Willard Piepenburg, who taught for 40 years at the University of Toronto and York University, was the first Tudor-Stuart specialist in York s History Department, served as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and was the first permanent History graduate program director. This award is given to outstanding undergraduate history majors selected by the […]
This award is named in honour of Professor Peter Knights who taught at York for 24 years and whose specialization was the history of the United States. This award is given annually to the student who has been judged to have written the best essay in a United States history course.
This award is granted to a Liberal Arts and Professional Studies student whose academic achievement is the highest in one or more of the following fields: British, Irish, and European studies. It is awarded for courses completed in the previous fall/winter and summer session. Established by colleagues and friends to honour Joseph Woods, a long […]
Named in honour of Morris Krever, an annual prize will be awarded to an undergraduate history student. Both academic excellence and demonstrated financial need will be taken into consideration
Established in memory of Harry S. Crowe, member of the History Department and twice Dean of Atkinson, this award is available to the student whose academic achievement in any Liberal Arts & Professional Studies course with significant historical content is the highest within a calendar year. An essay or public history project may be submitted […]
The Grace Heggie Award will be awarded to an outstanding undergraduate history major. Recipients must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or protected persons, Ontario residents and demonstrate financial need.
Five prizes are awarded for outstanding essays submitted in history courses; one for the best essay in a 4000-, 3000-, 2000- and 1000-level course by any student, and one for the best public history project at any level, if the evaluation committee judges the submissions to be of sufficiently high merit. Essays are nominated by […]
The recipient will be an undergraduate student entering their first year at York University through the Bridging Program for Women in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies. The recipient will have received a grade of B or better in the Bridging Course. Preference will be given to a student from Etobicoke. Recipients will […]
The Sexuality Studies Outstanding Student Contribution Award is presented to a graduating student with a minor in Sexuality Studies, a graduating student who has completed a Sexuality Studies Certificate, or a non-degree student who has completed a Sexuality Studies certificate for outstanding undergraduate student contributions to the Sexuality Studies Program and the development of sexuality […]
The Sexuality Studies Essay-Project Achievement Prize is presented annually to a student for the best undergraduate essay or project submitted in a Sexuality Studies core, primary, or secondary course.