Del Bell Memorial Award
2024 winner Shaaranki Kulenthirarasa with presenter Cassie Bell.
2023 Winner Kareem Mekla.
2022 winner Noel Tesfa.
2018 winner Libaan Osman with presenter Margaret Bell.
2017 winner Subhanghi Anandarajah with presenter Margaret Bell.
2016 winner Declan Keogh with presenter Margaret Bell.
2015 winner Jake Kivanc with presenter Margaret Bell.
About the award
For overall academic proficiency, with a demonstrated flair for news and feature writing and demonstrated financial need. The award does not necessarily go to the student with the top academic standing. For this award, writing and financial need are more important than academic standing alone. Estimated at $800.
Del Bell should have been strapped to his chair when he wrote. He took you on quite a ride. Wherever he worked – at the London Free Press or the Toronto Sun – he was the guy with his shirttail hanging out, whose stories were always read to the end. This award was established by Bell’s family and friends, who wish to reward others who share his passion for storytelling.
Read more about Bell in the newsletter story about him.
Past Winners
| 2024 | Shaaranki Kulenthirarasa |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Kareem Mekla |
| 2022 | Noel Tesfa |
| 2021 | Daysha Loppie |
| 2020 | Nishat Chowdhury |
| 2019 | Kayla Zhu |
| 2018 | Libaan Osman |
| 2017 | Subhanghi Anandarajah |
| 2016 | Declan Keogh |
| 2015 | Jake Kivanc |
| 2014 | Luke Galati |
| 2013 | Alfea Donato |