The Becky Lee Religion and Gender Essay Prize is awarded in the Fall term to an outstanding paper on the subject of Religion and Gender submitted for grading in a Religious Studies course in the previous academic year.
The Alterna Social Economy Scholarship in Honour of Haswell B. Iron will be given to a fourth year student majoring in Business and Society who has achieved top academic standing in the program during their third year of study and who is committed to promoting awareness and knowledge of social economy as a student ambassador […]
The Stephanie Stavro Scholarship in English will be awarded to an Indigenous and/or Black student who is majoring in an English program within the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Preference will be granted to the second-year student with the highest GPA (based on grades in the first year of study) who identifies as […]
The SCOLAPS Award for Outstanding Contribution to Governance recognizes members of the Student Council of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (SCOLAPS) whose work in governance and in advancing the interests of SCOLAPS displays a commitment to SERVICE. The award honours students who have gone beyond the regular duties of a SCOLAPS councillor through commitment of […]
Awarded for academic excellence to an honors Human Resources Management student who has completed a minimum of 87 credits and has the best overall cumulative GPA in the honors degree program. A minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor […]
Sarah Akhtar (MA, Development Studies 2012), a PhD student at York University, was a beloved Teaching Assistant for SOSC 1430 - Introduction to International Development Studies who made enormous contributions towards introducing first-year students to the field of development studies and helped educate an entire generation of students in the program. The Sarah Akhtar Memorial […]
Awarded to an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies who is making progress toward their degree academically, and who is in need of emergency financial support in order to continue their studies at York University. The student's financial status (i.e. whether or not they are in arrears) will be irrelevant […]
The Richard Teleky Short Fiction Prize will be awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student for a single, original, previously unpublished work of short fiction submitted as part of an annual competition.
The Priscila Uppal Poetry Prize has been created to benefit a fourth-year student majoring or minoring in Creative Writing. Recipients must demonstrate talent and achievement in the area of poetry writing. Priscila Uppal (BA Hons, '97, PhD '04) was a poet, novelist and playwright and one of York University's most distinguished teachers and writers. She […]
The Monika Federau Scholarship for Women in Business will be awarded annually to a first year female student enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) program at York's School of Administrative Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. The recipient must be a Canadian citizen, or permanent resident. Selection will be based […]