Overview The John Arpin Award shall be awarded annually to a graduate student entering a Masters or PhD program in music. Recipients must demonstrate outstanding academic merit and be studying in the area of performance, performance studies and/or composition. If there is no eligible applicant who meets the desired criteria consideration for this award it […]
Overview The Diana Massiah Caribbean Canadian Scholarship was created to support full-time undergraduate and graduate students at York University. To be eligible students must demonstrate academic excellence and have financial need. Recipients must have a clear and compelling passion for and a history with the Caribbean community or the Caribbean-Canadian community. The scholarship is renewable […]
Overview The Bennett Family Graduate Scholarship for Black and Indigenous Students: will be open to graduate students who identify as Black and/or Indigenous. Recipients must have a minimum GPA of 7.5 or A, and be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or protected persons and resident of Ontario who demonstrate financial need. Doctoral scholarships will be renewable […]
Overview The Bennett Family Graduate Scholarship for Black and Indigenous Students: will be open to graduate students who identify as Black and/or Indigenous. Recipients must have a minimum GPA of 7.5 or A, and be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or protected persons and resident of Ontario who demonstrate financial need. Master's scholarships will be renewable […]
Overview Established in honour of Dr. Michael Bordt (MES, York, 1978; PhD, Geography, University of Ottawa, 2015) to mark his worldwide contributions to the development of environmental statistics through the application of informatics, this scholarship supports students enrolled in the Master or Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Studies programs at York University. The Michael Bordt […]
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 Marcia H. Rioux Award in Critical Disability Studies, Human Rights and Social Justice will be awarded annually to a doctoral student in Critical Disability Studies for excellence in the areas of critical disability studies, human rights and social justice. Applicants must be registered as a full-time doctoral student and have completed at least […]
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 […]