The award will be given to the student with the philosophy essay in a third- or fourth-year course that most exemplifies the values of excellence and insight that Derek so cherished. The award may be withheld in any given year.
This book prize is offered to the student who has written the best essay in any humanities or religious studies course offered on the Keele Campus. It is awarded for courses completed in the previous fall/winter and summer session. Established to honour Professor William R. Coleman upon his retirement from the Department of Humanities. An […]
Awarded on the recommendation of the course director of HUMA 1200 - Context of Canadian Culture, to the author of the best paper written in that course. Candidates will be expected to have maintained high academic standing throughout their program.
The prize will be given for the most outstanding piece of writing by Children's Studies majors or minors at each of the four year levels in Children's Studies courses for an essay, fieldwork research report, ethnography, or creative piece. All submissions will be nominated by Children's Studies instructors and will be judged anonymously by a […]
The Bernard Luk Essay Prize in East Asian History was created to benefit students with outstanding essays on East Asian History that are submitted in third and fourth year courses.
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.
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available to the student whose academic achievement in any Liberal Arts & Professional Studies course with significant historical content is the highest within a calendar year.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 […]
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 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.
Lodge Keele Gate, Order of Women Freemasons, Boersma Award in Women’s Studies will be given to a Year 3 or 4 student in the Women’s Studies program who has achieved a grade point average of 6.00 or better. The student must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or protected person and resident of Ontario, who […]