The LA&PS Digital Composition Prizes are open to digital submissions of all sorts produced by students in first to fourth-year LA&PS courses. Successful entrants will make creative use of this medium’s capabilities, including graphics, hypertext, video, audio, programming languages (Flash, Java etc.), and platform capabilities, as applicable. Multimodal entries are encouraged.* Submissions must be web-aware […]
The Leonardo Cianfarani Memorial Award for Travel to Italy supports a student (undergraduate and graduate) in the Faculty of liberal Arts and Professional Studies who is taking part in an experiential educational opportunity in Italy. The recipients must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or protected person, Ontario Residents and who demonstrate financial need. This bursary […]
The prize will be given for the most outstanding piece of writing by students majoring or minoring in Children, Childhood and Youth (CCY) Studies at each of the four year levels in CCY courses (i.e. one in first year, one in second year, etc.) for an essay, fieldwork research report, ethnography, or creative piece. All […]
Named in honour of Clara Thomas, LL.D, F.R.S.C. (1919-2013), a distinguished founding member of the Department of English and an eminent scholar, biographer, critic, advocate and teacher of Canadian Literature, this scholarship is designed to provide support for full-time doctoral students in the Graduate Program in English who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement in the […]
The Doris Anderson Research Fellowship is offered each year to a Graduate Student in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies presenting a feminist research paper in appropriate forums, either in Canada or abroad.
The LA&PS International Study Abroad Award provides additional support to LA&PS students approved for study abroad experiences. Registered students who demonstrate academic excellence where a financial barrier inhibits their participation in a study abroad experience are welcome to apply.
The Dean’s Award for Research Excellence, or DARE, gives you the opportunity to fully engage in a professional research project with one of our world-class faculty members. Over the summer term, you’ll participate in hands-on experience and one-on-one mentoring while working in your area of interest.
Given in honour of Professor Elizabeth Sabiston, for many years the academic adviser of Stong College, this prize is awarded annually to a Stong College student whose achievements in academic writing in a first- or second-year English or humanities course are deemed to be of outstanding quality.
The Jan Rehner Prize for Writing is open to all students registered in courses offered by York University's LA&PS Writing Department. Once each year, a winner and a runner-up will be chosen for each year level (1000, 2000, 3000, 4000) and also for Major Research Papers (if applicable). The winner of each category will be […]