Ross and Don McLean Memorial Award
2023 Winner Clesha Felicien
2022 winners Katia Galati, Masih Khalatbariderakhshan, Naama Weingarten, Nicholas Parker and Rachel Parent.
2018 winners Lindsay Christopher, Erika Dreher and Kate Skelly with Jagg Carr-Lock
2018 winners Mitch Bowmile, Luke Galati, Chris Blanchette, Will Brown and Brad Shankar.
Anne McNeilly with 2016 winners Alannah Kavanagh, Tiffany Crawford and Rosemond Quartey.
Adrian Ma with 2015 winners Tamara Sestanj, Domink Luszczyszyn, Steve Tzemis, Laura Calabrese and Alisha Sawhney.
About the award
The Ross and Don McLean Memorial Award is named in honour of two brothers who greatly affected the television production industry. This award recognizes the group of graduating students who prepared the most outstanding documentary.
Don McLean originally established this award in honour of his brother, Ross McLean, a pioneer of Canadian television. Ross was there at the launch of the CBC English network in 1952. He produced a number of top shows at the CBC and CTV, including Tabloid, Close-up, The Way It Is, Quest, and This Hour Has Seven Days. He died suddenly on June 1, 1987, at 62. Don McLean himself was a force to be reckoned with in the business. Don (1933-2005) was an executive producer and salesman extraordinaire. He was the key figure in creating The Partners’ Film Company on New Year’s Day 1978. By 1988, Partners was the largest production company in North America. His brilliance as a businessman was only matched by his concern for talent. Following Don’s death, his son Ross and associates expanded the memorial fund to remember the contributions of both brothers.
Past Winners
| 2023 | Clesha Felicien Edward Djan Sarah Tomlinson Soofia Omari Thea Gribilas |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Katia Galati Masih Khalatbariderakhshan Naama Weingarten Nicholas Parker Rachel Parent |
| 2021 | Deepak Bidwai Premila D’Sa Yasmin Shadmani Patrick Swadden Grace Brison |
| 2020 | Charlie Buckley Sheehan Desjardins Ben Hargreaves Moosa Imran Nathan Sing Brent Smyth |
| 2019 | Alexandria Benedict Nicole Di Donato Kosalan Kathiramalanathan Jasmine Bala Melissa Bennardo |
| 2018 | Lindsay Christopher Erika Dreher Natasha Hermann Brenda Molina-Navidad Imani Walker Kate Skelly |
| 2017 | Mitch Bowmile Luke Galati Chis Blanchette Will Brown Bradly Shankar |
| 2016 | Ban Ibrahim Tiffany Crawford Rosemond Quartey Alannah Kavanagh |
| 2015 | Tamara Sestanj Domink Luszczyszyn Steve Tzemis Laura Calabrese Alisha Sawhney |
| 2014 | Hayley Brauer Greg DeClara Harpreet Grewal Sydney Poulos Sarah Warne |
| 2013 | Alejandra Rueda Ruano Matthew O'Mara Natalie Ast Diana Duong Hanna Mohammed |