Loretta H. Yaskiel Scholarship
2025 winner Savannah Ridley.
2024 winner Aliya Karimjee.
2021 recipient Tashon Daley with her parents.
Presenter Ava Yaskiel and 2018 winners Kiki Cekota & Emma King.
Ava Yaskiel with 2017 winner Declan Keogh.
Ava Yaskiel with 2016 winner Farnia Fekri.
2015 winner Robert Liwanag with presenter Francesca Yaskiel.
About the award
To a full-time undergraduate student in good standing who has demonstrated excellence in court reporting or writing on legal or justice issues. Estimated at $1,000.
Loretta Yaskiel already had a law degree when she began her journalism studies at Ryerson (now Toronto Met). After she graduated in 1998, she returned to the practice of law. In 2008, she returned to establish a scholarship in each of the bachelor and master of journalism programs. It is tragic that she did not live to present the first awards. Yaskiel died suddenly on March 8, 2009. Friends and family have chosen to honour her memory by endowing this award so that it will continue to support students in years to come.
Past Winners
| 2025 | Savannah Ridley |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Aliya Karimjee |
| 2023 | Reedah Hayder |
| 2022 | Sama Nemat Allah |
| 2021 | Tashon Daley |
| 2020 | Talha Hashmani |
| 2019 | Alanna Rizza |
| 2018 | Emma King Kiki Cekota |
| 2017 | Declan Keogh |
| 2016 | Farnia Fekri |
| 2015 | Robert Liwanag |
| 2014 | Billey Diep |
| 2013 | Kathryn Weatherley |