Accolades

 Contents   

• Faculty
• Graduate Students
• Undergraduate Students 

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

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Faculty

Congratulations to:

• Congratulations to 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 awards in 2015-16 (Aug. '15): 

• David Adkins: V.A. DeLuca Memorial Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship
• Unita Ahdifard: Faculty of Arts and Science Alumni & Friends Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Matthew Isaac Dey Allen:"Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Robin Anderson: Ruth E. and Harry E. Carter/Ontario Graduate Scholarship in the Faculty of Arts and Science; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Grant Bellamy: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Janie Beriault: University of Toronto Fellowship; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Nicole Birch-Bayley: University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Arlynda Boyer: University of Toronto Fellowship; Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship
• Alyson Irene Brickey: University of Toronto Fellowship; Chancellor Jackman Graduate Student Fellowship in the Humanities
• Stephen Brown: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Christine Choi: 2015-16 Faculty of Arts & Science/Department of English Graduate Student Travel Award
• Julia Cooper: University of Toronto Fellowship; Department winner of the Cornell School of Criticism & Theory 2015 Summer competition
• Taylor Amy Cote: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award
• Heidi Craig: Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC); University of Toronto
  Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English; Huntington Library Francis Bacon Foundation Fellowship (Winter 2016)
• Cristina D'Amico: Gordon Russell and Beatrice Bott Dow/Ontario Graduate Scholarship in the Department of English; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award; 2015-16 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in English
• Adam Dias: Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Philip Dickinson: 2014-15 A.S.P. Woodhouse Prize
• Daniel Direkoglu: Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Aaron James Donachuk: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Michael Anthony Donnelly: Doctoral Completion Award
• Veronica Noelle Doran: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
• Angela Du: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; Mary H. Beatty Fellowship
• Laura Dunbar: Doctoral Completion Award
• Claire Duncan: Ruth E. and Harry E. Carter/Ontario Graduate Scholarship in the Faculty of Arts and Science; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award; 2015-16 Faculty of Arts & Science/Department of English Graduate Student Travel Award
• Jeffrey Espie: The Toronto Star/Ontario Graduate Scholarship in the Faculty of Arts and Science/Department of English; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• John Estabillo: University of Toronto Fellowship; 2015-16 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in English
• Lawrence Isaac Evalyn: “Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award”
• Joel Faber: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Margeaux Feldman: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Heather Fitzsimmons Frey (Drama Centre): 2014-15 Clifford Leech Prize
• Catherine Fleming: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Norah Franklin: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Karl Fritze: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Katarina Galat: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
• Rohan Ghatage: University of Toronto Fellowship; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Kimberley Griffiths: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Elissa Gurman: University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• James Hahn: Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Canadian Studies; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Janine Harper: Thomas and Beverley Simpson/Ontario Graduate Scholarship at the Faculty of Arts and Science; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Megan Laurel Harris: Doctoral Completion Award
• Paul Harrison: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Graham Alan Hassell: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award; John W. Spitzer Scholarship
• Scott Herder: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Caroline Holland: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Evangeline Holtz: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Jordan Howie: University of Toronto Fellowship
• James Irwin: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
• Emily Iszak: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
• Henry Ivry: University of Toronto Fellowship; Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship; John W. Spitzer Scholarship
• James William (Billy) Johnson: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award; C. David Naylor University Fellowship
• Owen Kane: Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Kaelyn Kaoma: Doctoral Completion Award; New College Senior Doctoral Fellowship
• Max Karpinski: University of Toronto Fellowship; John W. Spitzer Scholarship
• Deni Kasa: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Sharon Kashani: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Samuel Kaufman: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
• Erica Jean Keating: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
• Christopher Kelleher: University of Toronto Fellowship; Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship; 2016 Book History & Print Culture Printing Apprentice; 2015-16 Faculty of Arts & Science/Department of English Graduate Student Travel Award 
• Daniel Kennedy: Dorothy Louise Ellison, 4T8/Ontario Graduate Scholarship in the Department of English; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Jonathan Kerr: Doctoral Completion Award; 2015-16 Faculty of Arts & Science/Department of English Graduate Student Travel Award
• Niyosha Keyzad: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Kyle Kinaschuk: Dr. Ranbir Singh Khanna/Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Canadian Studies; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; C.B. Farrar Graduate Scholarship in English
• Stefan Krecsy: Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Joanna Krongold: Thomas and Beverley Simpson/Ontario Graduate Scholarship at the Faculty of Arts and Science; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Esther Lee: Ontario Graduate Scholarship; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Timothy Lem-Smith: Thomas and Beverley Simpson/Ontario Graduate Scholarship at the Faculty of Arts and Science; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Julia Lewis: Ontario Graduate Scholarship; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Veronica Litt: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award
• Jordana Lobo-Pires: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Prathna Lor: 2015-16 Faculty of Arts and Science/Department of English Graduate Student Travel Award
• Norman Mack: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Katherine Magyarody: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Elizabeth Martin: Doctoral Completion Award
• Lindsay Nicole Mason : Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Sean Alexander McPhail: University of Toronto Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Ashley Morford: University of Toronto Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English; Shane Baghai Fellowship in English Literature
• Kyle Murdock: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award
• Nathan Murray: University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Noor Naga: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award
• Illya Nokhrin: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Miriam Novick: 2015-16 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in English
• Kieran Elise O'Brien: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship; 2015-16 Adam Penn Gilders Scholarship in Creative Writing
• Shannon Paulette Eve Page: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
• Olivia Pellegrino: University of Toronto Fellowship; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English
• Erin Piotrowski: 2015-16 Faculty of Arts & Science/Department of English Graduate Student Travel Award
• Celine Pitre: Doctoral Completion Award
• Julie Prior: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Rudrapriya Rathore: Avie Bennett Emerging Writers Scholarship
• Talia Regan: Doctoral Completion Award
• Noa Reich: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Matthew Risling: Doctoral Completion Award
• Kimberly Rodda: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award
• Jacqueline Rothstein: Doctoral Completion Award
• Dimitri Russell Pascaluta: Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Philip Sayers: V.A. DeLuca Memorial Fellowship; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department winner of the Cornell School of Theory & Criticism 2016 Summer competition
• Melanie Simoes Santos: Christopher (Chris) Wallis/Ontario Graduate Scholarship in the Department of English; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award
• Stephanie Southmayd: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Ryan Stafford: University of Toronto Fellowship; Scace Graduate Fellowship
• Sarah Star: University of Toronto Fellowship
• Neil Edwin Surkan: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award
• Elisa Maria Tersigni: Doctoral Completion Award; 2015-16 Faculty of Arts & Science/Department of English Graduate Student Travel Award (Research)
• Joseph Thomas: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award
• Adrienne Todd: 2015-16 Faculty of Arts & Science/Department of English Graduate Student Travel Award
• Hayley Toivanen: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award; Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award
• Adam Underwood: John W. Spitzer Scholarship
• Joel William Vaughan: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award; Faculty of Arts and Science Graduate Admissions Award; 2016 Book History & Print Culture Printing Apprentice
• Kathryn Walsh Kuitenbrouwer: Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award Denis Yarow: Doctoral Completion Award
• Yoam Yoreh: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award; University of Toronto Fellowship; Department of English Award

 

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Undergraduate Students

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

The Department is proud to present our 2015-16 English prize winners:

• Aikins Scholarship in English: Amritpal Singh
• Jane Austen Society of North America - Toronto Chapter Scholarship: Rhianna Jackson-Kelso
  
• Avie Bennett Prize in Canadian Literature: Janice To
• Beverley Beetham Endersby Prize: Vanessa Snyder-Penner
  
• Department of English Book Prize: Edward Sakowsky
• Department of English Prize: Edward Sakowsky
• C.B. Farrar Undergraduate Scholarship in English:
• John King Scholarship in English Language and Literature: Edward Sakowsky
• Winston and Stephanie Ling Award in English: 
• Glen Mawr Old Girls' Association Scholarship in English: Lana El Sanyoura
• Lucy Ingram Morgan Gold Medal in English: 
• Walter A. O'Grady Undergraduate Scholarship in Eighteenth-Century English Literature: Lisa Monozlai
• Walter A. O'Grady Undergraduate Scholarship in English: Edward Sakowsky
• E.J. Pratt Medal in Poetry: Adam Nickerson
  
• Elinore Siminovitch Memorial Bursary: Jacquelyn Laurenda
• Elinore Siminovitch Memorial Prize: Andrea Davidson
• John W. Spitzer Scholarships: Sara Bolourchian, Monica Brewer, Fay Lin, Lu (Lucy) Tang
  
• Anne Tanenbaum Scholarship in English Literature (Second Year): Kristen Zimmer
• Anne Tanenbaum Scholarship in English Literature (Third Year): 
• Christopher Wallis Undergraduate Scholarship in English:
  
• Milton Wilson Prize: Luca Bellisario

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

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