Avi Lewis

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

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What Lewis has to show for thirty-five years is less a trophy case than a body of work that keeps getting used. The Take is still assigned in labour studies courses more than twenty years after it premiered, and the Leap Manifesto he co-wrote in 2015 reshaped the internal argument inside the NDP for years afterward. He is listed among University College at the University of Toronto's Alumni of Influence, which is the kind of recognition a broadcaster-turned-politician actually gets. The 2026 leadership win, 56 percent on the first ballot, is the headline achievement of his career so far.

AwardsNo verified competitive awards are documented in the available sources. The Take and This Changes Everything were widely screened and well received on the festival and activist circuits, but specific trophy wins from those runs could not be confirmed and are not asserted here.

Honours & Distinctions

Alumni of Influence

University College, University of Toronto

Named among the college's notable alumni in recognition of his career in journalism, film and public life.

Records & Feats

First member of his family's generation to lead the federal NDP

Historic First·2026

Won the party leadership in March 2026, forty-one years after his grandfather David Lewis held the same job from 1971 to 1975.

Won the federal NDP leadership on the first ballot

Career Milestone·2026

Took 56 percent of the vote in March 2026, avoiding a second round.