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The Tom Lawson Awards are presented to the students who best embody the spirit of the National Seminar. Recipients are selected through a vote by the student delegates. The awards were established to honor Tom Lawson, founder of the Canadian Student Debating Federation, and to recognize his lasting contributions to the organization.
YEAR | MALE RECIPIENT | FEMALE RECIPIENT |
|---|---|---|
2024 | Jerry Zhao (ON) | Stella Vanness (BC) |
2023 | David Ojo Abegunde (ON) | Lila Gelowitz (SK) |
2022 | Joshua Himmens (AB) | Emily Cheng (ON) |
2021 | Krish Kodali (NS) | Noor Ansarian (MB) |
2020 | William Li (AB) | Emily Wei (NS) |
2019 | Seleem Badawy (AB) | Alishba Irfan (BC) |
2018 | Ben Platham (AB) | Amina Sanogo (ON) |
2017 | Camilo Andres Cortes (AB) | Nathalie Harb (ON) |
2016 | Faris Kapra (NS) | Morganne LaSalle (ON) |
2015 | Jack de Gooyer (NS) | Chandler Guzman (BC) |
2014 | Joel Morin (SK) | Heba Eid (ON) |
2013 | Hamish Wright (NB) | Sabina BeleuzNeagu (ON) |
2012 | Ben Peterson (NB) | Hana Amer (NS) |
2011 | Jonathon Gerstein (MB) | Alana Robert (MB) |
2009 | Keenan MacNeal (AB) | Raffie Rosenberg (MB) |
2008 | Frankie Cena (BC) | Patricia Johnson-Castle (NL) |
2007 (Fall) | Quiller Sharratt (PEI) | Helenaz Hajifattahi (BC) |
2007 (Spring) | Mike Renaud (ON) | Victoria Smith (NL) |
2006 | Josh Sealey (AB) | Michelle Lang (SK) |
2005 | Matthew Atwood (AB) | Jennifer Wang (SK) |
2004 | Sean Roberts (ON) | Omayra Issa Abdoulaye (SK) |
2003 | Colin Heffernan (NL) | Alex Lithwick (QC) |
2002 | Anthony Gamache (QC) | Bonnie Lo (BC) |
2001 | Francois LeMoine (ON) | Joanna Langille (NS) |
2000 | Adam Conter (NS) | Nina Singh (AB) |
1999 | Bill Wood (NS) | Laura Lussier (MB) |
1998 | Jean Bruno Villaneuve (QC) | Justine Pearl (QC) |
1997 | Chuck Demers (BC) | Cynthia Nazarian (ON) |
1996 | Michele Charles (SK) | |
1995 | Lloyd Boison (SK) | |
1994 | Brian Barnett (NB) | Dea Lloyd (BC) |
1992 | Blair McDaid (SK) | |
1991 | Nick Whalen (NL) | Susan Johnson (NS) |
1990 | Michael Echenberg (QC) | Tricia McDaid (SK) |
1989 | Adam Feldman (QC) | Lynne Echenberg (QC) |
1984 | Rikia Saddy (AB) | |
1977 | Harold Porter (NL) |
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