Awards & Honours

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David J. Hollomby Award for Outstanding Oral Abstract Presentation* (2019). Centre for Education Research and Innovation. Awarded to the best oral presentation at CERI’s annual research symposium. $100. *Competitive

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship* (2018). University of Western Ontario. Awarded to doctoral students showing a high standard of scholarly achievement in undergraduate and graduate studies and promising research potential. $105,000. *Competitive

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)* (2018). University of Western Ontario.Awarded to graduate students who display a high standard in their undergraduate and graduate academic achievement and output within their program. $15,000. *Competitive, declined

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Community Support (ICS) Travel Award* (2018). University of Western Ontario. Awarded to doctoral students within Canada who are travelling to academic conferences to present research; winners are ranked highly for academic achievement, alignment with CIHR’s Institutes, and relevance to academic development. $1000. *Competitive

Graduate Gold Medal for Academic Excellence* (2016). Wilfrid Laurier University. Awarded to one Master’s student recommended by their department and selected by the WLU Graduate Awards Committee. Award can only be granted if the candidate has: minimum GPA of 10.5 in course work, a minimum of A- in any course, and the examination committee considers thesis work to be outstanding. *Competitive

Valedictorian (2014). McMaster University. One of two valedictorians of the Faculty of Science Class of 2014, consisting of over 1200 graduates.