deemed to be the best journalist in the graduating year.

Joseph Castaldo

John A. Honderich Gold Medal in Journalism

To the outstanding student in the graduating class.

Peter Cowan

Juanita Millesse Memorial Award

For the student demonstrating academic proficiency in first year.

Jesse McLean

Julie Violet Williamson Memorial Award in Journalism

For the student in the third year with a magazine major who has a demonstrated excellence in magazine writing and has maintained a minimum GPA of 2.67.

Julia Belluz and Joe Rayment

Len Coates Memorial Award

To the most promising journalism student in first year.

Jesse McLean

Len Coates Memorial Award

To the most promising journalism student in second year.

Ashley Petkovski

Len Coates Memorial Award

To the most promising journalism student in third year.

Graham Silnicki

Lil Gotfrit Scholarship

For the student enrolled in second or third year who has demonstrated passion & dedication to the craft of journalism; and who is involved in volunteer & community activities with a minimum CGPA of 2.67.

Nicole Rogers

Linda Shutt Memorial Scholarship

For demonstration of maturity, initiative and determination in reporting a story in the third year of the newspaper stream, with a minimum CGPA of 3.0 at the completion of third year.

Amy Sharaf

Mark Bastien Memorial Award

For the graduating student who is deemed to have written the best published magazine story in the final year.

Joseph Castaldo

Mark Gayn Award

For demonstrated academic excellence by a student entering first year of the two-year program for university graduates.

Ana Maria de la Fuente and Will Tremain

Michael de Pencier Award

For the best magazine writer in the first year of the two-year program.

Mark Medley

Myer Sharzer Memorial Award (Presented by the Canadian Jewish Congress)

For the most promising newspaper reporter in third year.

Nicholas Patch

Myron J. Johnson Prize for Accuracy

For the student in the first year of the four- year program who has achieved the highest standing in Information and Visual Resources.

Eric Lam

Nancy Chen Memorial Award

For the most promising broadcast student in third year.

Mari Ito

Ray Smith Award (Sponsored by the Toronto Sun)

For the student from the two- or four-year program in the newspaper stream who has achieved the highest GPA.

Ashleigh McKenna

Rolf Lockwood Scholarship

For clear academic standing, minimum GPA of 3.0 (B) and writing and submitting the best example of a magazine article focusing on business journalism over the previous year.

Mimi Szeto

Ross McLean Memorial Award

For the group of students who prepared the most outstanding feature documentary as part of the broadcast reporting class in the graduating year.

Lauren Jelicic, Allison Jones, Sneha Kulkarni, Dan Lorimer, Scott Roberts and Anjela Wilson

Ryerson Journalism Alumni Association Award

For the student who demonstrates exemplary contributions to student life on the Ryerson campus and maintains a minimum GPA of 2.67.

Kelly Todd

Susan Westmoreland Memorial Award in Broadcast Journalism

For the mature female student entering the final year of the two-year program in the broadcasting stream who has an academic standing of a minimum of 2.75.

Nadia Awad

The Learning Award

A one-time award to two students in first-year news reporting who demonstrated to their instructor that they were driven by a desire to learn rather than driven by the need to receive a good grade.

Christopher Glover and Carly Yoshida-Butryn

The Weather Network Scholarship

For the student in the third or fourth year of the Journalism or Radio and Television Arts degree program who has demonstrated an interest in pursuing a career in Television and has maintained a minimum CGPA of 2.75 (Student must be a visible minority, aboriginal and/or have a disability)

Farzana Bhatty

Thomson Corporation Award

To the most promising newspaper journalist(s) in the first-year of the four-year program.

Clare Hill, Viktoria Liepold, Eric Lam, Cassandra Jowett and Danielle Wong

Toronto Hong Kong Lions Club Entrance Scholarship

For demonstrated academic proficiency by a student entering the program.

Mai Nguyen and Julie Ryland

Toronto Star Award

For excellence in newspaper reporting in third year.

Gloria Bacci and Eric Koreen

Toronto Star Award

For the graduating student deemed to be the best print journalist.

Paul Choi, Unnati Gandhi and Daniel Glenwright

Toronto Sun Award

For the best sports reporter in the graduating year

David Silverman

Toronto Sun Paul Rimstead Memorial Journalism Award

For overall academic excellence in second year.

Rebecca Penty

Wanda Stankiewicz Memorial Scholarship

To the student who wrote extensively on women's issues.

Dayle Parker

Wilf Gruson Memorial Award

For proficiency in newspaper editing in third year.

Eric Koreen

William H. Olive Award for Excellence in Magazine Feature Writing

For demonstrated excellence in magazine feature writing in the graduating year.

Carley Fortune

Women's Press Club of Toronto - Kay Rex Scholarship

For highest academic standing in the first year of the two-year program.

Lara Chatterjee

 

 

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