Fall

Canadian Daughters' League Award

This award will be granted to a student who is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work program with the best academic performance among those who demonstrate financial need.

The Ron Bordessa Prize

Awarded to a Liberal Arts and Professional Studies student with the best academic performance among those who have completed at least 36 credits with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 7.00 (B+) and who is majoring in an area of the social sciences: political science, sociology, interdisciplinary social science, Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity, social […]

Interdisciplinary Social Science Undergraduate Student Award

The Interdisciplinary Social Science Award has been established by the Interdisciplinary Social Science (ISS) program to offer assistance to an upper-level ISS student. To be eligible, students must have completed 54 credits or more and be entering their third or fourth year. Recipients of the award will be chosen on the basis of academic achievement […]

Lillian Lerman Book Prize

Established in honour of Lillian Lerman, former director of undergraduate studies for Social Science, who retired in 1991, in recognition of her dedication and contribution to undergraduate teaching. The prize will go to the most outstanding student essay in a first-year social science course. Submissions will be made by course directors.

Gordon Lowther Scholarship

The scholarship is given to a full-time student in an Honours program going from the first to second year in one of the Social Science programs. The scholarship is awarded to the student with the highest cumulative grade point average for his/her first year of studies at York University.

The Law and Society Prize

The Law and Society Honours Prize has been established by the Law and Society (LASO) program to recognize academic excellence of a Year 4 LASO Honours major. The prize will be awarded in September of each year to the continuing Year 4 (84+ credits) LASO Honours major who has attained the highest academic average in […]

The C. Jane Banfield Prize

The Law and Society Program created this prize in honour of Jane Banfield for her dedication to encouraging scholarship and teaching and overall contribution to the program. Jane founded the Law and Society Program at York - the first of its kind in Canada. The prize is awarded to a student with the highest final […]

Labour Studies Student Achievement Prize

The Labour Studies program presents this prize annually to the Year 2 student (successful completion of at least 54 credits) entering Year 3 of the Labour Studies program with the highest cumulative grade point average at the end of Year 2. Students must have maintained a course load of at least 24 credits in the […]

The International Development Studies Honours Awards

The International Development Studies Honours Award has been established by the International Development Studies (IDS) program to offer assistance to a Year 4 IDS Honours major. Recipients of the award will be chosen on the basis of a combination of the following three criteria: community service, demonstrated financial need and academic achievement, as demonstrated by […]

The Health & Society Founders Prize

The Health & Society Founders Prize is given to students for creative distinction, excellence and exceptional initiative in the completion of a Health & Society course assignment. The prize is given out at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year levels.