Len Coates Memorial Award
2024 second-year winner Rukhshana Ahmadi.
2023 first-year winner Rukhshana Ahmadi with presenter Hugh Scully.
2023 Second-Year Winner Fatima Raza with presenter Hugh Scully.
2022 winner third-year Breanna Schnurr with presenter Norris MacDonald.
2022 winner first-year Fatima Raza with presenter Hugh Scully.
2021 winner first-year Daysha Loppie with presenter Hugh Scully.
Presenter Fran Brogna with 2016 first-year winner Isabella Lopes.
Presenter Alison Campbell with 2018 second-year winner Subhanghi Ananadarajah.
Presenter Hugh Scully with 2018 third-year winner Adjani Ngako Toussom.
Presenter Brad Hains with 2017 first-year winner Trevor Green.
Presenter Jim Kenzie and 2017 second-year winner Maggie Macintosh.
Presenter Norris McDonald with 2017 second-year winner Brendan Molina-Navidad.
Presenter Norris McDonald with 2016 first-year winner Palak Mangat.
2016 second-year winner Kate Skelly with presenter Doug Mepham.
2015 second-year winner Patricia Karounos with presenter Norris McDonald.
2015 third-year winner Viviane Fairbank with presenter Brad Hains.
About the award
To provide financial assistance and to recognize the academic achievement of a student in the School of Journalism, in memory of Len Coates and his extraordinary contribution to the field of journalism. One award will be offered to a student entering each of the second, third and fourth years of study in the bachelor of journalism program.
Len Coates was a pioneer of automobile journalism in Canada, first at the Toronto Telegram and later at the Toronto Star. He was the first president of the Automotive Journalists’ Association of Canada. Jim Kenzie of the Star wrote: “Len’s facile conversation, easy charm and fluid writing style only partly mask a rigid integrity – get the facts right; hold true to your principles; tell it like it is.”
Len Coates died in January 2006. The three Len Coates Memorial Awards were established by his friends and collaborators, Rod and Sandra Campbell, in conjunction with the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame.
Past First-Year Winners
| 2024 | Courtney Powers-Luketic |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Rukhshana Ahmadi |
| 2022 | Fatima Raza |
| 2021 | Daysha Loppie |
| 2020 | Reathia Rafique |
| 2019 | Donald Higney |
| 2018 | Isabella Lopes |
| 2017 | Trevor Green |
| 2016 | Holly Walker |
| 2015 | Viviane Fairbank |
| 2014 | Yara Kashlan |
Past Second-Year Winners
| 2024 | Rukhshana Ahmadi |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Fatima Raza |
| 2022 | Daysha Loppie |
| 2021 | Reedah Hayder |
| 2020 | Elizabeth Sargeant |
| 2019 | Kirti Vyas |
| 2018 | Subhanghi Ananadarajah |
| 2017 | Maggie Macintosh |
| 2016 | Kate Skelly |
| 2015 | Patricia Karounos |
| 2014 | Hailey Salvian |
| 2013 | Sonia El Boury |
Past Third-Year Winners
| 2024 | Martha Gai |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Bianca Thompson |
| 2022 | Breanna Schnurr |
| 2021 | Masih Khalatbariderakhshan |
| 2020 | Kirti Vyas |
| 2019 | Katie Swyers |
| 2018 | Adjani Toussom |
| 2017 | Brenda Molina-Navidad |
| 2016 | Palak Mangat |
| 2015 | Ben Waldman |
| 2014 | Ramna Shahzad |
| 2013 | Jasmin Husain |