Accolades

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Undergraduate Students

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Faculty

Congratulations to:

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.

Graduate Students

We would like to acknowledge and congratulate the following Department of English Graduate students on winning these prestigious scholarships/awards in 2019-20:

Andalah Ali: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
Ayaan Ali: SGS Master's Completion Bursary (Winter 2020)
Sara Ameri Mahabadi: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Robin Anderson: Doctoral Completion Award
Andre Roman Babyn: Department of English Award; Graduate Student Travel Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Erin Baldwin: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; Graduate Student Travel Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Dustin James Batty: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Luca Bellisario: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Connor Bennett: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Daniel Bergman: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Gianluca Rino Bertoia: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
Nicole Birch-Bayley: Doctoral Completion Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Julia Anderson Boyd: Department of English Award; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Thomas and Beverley Simpson/OGS at the Faculty of Arts and Science); University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award; V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
Arlynda Boyer: Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship; Doctoral Completion Award; Mary H. Beatty Fellowship; V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
Gabriel Victor Briex: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Anna Maxine Butler-Koo: Dr. Sanjib Mukherjee Scholarship in English Literature; Quinton Compson Bursary for Graduate Studies in English; V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
Yan Kei Charissa Chan: Department of English Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship (The Toronto Star/OGS in the Faculty of Arts and Science/Department of English); University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Clara Chang: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Julianna Chianelli: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Caroline Elizabeth Colantonio: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
Sarah Cole: Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship; Department of English Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship
Taylor Amy Cote: Doctoral Completion Award; V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
Una Creedon-Carey: Department of English Award; Mary H. Beatty Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Apala Das: Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship; Department of English Award; Graduate Student Travel Award; Mary H. Beatty Fellowship; Massey College School of Graduate Studies Bursary; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Emma Davies: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
Molly Rhiannon Dawe: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Erin Della Mattia: Department of English Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Daniel Direkoglu: Graduate Student Travel Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Angela Du: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Nicole Dufoe: Department of English Award; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doc); University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Jessica Elkaim: Department of English Award; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Daniel Chadwick Etigson: Faculty of Arts & Science Top (FAST) Doctoral Fellowship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Lawrence Isaac Evalyn: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Brendan Michael Fossella: V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
Kate Libbey Foote Frank: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Karl Fritze: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Rohan Ghatage: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Danyse Andrea Golick: 2019-20 Outstanding TA Award in the Department of English; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Christopher Gouin: Department of English Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Dorothy Louise Ellison, 4T8/OGS in the Department of English); University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Mitchell Gunn: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Tyler Hache: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
Victor Hainagiu: Department of English Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Emily Halliwell-Macdonald: Department of English Award; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Gordon Russell and Beatrice Bott Dow/OGS in the Department of English); University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Ira Halpern: Department of English Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Thomas and Beverley Simpson/OGS at the Faculty of Arts and Science); University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Carson Hammond: Graduate Student Travel Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Graham Hassell: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Julia Henderson: V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
Sarah Elizabeth Howden: Department of English Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doc); University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Jordan Howie: Doctoral Completion Award; V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
Brittney Nicole Hubley: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
Tiffany Humble: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Julia Isler: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Christine Sarah Jacob: Arts and Science Doctoral Recruitment Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
James William (Billy) Johnson: Department of English Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS in Canadian Studies); University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Zachary Jones: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; Frederick Marker PhD Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Max Karpinski: Doctoral Completion Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Daniel Kennedy: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Kyle Kinaschuk: Department of English Award; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Thomas and Beverley Simpson/OGS at the Faculty of Arts and Science); University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Marina Klimenko: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
Maxwell David Koyama: Adam Penn Gilders Scholarship in Creative Writing; Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship; Centre for Jewish Studies Top Up Admissions Award; Department of English Creative Writing Scholarship
Anna Kozak: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Stefan Krecsy: Doctoral Completion Award; Graduate Student Travel Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Lilika Loki Kukiela: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; Graduate Student Travel Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Chelsea Bronwynn Latremouille: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Carine Lee: Quinton Compson Bursary for Graduate Studies in English
Timothy Lem-Smith: Graduate Student Travel Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Dana George Lew: Graduate Student Travel Award; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Fay Yufei Lin: Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Iona Lister: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Austin Jerald Long: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; Department of English Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doc)
Karl Philip Alexander Manis: 2019-20 Outstanding TA Award in the Department of English; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Chelsea Matson: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Shane Baghai Fellowship in English Literature
Julia Mattison: Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Graduate Student Travel Award; Connaught International Scholarship
Colleen Madeline Mcdonell: Graduate Student Travel Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Riley McGuire: Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Jenna Mckellips: C.B. Farrar International Graduate Scholarship in English; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Sean Alexander McPhail: Department of English Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doc): University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Dustin Meyer: Connaught International Scholarship
Ashley Morford: Department of English Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doc)
Katheryne Morrissette: Department of English Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doc); University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Jacob Roy Morrow: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
Kyle Murdock: Doctoral Completion Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Aesha Paige Nananso: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; Arts and Science Recognition of Excellence Award; Graduate Student Travel Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Nicolas Noble: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Stuart Oakes: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Tracy Ann O'Brien: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Alexander O'Connor: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Cassandra Ysabelle Olsen: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Sim Wee Ong: Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Olivia Pellegrino: Department of English Award (fall term); Ontario Graduate Scholarship (fall term); University of Toronto Fellowship (fall term)
Robert Leighton Powell: Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Julie Prior: Teaching Assistants' Training Program (TATP) TA Teaching Excellence Award; The Camilla (Cavanagh) O'Connor Doctoral Conference/Research Travel Bursary; Department of English Award; Graduate Student Travel Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doc); Univesity of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Tavleen Purewal: Department of English Award; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Dr. Ranbir Singh Khanna/OGS in Canadian Studies); University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Shane Radke: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
Stephanie Irene Redekop: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D); Canada Graduate Scholarships-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
James Regan: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M); The Frances Joan Lambier Scholarship (Victoria College)
Michael Reid: 2019-20 Outstanding TA Award in the Department of English; Brian Corman Graduate Prize; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Colin James Rowley: Department of English Award; Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Adina Samuels: Centre for Jewish Studies Top Up Admissions Award; V.A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship (OSOTF)
Ivan Sapp: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Alexander Sarra-Davis: Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Graduate Student Travel Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Katherine Shwetz: Graduate Student Travel Award
Melanie Simoes Santos: Doctoral Completion Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Jasleen Singh: Department of English Award; Faculty of Arts & Science Top (FAST) Doctoral Fellowship; Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Christopher [Chris] Wallis/OGS in the Department of English)
Amritpal Singh: Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Barbara Hannah Skrypnyk: Ontario Graduate Scholarship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Laina Southgate: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Ryan Stafford: Doctoral Completion Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Anna Julia Stainsby: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
Hillary Rose Sunberg: Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Brandon Taylor: Department of English Award; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doc); University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Alexander Thomas: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Kara Toews: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
Nicholas Domenic Tostowaryk: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Christina Turner: Doctoral Completion Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
Joel William Vaughan: Department of English Award; Department of English 2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (SSHRC Doc); University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Walter Rafael Ramos Villanueva: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Katherine Elizabeth Walton: Faculty of Arts & Science Top (FAST) Doctoral Fellowship; Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D)
Xing Yan Wang: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
Alexandra (Aley) Waterman: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (CGS M)
Jordan Day Weir: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
Kelly Whitehead: University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Rachel Windsor: Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship Top-Up Award
Yoam Yoreh: Doctoral Completion Award; 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 2018-19 English prize winners:

Aikins Scholarship in English: Olivia Anderson-Clarke
Jane Austen Society of North America - Toronto Chapter Scholarship: Leyland Rochester
Avie Bennett Prize in Canadian Literature: Hyeonji Kim
Beverley Beetham Endersby Prize: Amritpal Singh
Department of English Book Prize: Samantha Santoro
Department of English Prize: Leah Duarte
C.B. Farrar Undergraduate Scholarship in English: Marina Klimenko
John King Scholarship in English Language and Literature: Leah Duarte
Winston and Stephanie Ling Award in English: Fatma Shahin
Dr. Arnold W. and Edna M. Macpherson Memorial Scholarship: Samantha Santoro
Glen Mawr Old Girls' Association Scholarship in English: Jean Kim
Walter A. O'Grady Undergraduate Scholarship in Eighteenth-Century English Literature: Usman Malik
Walter A. O'Grady Undergraduate Scholarship in English: David Shultz
Elinore Siminovitch Memorial Bursary: Meg Jianing Zhang
Elinore Siminovitch Memorial Prize: Leah Duarte
John W. Spitzer Scholarships: Jacob Harron, Marina Klimenko, Isabel Miller, James Regan, Rachael Tu
Anne Tanenbaum Scholarship in English Literature (Second Year): David Shultz
Anne Tanenbaum Scholarship in English Literature (Third Year): Nathaniel Crocker
Christopher Wallis Undergraduate Scholarship in English: Fatma Shahin
Milton Wilson Prize: Mikaela Kennedy

Note: Names are withheld until the winners confirm that we may post them.

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