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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!