Congratulations to the 2024–2025 Student Awards Recipients
On behalf of the Department of Historical Studies and the Historical Studies Awards Committee, we are very proud to announce our 2024–25 Awardees and congratulate them for their important achievements!
2024–25 Department of Historical Studies Award Recipients:
Ida and Sam Aster Memorial Award in Historical Studies – Chad Hagel
History Emeriti Award – Xin Wren Shan
The Desmond Morton Book Prize – Lucas Macinnis
The R.E.A. Morton Prize – Xin Wren Shan
The Hans-Georg Neumann Scholarship – Gordon Mangione
Hugh Smith Scholarship in Canadian History – Alexander Smith
The McNab Scholarship in Religious Studies (Erindale) – Maaz Ahtesham
Historical Studies Graduate School Transition Award – Adrian Jaime
Historical Studies Creative Activity Award – Xena Afana
Historical Studies Best Paper Award – Yassin Barour
Historical Studies Classical Civilization Merit Award – Chad Hagel
Classical Civilization Research and Study Grant – Samuel Kamalendran & Emily Phillips
WGS Student of the Year/ UTM Study of Women and Gender Program Award – Jiaming He
Women and Gender Studies Prize – Monisola Ajetunmobi
Historical Studies Teaching Assistant Award – Lisa Cruikshank
Historical Studies Teaching Award (Sessional) – Mohannad Abusarah
2024–25 UTM Awards:
Additionally, students from our programs received UTM Undergraduate awards.
Dean’s Excellence Award in Creative Activity – Sierra Pearce
Founders Gold Medal – Leena Saleh
Outstanding Program Performance in Historical Studies – Adrian Jaime
We thank all our students, teaching assistants, and instructors, for their contributions this past academic year. Congratulations to all!