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Student Awards

Internal Awards

Recipients will be notified in the Fall and honoured at a reception held jointly with the Department of Social Science.

Eric Koch Award
This award honours Professor Eric Koch who retired in 2003. This award is given a student in the second-year "Politics, Policy and the Media" course who has a high GPA in the course, is recommended by the Course Director, and is continuing on as a major in the Department of Communications Studies.

Dalton Kehoe Award
This award honours Professor Dalton Kehoe who retired in 2008. This award is given to a student in the second-year "Communication in Everyday Life" course who has a high GPA in the course, is recommended by the Course Director, and is a continuing on as a major in the Department of Communications Studies.

Jerry Durlak Award
This award honours Professor Jerry Durlak who retired in 2005. This award is given to a student in the second-year "Information and Technology" course who has a high GPA in the course, is recommended by the Course Director, and is continuing on as a major in the Department of Communications Studies.

Penny Joliffe Scholarship
Named in honour of a long-standing member of the Communications Department at the university, this award goes to the student in the first-year "Introduction to Communications" course who has a high GPA in the course, is recommended by the Course Director, and is continuing on into second year as a major in the Department of Communications Studies.

Reva Orlicky Memorial and Founding Friends Award
This award been established by York University alumni and friends to provide a bursary to a deserving York University upper-year Communication Studies student, under the guidelines of the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund. Priority will be given to those students who have shown an interest in, or are taking courses in the context and condition for radio in Canada, who have a high GPA, and are in financial need. Application forms are available online.

University wide Awards

For a listing of York University awards and scholarships click here

Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Essay Prizes
Details forthcoming.

External Awards:

Jim Allard Broadcast Journalism Scholarship
This annual scholarship [worth $1500] is offered to the student who best combines academic achievement with natural talent. The applicant needs to be jointly enrolled in our program and in a Community College studying broadcast journalism. Click here for more information.

Ruth Hancock Scholarships
These annual scholarships [worth $1500 each] are designed to encourage talented, hard-working students to pursue careers in Canadian broadcasting or broadcast sales/marketing. Click here for more information.

BBM Canada Scholarship
This annual scholarship [worth $4000] is offered to a 4th year student going on to graduate work in measurement of electronic media and related consumer behaviours. Click here for more information.