Accolades

Milton Wilson Prize Contents   

• Faculty
• Graduate Students
• Undergraduate Students 

Note: Entries are normally removed six months to one year after the date of posting.

• Congratulations to Alexandra Johnston on being awarded the Order of Canada.

• Terry Robinson on winning the 2018 Ted Cohen Prize from the American Society for Aesthetics (ASA) for her essay "Eighteenth-Century Connoisseurship and the Female Body,” published in Oxford Handbooks Online. Oxford UP. Web. 10 May 2017.

• Heather Murray on being awarded 2018-19 Jackman Humanities Institute Six-Month Faculty Research Fellowship. 

• Katie Larson on being awarded Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars.

• Marlene Goldman on being awarded Canadian National Institute for Blind's Barbara Tuck-MacPhee award.

• Robert McGill on being awarder Robert Kroetsch Teaching Award.

• Sonja Nikkila on being awarded UTSC Teaching Award.

• Rijuta Mehta on being awarded 2017-18 Connaught New Researcher Award.

• Tom Keymer on being elected as Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, for Hilary(Winter) Term 2018-19.

• George Elliot Clarke on being awarded Dalhousie's Lifetime Achievement Award and Trailblazers award from Federation of Black Canadian and Michaelle Jean Foundation.

• Alan Bewell on being awarded 2017 Distinguished Scholar of the Keats/Shelley Association.

• Andrea Charise on being awarded Connaught New Research Fellowship; Jackman Humanities Institute Fellowship n Digital Humanities.

• Thom Dancer on being awarded Connaught New Research Fellowship.

• Cheryl Suzack on being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars , and awarded the Fullbright award and the Margaret Storrs Grierson Fellowship.

• Larry Switzky on being awarded UTM's Robinson Teaching Excellence Award.

• Professor Andrea Most who is this year’s winner of the Northrop Frye Award. This award recognizes the extraordinary ways in which Professor Most combines her cutting-edge research with innovative ways of teaching.

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Graduate Students

We would like to acknowledge and congratulate the following Department of English Graduate students on winning these prestigious scholarships/fellowships/awards in 2021-22:

• Titilola Lucy Aiyegbusi: Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship [Dr. Ranbir Singh Khanna/OGS in Canadian Studies (named OGS award)]; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Sara Ameri Mahabadi: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Andre Roman Babyn: Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Erin Baldwin: Faculty of Arts & Science Top-Up Award; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Kelly Baron: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science SSHRC Doc Top-Up Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doctoral); University of Toronto Fellowship
• Dustin James Batty: Faculty of Arts & Science SSHRC Doc Top-Up Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doctoral); University of Toronto Fellowship
• Sylvanna Louise Davidson Baugh: Faculty of Arts & Science Top (FAST) Doctoral Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship [Thomas and Beverley Simpson/OGS at the Faculty of Arts and Science (named OGS award)]
• Connor Bennett: Faculty of Arts & Science SSHRC CGSD Top-Up Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D); University of Toronto Fellowship
• Daniel Bergman: Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship [Christopher (Chris) Wallis/OGS in the Department of English (named OGS award)]; Cornell School of Criticism & Theory Summer 2022/Department of English recipient; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Grace Bowness:Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Julia Anderson Boyd: Doctoral Completion Award; Pekka K. Sinervo Scholarship
• Gabriel Victor Briex: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Thomas Burns: Department of English Graduate Program Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Anna Maxine Butler-koo: Faculty of Arts & Science Top (FAST) Doctoral Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship [Thomas and Beverley Simpson/OGS at the Faculty of Arts and Science (named OGS award)]; V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
• Joshua Carey: Department of English Graduate Program Award; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Sarah Carruthers: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Akshi Chadha: Adam Penn Gilders Scholarship in Creative Writing; Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship; Henry Biessel Scholarship in Creative Writing
• Arkaprabha Chakraborty: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Yan Kei Charissa Chan: Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Julianna Chianelli: Doctoral Completion Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship [Sep to Dec 2021]
• Bethany Cohen: Shane Baghai Fellowship in English Literature
• Joachim Jacob David Comay-Newman: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Madeline Corradi: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Una Creedon-Carey: Doctoral Completion Award
• Apala Das: Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Molly Rhiannon Dawe: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Ishanthi Dissanayake: Department of English Graduate Program Award; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Kornelia Drianovski: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
• Angela Du: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
• Nicole Dufoe: Ontario Graduate Scholarship [Dorothy Louise Ellison, 4T8/OGS in the Department of English (named OGS award)]
• James Paul Dunnigan: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Jessica Elkaim: Doctoral Completion Award; Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Claire Ellis: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Tatrina Kylie Finlay: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Kate Libbey Foote Frank: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Karl Fritze: Doctoral Completion Award
• Juliann Garisto: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Victoria Glista: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Danyse Andrea Golick: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
• Erin Grant: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Mitchell Gunn: Faculty of Arts & Science Top-Up Award; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Karine Hack: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Professor Linda Munk Graduate Futures Scholarship
• Victor Hainagiu: Faculty of Arts & Science Top-Up Award; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Emily Halliwell-Macdonald: Doctoral Completion Award
• Carson Hammond: Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Graham Hassell: University of Toronto Fellowship (Fall term)
• Sophia Hershfiled: Centre for Jewish Studies Top-Up Admissions Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Elisa Hoard: Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Sarah Elizabeth Howden: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science SSHRC Doc Top-Up Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doctoral); University of Toronto Fellowship
• Jill Hughes: C.B. Farrar International Graduate Scholarship in English; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Tiffany Humble: University of Toronto Fellowship (Fall term)
• Julia Isler: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Mina Ivosev: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Christine Sarah Jacob: Faculty of Arts & Science CGS D Top-Up Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
• Adela Soo-Yeon Jeon: Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Zachary Jones: Faculty of Arts & Science CGS D Top-Up Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
• Farheen Khan: Ontario Graduate Scholarship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Kyle Kinaschuk: Doctoral Completion Award
• Marina Klimenko: Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Anna Kozak: Faculty of Arts & Science SSHRC Doctoral Top-Up Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doctoral); University of Toronto Fellowship
• William Kroeger: Department of English Graduate Program Award; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Lilika Kukiela: Faculty of Arts & Science SSHRC Doc Top-Up Award; Joseph Bazylewicz Fellowship]; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doctoral); University of Toronto Fellowship
• Abby Lacelle: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Emma Lailey: Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Chelsea Bronwynn Latremouille: Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• William Layng: University of Toronto Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Natalie Leduc: Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship [The Toronto Star/OGS in the Faculty of Arts and Science/Department of English (named OGS award)]; University of Toronto Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Dana George Lew: Faculty of Arts & Science OGS Top-Up Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship [Gordon Russell and Beatrice Bott Dow/OGS in the Department of English (named OGS award)]; University of Toronto Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Anna Lewis: C.B. Farrar Graduate Scholarship in English; Frederick Marker PhD Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Wendy Kang Li: Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Iona Lister: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science CGS D Top-Up Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
• Claire Lloyd: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Austin Jerald Long: Canada Graduate Scholarships-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement; Faculty of Arts & Science CGS D Top-Up Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
• Cameron James MacDonald: University of Toronto Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Sarah MacKenzie: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
• Emily Magajna: Department of English Graduate Program Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Quinton Compson Bursary for Graduate Studies in English
• Karl Philip Alexander Manis: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
• Colleen Madeline McDonell: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science SSHRC Doc Top-Up Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doctoral); University of Toronto Fellowship
• Samuel McIntyre: Department of English Graduate Program Award; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Jenna McKellips: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Joseph McLaughlin: Department of English Graduate Program Award; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Dustin Meyer: Connaught International Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Adrianna Grace Michell: University of Toronto Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Isabel Miller: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Fall term)
• Katheryne Morrissette: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science SSHRC Doc Top-Up Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doctoral); University of Toronto Fellowship
• Aesha Paige Nananso: Faculty of Arts & Science CGS D Top-Up Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
• Nicolas Noble: Faculty of Arts & Science Top-Up Award; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Joel Noone: Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Tracy Ann O'Brien: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Alexander O'Connor: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Sanghoon Oh: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Cassandra Ysabelle Olsen: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Sim Wee Ong: Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science Top-Up Award; Mary H. Beatty Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Amanda Oprisan:Department of English Graduate Program Award
• Alexandra Pinkney: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Finlay Pogue: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
• Cobi Powell: Department of English Graduate Program Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Robert Leighton Powell: Doctoral Completion Award
• Tavleen Purewal: Doctoral Completion Award
• Stephanie Irene Redekop: Faculty of Arts & Science CGS D Top-Up Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
• James Regan: Faculty of Arts & Science CGS D Top-Up Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
• Michael Reid: 2021-22 Chancellor Jackman Graduate Fellow in the Humanities
• Colin Rowley: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Ivan Sapp: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Alexander Sarra-Davis: Doctoral Completion Award
• Thomas Sider: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Jasleen Singh: Department of English 2022 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science Top (FAST) Doctoral Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science SSHRC Doctoral Top-Up Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doctoral)
• Laina Southgate: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Brayden Tate: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Brandon Taylor: Faculty of Arts & Science SSHRC Doctoral Top-Up Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doctoral); University of Toronto Fellowship
• Alexander James Campbell Thomas: Faculty of Arts & Science CGS D Top-Up Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
• Philip Edmund Trotter: Faculty of Arts & Science Top-Up Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Kimberley Anne Turk: Shane Baghai Fellowship in English Literature
• Joel William Vaughan: Doctoral Completion Award
• Walter Rafael Ramos Villanueva: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Mirjana Helen Villeneuve: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Aidan Wakely-Mulroney: Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Katherine Elizabeth Walton: Faculty of Arts & Science Top (FAST) Doctoral Fellowship; Faculty of Arts & Science CGS D Top-Up Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
• Laureanne Willems: Connaught International Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Rachel Windsor: Faculty of Arts & Science Top-Up Award; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Zhen Yu (Isabel) Yang: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
• Yangzisu Zhang: C.B. Farrar International Graduate Scholarship in English; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Alison Yusen Zhou: Faculty of Arts & Science Top (FAST) Doctoral Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Isabelle Zhu: University of Toronto Fellowship
• K Zimmer: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
• Alexander Zutt: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English

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Undergraduate Students

For information on the Undergraduate Scholarships and Awards, please click here.

The Department is proud to present our 2020-21 English prize winners: