The George Hopton Award was established by the former Atkinson Students’ Association (ASA) and friends, to honour Professor Hopton, retired Professor of Humanities at York University, ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church, and former Master of Atkinson. Professor Hopton was an advocate for redressing systemic imbalances and social injustices. This award is intended to recognize […]
Awarded to the students with the highest sessional grade point average based on a course load of at least 30 credits in each of first-, second-, third- and fourth-year in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.
Established in memory of Atkinson alumnus Arthur F. Williams, this award will be granted to a first year students transferring from a Canadian university or college to an undergraduate program. Recipients must provide a written statement demonstrating their interest in an area of Canadian studies, have a minimum admission average of 80% (or equivalent). Recipients […]
The George and Catherine Fallis Entrance Award is intended to assist a student of promising ability who is challenged in their pursuit of a post-secondary education because of limited financial resources. The recipient must be a secondary school student entering first year of a bachelor of arts program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and […]
Named in memory of Atkinson alumnus Arthur F. Williams, this award is available to a secondary school student entering his/her first year of undergraduate study at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies who has completed at least one grade 12 university or university/college course (or the equivalent) in the Division of Canadian and […]
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.
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.
This bursary is for first-year or continuing undergraduate or graduate students pursuing an interest in African Studies at York University. Undergraduates would be expected to major in an interdisciplinary program in African Studies. Graduate students would be expected to pursue research in some area of African Studies. Qualified students should show strong academic qualifications as […]
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 […]