Awards

NAME OF AWARD

CONDITIONS

Ferenc Csillag Memorial Award

Awarded to one or more exceptional students pursuing undergraduate studies with a major in GIS or a major/specialist Geography with demonstrated excellence in geostatistics and remote sensing.  Students awarded this scholarship will be encouraged to share their knowledge and demonstrate leadership through participation in a student conference or presentation.

Environment Canada Scholarship for Academic Excellence

To be awarded to one or two students who: have declared a major or specialist in an environment program, are completing their second year (minimum 8 FCE) and have enrolled in third year studies at UTM; have demostrated academic achievement in environment related courses; have demonstrated exceptional leadership and commitment on behalf of the environment either on the University of Toronto campus or within their community.

Credit Valley Conservation Foundation Award

To be awarded to the student: who completes ENV100Y with high standing; who has an otherwise satisfactory standing; whose permanent residence is in one of the following municipalities: Township of Amaranth, City of Brampton, Town of Caledon, Township of East Garafraxa, Village of Erin, Township of Erin, Town of Halton Hills, City of Mississauga, Township of Mono, Town of Oakville, or Town of Orangeville.

Erindale College Geography Faculty Book Prize

To be awarded on the recommendation of the Geography Department to the second year student who is registered in a program in Geography and who has achieved the best average grade in two of the core courses in Geography.  The student should be in otherwise good standing.

Jean M. Niskanen Scholarship

To be awarded to a second year student entering third year and enrolled in Ecology or Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto at Mississauga.  The award is based on academic merit and or meet the criteria of the OSOTF II qualifying conditions.

Donald Putnam Scholarship at Erindale (UTM)

On recommendation of the UTM Geography Faculty, to be awarded to two full-time UTM students upon completion of Year II and Year III.  Preference will be given to those students with a concentration of courses in Physical Geography;financial need according to the second phase of the OSOTF II program and academic merit (minimum 75% average in Physical Geography courses) will also be considered.

Howard F. Andrews Memorial Award

To be awarded to a student registered in a major or specialist program in Geography: financial need and academic merit will be considered; the student must be studying social and political Geography, with emphasis on social welfare and healthy cities; must be registered as a full-time student.

Janet Campbell-Booth Scholarship

To be awarded to a graduating UTM student, completing either a major or specialist in Geography, on the basis of financial need.  Academic merit and an interest in pursuing graduate studies in Geography may also be considered. Faculty members from the Geography Department at UTM may be consulted in selecting a recipient.

The Ignat Kaneff Awards

Verna Flowers (A.P.P.E.A.L.) Memorial Scholarship

To be awarded to the Year II student registered in one of the four UTM Environmental programs with the highest CGPA.  The student must have completed three or four required courses in the program.  Preference is given to those who completed four courses.

The EcoSource Mississauga Michael Caine Award

To be awarded to a Year II or above UTM student registered in one of the four UTM Environmental programs who has expressed an interest in improving the environment through waste reduction and conservation.  Faculty from the Environmental programs at UTM will recommend the recipient.