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The Department of English is proud to recognize the following students who have been selected for the awards and scholarships listed below for the 2019-2020 academic year.
(The writing prizes are all determined by committees made up of professors in the Department of English, who review submissions with the authors’ names removed.)
Algy Smillie Noad Memorial Prize for a superior Honours thesis
Julien William Gagnon
Allen A. Lang Essay Award for an essay on a topic related to either Canadian or American Literature after the year 1900
Julien William Gagnon
Catherine M. Shaw Early Drama Award for the best essay on early drama
Holly Anne Wethey
Charles E. Fremes Memorial Scholarship to an undergraduate student who has shown achievement in both English and Communication Studies and who has demonstrated leadership
Angelina Bihan Ding
Charles William Snyder Scholarships to outstanding students entering U3 in either Honours, Joint Honours, or Major programs in English
Sophia Frances Garnett
Emily Magajna
Emily Alice Corinne Vaillancourt
Chester Macnaghten Prizes for the best piece of creative writing in English submitted by an undergraduate student of the University
First prize: Chloe Gabrielle Palmer-Laporte
Second prize: Dylan John Adamson
Dora Forsyth Prize to an outstanding female student in the Department of English
Eléa Marie Raphaelle Regembal
Dow-Hickson Scholarship to outstanding students entering U2 or U3 in the Honours program in English Literature, Philosophy, or Psychology
Kira Hoelscher
Elsie Stephen Reford Scholarship to an outstanding student in the Department of English
Peter Samuel Ball
Harry Barker Memorial Prize in English to the student with the highest standing in English in the initial year
Sarah Emily Nicholson Ford
James Darling McCall Scholarship to an outstanding student entering the final year in English Honours
Kira Hoelscher
Jesse Norris Memorial Award awarded on the basis of academic merit to a student in the Department of English who is entering the final year
Eskandar Edward Sepahpur
Lionel Shapiro Award for Creative Writing to one or more students in the final year of the B.A. course who have demonstrated outstanding literary talent
Eleanor Chiha
Samuel Fleischman
Margaret & Graham Neeson Scholarship to an outstanding undergraduate student who has completed at least one year of the Honours English Program
Charles Campbell Mascia
Mary Keenan Scholarship in English to a student proceeding to the M.A. in English at McGill
Ashley Robin Hards
Mona Elaine Adilman Poetry Prize for outstanding talent in the area of poetry
Kasia Van Schaik
Peterson Memorial Prize in English Literature to a student with distinction in English Literature who has also shown creative literary ability
Kasia Van Schaik
Shakespeare Gold Medal for English Language and Literature
Julien William Gagnon
Shakespeare Scholarship to a student advancing to the final year with special distinction in English Honours courses
Athina Khalid