2021-22 Historical Studies Award Recipients

On behalf of the Department of Historical Studies and the Historical Studies Awards Committee, we are very proud to congratulate our 2021-22 Awardees on their important achievements! We thank all our students, teaching assistants, and instructors for their contributions to the Department of Historical Studies.

2021-22 Department of Historical Studies Award Recipients:

Ida and Sam Aster Memorial Award in Historical Studies - Adrian Jaime

History Emerti Award - Nihal Naqvi

The Desmond Morton Book Prize - Jack Bennett

The R.E.A. Morton Prize - Ryan Bagley

The Hans-Georg Neumann Scholarship - Tatiana Rios

Hugh Smith Scholarship in Canadian History - Kayla Bowland

The McNab Scholarship in Religious Studies (Erindale) - Hammad Syed

Historical Studies Graduate School Transition Award - Omar El Sharkawy

Historical Studies Creative Activity Award - Harleen Kundan & Loridee De Villa

Historical Studies Best Paper Award - Jehuda Tjahjadi

Historical Studies Classical Civilization Merit Award - Angela Campbell

Classical Civilization Research and Study Grant - Lillie Nadeau & Andrew Wang

WGS Student of the Year/ UTM Study of Women and Gender Program Award - Trishanny Rhoden

Women and Gender Studies Prize - Brittney Arase

Historical Studies Teaching Assistant Award - Zeinab Farokhi

Historical Studies Teaching Award (Faculty) - Chris Petrakos

Historical Studies Teaching Award (Sessional) - Eriks Bredovskis

Additionally, students from our programs were UTM Undergraduate award recipients.

Outstanding Program Performance – 2021-22 UTM Dean’s Office Undergraduate Student Awards:

Founders Gold Medal – Esme Newling

E.A. Robinson Medal – Jehuda Tjahjadi

Best Student – Historical Studies – Cassandra Bobbis

UTM Student Leadership Awards 2022:

UTM Student Leadership Award in Equity and Inclusion – Carae Henry

Principal’s Award of Excellence in Student Leadership Award – Wafika Thoba