Award Opportunities

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 
Merit-based History award winners, April 2024 (left to right): Ethan Moncion (Lillie A Traver Scholarship, Frank and Amy Wills Memorial Award), Andrew Laliberte (John and Barbara McEwan Prize in British History), Kait Grech (John and Barbara McEwan Prize in British History), Jasmine Buchaly (2nd-Year Book Prize), Nick Kester (Donald Goodspeed Book Prize), Colin Nielsen (Professor Frederick C Drake Scholarship), Nicholas Frado (3rd-Year Book Prize), Tylaan Kalemba (1st-Year Book Prize).

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

ReceipientYear
Ben Spittal2024-25
Tylaan Kalemba2023-24
Lydia Datta2022-23
Braeden Moore2021-22
Kyle Timmins2020-21
Easton Boone2019-20
Yannick Grignon2018-19
Megan Flynn2018-18
Rebecca Violet Nickerson2016-17

Awarded to an outstanding History student in second year

RecipientYear
Thomas Tselepakis2024-25
Jasmine Buchaly2023-24
Dylan Bryan2022-23
Kaitland Grech2021-22
Nicholas Rowdon2020-21
Yannick Grignon2019-20
Malcolm Cavanagh2018-19
Richard Daniel2017-18
Michael Cornelius Wielink2016-17

Awarded to an outstanding History student in third year

RecipientYear
Evan (Vanja) Hamister2024-25
Nicholas Frado2023-24
Alexander Watt2022-23
Sarah Cavanagh2021-22
Kirsten Koop2020-21
Dario Smagata-bryan2019-20
Kaitlyn Nicole Carter2018-19
Mark Turi2017-18
Michael Elio John Angara2016-17

Awarded to an outstanding History student in fourth year

RecipientsYear
Ethan Moncion2024-2025
Gary Gardell2023-2024
Kirsten Koop2022-2023
Krista Dafoe2021-2022
Gary Stephen Gardell2020-2021
Naythan Roger Poulin2019-2020
Rebecca Nickerson2018-2019
Matthew Joseph Jagas2017-2018
Heike Koch2016-2017

Awarded to the student obtaining the highest mark in a first-year history course

RecipientsYear
Skye Upton2024-2025
Sadeen Kalbouna2023-2024
Ethan Moncion2021-2022
Emily Carbone2020-2021
Angus Mckenzie2019-2020
Haley Drury2018-2019
Conrad Allan Robert Mcmahon2017-2018

Awarded to History student who has made a significant contribution to the History Department

RecipientsYear
Sarah Skolud2024-25
Nicholas Kester2023-24
Ethan Moncion2021-22
Harrison Barberian2020-21
Kirsten Koop2019-20
Kiara Leblanc2018-19
Malcolm Cavanagh2017-18
Jeffrey Braeden Allison2016-17
Dylan Marquis Head2015-16

Awarded to the student who excels in British History at the second-, third- or fourth-year level

RecipientsYear
Nikola Dixon2024-25
Kaitland Grech2023-24
Andrew Laliberte2022-23
Adam Williamson2020-21
Sarah Cavanagh2019-20
Jade Biggar2018-19
Daniel Carmine Goodwill2017-18
Jacob Breadman2017-18
Jacob Breadman2016-17

Awarded annually to the History student who has demonstrated superior creativity and thoroughness in research presented in the History Department.

RecipientsYear
Alessia Cotic2024-25
Ethan Moncion2023-24
Gary Stephen Gardell2021-22
Dario Smagata-bryan2020-21
Malcolm Cavanagh2019-20
Naythan Roger Poulin2018-19
Jessica Linzel2017-18
David Howell2016-17
Daniel Edward Holman2015-16