Overview The YCAR Language Award will be given to graduate students enrolled at York University and registered for the Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies (GDAS) administered by the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). Awards valued at up to $2,000 each to reimburse costs directly related to language study are available. Receipts will be required […]
Overview The Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award for graduate students was created to support the fieldwork and research expenses of graduate associates of the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). This award is open to both Canadian and International Students. Priority will be given to students who apply to do research in fulfillment of the […]
Overview The Gordon Darroch International Scholar Award will be granted annually to a full-time international Ph.D. student in any year of study enrolled in the Graduate Program in Sociology at York University. To be eligible for the award, students must be a fulltime international Ph.D. student and demonstrate outstanding academic achievement. Recipients can receive this […]
Overview The Dr. Doris M. Nicholls Scholarship has been established under York’s Special Program for Women in Science to benefit PhD students in the Biology program who identify as women. The scholarship will be granted to those who deliver an exceptional publication or other significant scholarly accomplishment. Recipients must demonstrate a minimum A average. This […]
Overview Kevin Jackson was a valued and beloved mad activist, scholar, friend, and colleague in the Critical Disability Studies program; he also furthered connections with other disability justice and activist communities in Toronto and beyond. For decades Kevin had dedicated his labour, creativity and passion to cross-disability activism and seeking justice often denied to disabled […]
Overview Morris Wolfe (1938-2021) was a prominent cultural nationalist Canadian writer whose thoughts about media were published in regular columns Saturday Night and The Globe and Mail, and in book form in Jolts: The TV Wasteland and the Canadian Oasis (1965). Wolfe advocated for and wrote about Canadian media in A Saturday Night Scrapbook (1973), […]
Overview The Wilhelm Cohnstaedt Social Justice Award will support a graduate student in the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design or the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies whose research focuses on the principles of social justice and issues of human rights, equality, equity and inclusion. Priority will be given to research that […]
Overview The Laurenne Kredentser Memorial Award is meant to recognize a student’s volunteer work and contribution to the community at large, while encouraging the award winner’s ongoing studies and facilitate future contributions to the mental health community. It will be awarded annually to incoming and current students in the Master of Arts program in Critical […]
Overview The Dr Anthony Szeto Graduate Scholarship in Earth and Space Science has been established by the Lorraine Ng Charitable Foundation to give back to York University as the employer of Ms Ng’s spouse throughout his career. The award supports graduate research in the area of earth and space science. This award is created to […]
Overview This award was established by York alumna Diana Imonikhe ’05, ’08, ’17 to hounour her father, Kingsley Abu Omokhovwa Imonikhe (1955-1991). He was a hardworking, loving father who had a keen interest in education. He receives a Diploma in Engineering from Auchi Polytechnic, pursued Civil Engineering and Management at the University of Leeds in […]