Thanks to the generosity of various donors, undergraduate History students benefit from awards, prizes, and scholarships that recognize academic achievement as well as financial need.
For information about all awards available to History students, visit the Students Accounts and Financial Aid page here and use the award search tool.
MERIT-BASED AWARDS (no application required)
- Department of History 1st Year Book Prize
- Department of History 2nd Year Book Prize
- Department of History 3rd Year Book Prize
- Department of History 4th Year Book Prize
- Donald G. Creighton Prize
- Donald Goodspeed Book Prize
- John and Barbara McEwen Prize in British History
- Frank and Amy Wills Memorial Award

NEED-BASED AWARDS (application to Student Accounts and Financial Aid Office required)
- Effie Buck Memorial Scholarship
- J. Burtniak Bursary in Canadian History
- Prof. Frederick C. Drake Scholarship
- David S. Howes Scholarship
- Livermore Family Scholarship
- McComb-Brighty Local History Award
- W. G. Ormsby Scholarship
- Craig Tallman Award
- Lillie A. Traver Scholarship
- Turner Award in Canadian History
- Betty and Gordon Vallee Scholarship in History
Award Recipients
Awarded to an outstanding History student in first year
Receipient | Year |
Ben Spittal | 2024-25 |
Tylaan Kalemba | 2023-24 |
Lydia Datta | 2022-23 |
Braeden Moore | 2021-22 |
Kyle Timmins | 2020-21 |
Easton Boone | 2019-20 |
Yannick Grignon | 2018-19 |
Megan Flynn | 2018-18 |
Rebecca Violet Nickerson | 2016-17 |
Awarded to an outstanding History student in second year
Recipient | Year |
Thomas Tselepakis | 2024-25 |
Jasmine Buchaly | 2023-24 |
Dylan Bryan | 2022-23 |
Kaitland Grech | 2021-22 |
Nicholas Rowdon | 2020-21 |
Yannick Grignon | 2019-20 |
Malcolm Cavanagh | 2018-19 |
Richard Daniel | 2017-18 |
Michael Cornelius Wielink | 2016-17 |
Awarded to an outstanding History student in third year
Recipient | Year |
Evan (Vanja) Hamister | 2024-25 |
Nicholas Frado | 2023-24 |
Alexander Watt | 2022-23 |
Sarah Cavanagh | 2021-22 |
Kirsten Koop | 2020-21 |
Dario Smagata-bryan | 2019-20 |
Kaitlyn Nicole Carter | 2018-19 |
Mark Turi | 2017-18 |
Michael Elio John Angara | 2016-17 |
Awarded to an outstanding History student in fourth year
Recipients | Year |
Ethan Moncion | 2024-2025 |
Gary Gardell | 2023-2024 |
Kirsten Koop | 2022-2023 |
Krista Dafoe | 2021-2022 |
Gary Stephen Gardell | 2020-2021 |
Naythan Roger Poulin | 2019-2020 |
Rebecca Nickerson | 2018-2019 |
Matthew Joseph Jagas | 2017-2018 |
Heike Koch | 2016-2017 |
Awarded to the student obtaining the highest mark in a first-year history course
Recipients | Year |
Skye Upton | 2024-2025 |
Sadeen Kalbouna | 2023-2024 |
Ethan Moncion | 2021-2022 |
Emily Carbone | 2020-2021 |
Angus Mckenzie | 2019-2020 |
Haley Drury | 2018-2019 |
Conrad Allan Robert Mcmahon | 2017-2018 |
Awarded to History student who has made a significant contribution to the History Department
Recipients | Year |
Sarah Skolud | 2024-25 |
Nicholas Kester | 2023-24 |
Ethan Moncion | 2021-22 |
Harrison Barberian | 2020-21 |
Kirsten Koop | 2019-20 |
Kiara Leblanc | 2018-19 |
Malcolm Cavanagh | 2017-18 |
Jeffrey Braeden Allison | 2016-17 |
Dylan Marquis Head | 2015-16 |
Awarded to the student who excels in British History at the second-, third- or fourth-year level
Recipients | Year |
Nikola Dixon | 2024-25 |
Kaitland Grech | 2023-24 |
Andrew Laliberte | 2022-23 |
Adam Williamson | 2020-21 |
Sarah Cavanagh | 2019-20 |
Jade Biggar | 2018-19 |
Daniel Carmine Goodwill | 2017-18 |
Jacob Breadman | 2017-18 |
Jacob Breadman | 2016-17 |
Awarded annually to the History student who has demonstrated superior creativity and thoroughness in research presented in the History Department.
Recipients | Year |
Alessia Cotic | 2024-25 |
Ethan Moncion | 2023-24 |
Gary Stephen Gardell | 2021-22 |
Dario Smagata-bryan | 2020-21 |
Malcolm Cavanagh | 2019-20 |
Naythan Roger Poulin | 2018-19 |
Jessica Linzel | 2017-18 |
David Howell | 2016-17 |
Daniel Edward Holman | 2015-16 |