Arts & Culture Award

• Dancing Bare Under the Blue Light by Mikaila Kimball (The Western Gazette)

• Queen’s alum Omar El Akkad confronts Western indifference of humanitarian crises in Gaza by Eva Sheahan (Queen's Journal)

• Scaring Frogs, Saving Culture by Alex Lambert (Working Draft Magazine)

• Symbolic Womanhood in Emilia Pérez by Willow Latella (Arthur)

• Who Puts the Power in Power Hour? by Ellie Garry-Jones (The Dalhousie Gazette)
   

Community Service Reporting Award

• As Lapu Lapu Day tragedy vigil is held on campus, mourners look to systemic change for healing by Spencer Izen and Lauren Kasowski (The Ubyssey)

• Continued coverage of Carleton University’s deficit by Maia Tustonic, Cassandra Bellefeuille, Michael McBean, Douaa Qadadia and Alexa MacKie (The Charlatan)

• ‘The Griff is not the forum to engage and communicate with the academy’: Confusion around protests persists at MacEwan by Raynesh Ram (the Griff)

• Quebec committee recommends extending the ban on religious symbols to subsidized daycare educators by Angélique Babineau (The Concordian)

• ‘Backbone of the economy’: Small businesses face major crime challenges in Western Canada by Hope Lompe (The Runner)

 

Outstanding Web Design Award

• The Eyeopener

• The Ubyssey

• The Varsity

• The Western Gazette

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Feature Writing Award

• ​B.C. is burning: How community and faith-led efforts aid wildfire mitigation in the province by Nyamat Singh (The Runner)

• Beagles: Research subjects or man’s best friends? by Vasoula Ioannidis (The Western Gazette)

• How artificial is our love? by Amanda Erikson (the Griff)

• Just a drunk cigarette? The nouveau smoking epidemic by Ellie Garry-Jones (The Dalhousie Gazette)

• This refugee has a Carleton lab job lined up. Here’s why her future in Canada is still in limbo by Abyssinia Abebe (The Charlatan)

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Humour Writing Award

• Controversial anatomy class, “Can I Fuck It,” pulled from academic timetable by Jake Waldner (The Dalhousie Mackerel)

• Five completely serious candidates for UVic’s new president by Nick Czerwonka (The Martlet)

• How I, a man, am doing my part to uplift women during Women’s History Month by Hailey Ford (The Eyeopener)

• Tooth Fairy: Generous philanthropist or master criminal? by Athena McIsaac (The UC Gargoyle)

• ‘Western Pisser’ makes splash on campus by Hannah Alper and Paniz Vedavarz (The Western Gazette)​

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Indigenous Reporting Award

• Carleton turns to Indigenous communities to shape identity verification policies, preventing fraud by Marissa Meilleur and Michael McBean (The Charlatan)

• Mohawk Mothers accuse McGill of concealing new evidence of human remains at the New Vic site by Yusur Al-Sharqi (The Tribune)

• Not a Land Defender, a Xwémalhkwu youth by Anonda Canadien (Capilano Courier)

• Pushing Through Prejudice by Josh Lakatos (Working Draft)

• The Native Youth Program asks Indigenous teens to tell their own stories by Julian Coyle Forst (The Ubyssey)​

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Investigative Reporting Award

Note: The >$100,000 and <$100,000 categories were combined due to submissions volumes 

• Alleged sexual misconduct in a CUSA-certified club: Review process remains unclear by Kyra Vellinga (The Charlatan)

• Procurement rules bypassed in $25k washroom renovation for NAIT President by Joshua Gwozdz, Alleah Boisvert and Amy St. Amand (NAIT Nugget)

• Trinity students win fight to restore gowns by Devin Botar (The Varsity)

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Labour Reporting Award

• BREAKING: ‘I see this as an act of resistance’: former Arts faculty dean files $2 million lawsuit against TMU by Shumaila Mubarak, Vihaan Bhatnagar and Damola Omole (The Eyeopener)

• Dalhousie faculty rejects the university’s contract offer, prolonging lockout by Jenna Olsen (The Dalhousie Gazette)

• Hardly working: Inside the youth unemployment crisis at TMU by Daniya Yaqoob (The Eyeopener)

• Layoffs: what’s happened so far and what’s to come by Angela Li (The Imprint)

• ‘Is this truly the right thing to do?’: The KFA pushes back on layoff notices KPU issued to 70 faculty members by Nyamat Singh and Hope Lompe (The Runner)

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Marginalized Community Reporting Award

• A call for more campus awareness about the Kirpan by Milan Lukes (The Manitoban)

• Opening the Black Box by Lulu Calame and Sahel Delafoulhouse (The Tribune)

• Passing by Guntas Kaur, Isabella Ma and Sidney Shaw (The Ubyssey)

• The 25th Hour: One of Canada’s most accessible campuses? by Martin Halek, Caelan Monkman and Zenith Wolfe (Capital Current)

• ‘The biggest keyword is hope’: The expanding futures of Syrian students by Rowan Flood (The Eyeopener)

 

News Reporting Award

• Continued coverage of Carleton University's free speech policy by Marissa Meilleur, Maia Tustonic and Michael McBean (The Charlatan)

• Peterborough Opens New Temporary Shelter as it Evicts McDonnel Encampment by Louanne Morin (Arthur)

• Student homes see spike in break-ins over winter break by Mabel Zhao (The Western Gazette)

• Western considers for-profit partnership to teach first-year international students by Gabriella McKenna and Mabel Zhao (The Western Gazette)

• “Inexcusable and Wrong”: Trent Students Respond to Racial Slur Used by Peterborough Mayor in Business Lecture by Evan Robins (Arthur)

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French Language Reporting Award

• Les femmes libanaises, une force pour la paix by Félix Laliberté and Clément Lechat (The Concordian)

• Valorisation du français : où en est Concordia? by Félix-Antoine Beauchemin (The Concordian)

 

Opinion Writing Award

• Breaking the Silence by Silas Busby (The Strand)

• Opinion: Silent by Omar Bseiso (The Ubyssey)

• Smoking my life away by Sanjiyven Alfred Joseph (NAIT Nugget)

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Science Reporting Award

• Crash, bleed, repeat: Healthcare students rehearse for real life by  Blair Garneau (NAIT Nugget)

• First Nations and UVic researchers convene to raise their voices about local herring fishery by Scott Van Haren (The Martlet)

• Inside: Western’s Glass Blowing Studio by Arieh Leving and Om Shanbhag (The Western Gazette)

• Is microdosing psychedelics the secret to better mental health — or is it just placebo? by Bianca McKeown and Simona Milutinovic (The Charlatan)

• The detriments of Bill 83 by Kara Brulotte (The Link)

 

Sports Reporting Award

• A Chance to Dream by Sofia Peralta-Baron (Working Draft)

• Breaking the Ice by Brielle Campbell (Working Draft)

• Strength through sumo by Matthew Daldalian (The Link)

• Through the eyes of the Griffin: 54 years and counting by Ian Smyth and Evan Watt (the Griff)

• Warriors: A Playoff Pursuit by Paul Sherk and Shiwunan Cheng (Imprint)

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Cover/Layout of the Year

• A Swift Shift by Sammy Kogan, Nageen Riaz and Saif Ullah-Khan (The Eyeopener)

• B.C. is burning by Sarah Nelson (The Runner)

• Frosh issue by Tiffany Cheng (The Western Gazette)

• Portage & Main by Emma Gillich and Deveney Jarrow (The Manitoban)

• Summer cocktails according to your horoscope by Sherryl Agingu (The Cascade)

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Visual of the Year

• Evil Kim Brooks by Zoe Shmenko (The Dalhousie Gazette)

• Forgotten Stories of the Bunkhouse by Merharveen Manchanda (Capilano Courier)

• Redefining human value by Chloe Weston (The Varsity)

• The beauty of football in the snow by Tiffany Cheng (The Western Gazette)

• “History, identity, and community: The significance of Black hair by Kellyann Marie (The Queen’s Journal)

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Video of the Year

• Dodgeball Tournament Celebrates Accessibility and Community by Zulkifl Rafah and Max Reid (The Manitoban)

• How do U of T Students Really Feel About Their Courses? by Genevieve Sugrue (The Varsity)

• Op-Ed: Banning books bans learning by Arieh Leving (The Western Gazette)

• The power of drag by Elena Massing and Fiona Sjaus (The Ubyssey)

• Tuition Hikes Aftermath by Benjamin Nossik (The Link)

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Photo of the Year

• Ethan Rocha in the air by Simon McKeown (The Charlatan)

• Honouring Mother Earth by Ava Whelpley (The Eyeopener)

• Men’s Soccer scores in rainy quarterfinal match by Sidney Shaw (The Ubyssey)

• Pierre Poilievre in London by Kai Wilson (The Western Gazette)

• Protesters at McGill Board of Directors by Aidan Raynor (The Concordian)

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Student Journalist of the Year, Written

• Aisha Chaudhry (The Ubyssey)

• Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman (The Concordian)

• Meghrig Milkon (The Queen's Journal)

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Student Journalist of the Year, Multimedia

• Rae Dawson (The Martlet)

• Veronica Miranda (The Western Gazette)

• Zach Dafoe (the Griff)

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Student Publication of the Year

• Arthur Newspaper

• The Concordian

• The Dalhousie Gazette

• The Queen's Journal

• The Ubyssey

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Special thanks to our judges: Aisling Murphy, Arshy Mann, Bruce Arthur, Cara McKenna, Cliff Lee, Dave Parkinson, Dhriti Gupta, Erin Valois, Ethan Lou, Evan Annett, Isabella Falsetti, Janson Duench, Jorge Barrera, Joshua Chang, Joshua Chong, Khushy Vashisht, Koby Michaels, Laura Godfrey, Louna Marchet, Lucas Kavanaugh, Mackenzie Lad, Mark Ramzy, Morgan Sevareid-Bocknek, Nathan Bawaan, Nawa Tahir, Rosa Saba, Sam Smart, Sammy Kogan, Sarah Kirchel, Savannah Ridley, Scott Colby, Spencer Colby, Tom Cardoso, Vanmala Subramaniam, Zak Vescera, Zane Schwartz.