Each year the Faculty of Social Sciences honours and recognizes excellent students who are making a difference in the world.
Undergraduate students who attend UVic in the regular winter session are eligible for a number of awards made available through contributions from corporate and individual donors as well as from the university operating budget. These are called in-course scholarships.
You don't have to apply for these scholarships and medals; they are assigned on the basis of merit or on nomination by the department.
Awarded to academically outstanding Aboriginal graduate or undergraduate students in the Department of Economics. If there are no eligible graduate students then the scholarship will be awarded to Aboriginal undergraduate students in the Department of Economics.
2019 winner: Katherine Fairley
Previous Aboriginal Scholarship winners
2018: Katherine Fairley
2017: Maya Kryzan
2016: Maya Kryzan
2015: Megan Dorrington
2014: Maya Kryzan
2013: Maya Kryzan
2012: Bailey Quinn
2011: Taylor Nadon
2010: Taylor Nadon
Academic excellence in the study of Canadian public policy
2023 winner: Ben Fridriksson
Previous winners of Colin Jones Prize in Canadian Public Policy
2022: Sina Seyed Ali
2021: Jack Forgrave & Aidan Ormond
2020: Taylor Epp
2019: Maryjane Brown
2018: Jacob Dolinar
2017: Thomas Kempster
2016: Jonathan French
2015: Shawn Treleaven
2014: Ryan Luther
2013: Sam Agassiz
2012: Iain Bailey
2011: Colin Phippard
2010: Peter Drag
2009: Laura Johnson
Awarded to an academically outstanding 3rd or 4th year student in the BA or BSc in economics with major or honours in the Finance Option, or in the BSc in Financial Mathematics and Economics major
2020 winner: Zehan Zheng
Previous Dana Kingstone Scholarship winners
2019: Alyssa Russell
2018: Hayden Ford
2017: Cai Wei
2016: Armon Alamolhoda
2015: Katerina Gribbin
2014: Craig Logan
2013: Carolyn Tsao
2012: Darrin De Stephanis
2011: Elena Szefer
2010: Jody Kositsky
2009: Thomas Thorn
Awarded to a 3rd or 4th year student in economics studying Canadian economic history
2022 winner: Thomas Magdall
Previous Dr. Gordon Bertram Memorial Scholarship winners
2021: Yikai Xu
2020: Ariel Zhang
2019: David Weaver
2018: Brooklynn Trimble
2017: Kurtis Doerksen
2016: Jonathan French
2015: Sydney McIvor
2014: Lewis Gowriluk
2013: Brodan Munro
2012: James Flowers
2011: Red Laviste
2010: Michael Mcleod
2009: Beau Murphy
Awarded to a student entering year four of a major or honours BSc in economics, based on academic performance in courses that fulfill the statistics requirements
2021 winner: Tessa Peer
Previous Dr. Leo Bakony Memorial Scholarship winners
2020: Sean Wilson
2019: Jamie Emery
2018: Ryan Scott
2017: Rai Goyal, Wenjun Yang
2016: Armon Alamolhoda
2015: Alexander Lam
2014: Katarina Hedler
2013: Rui Zhu
2012: Brett Johnston
2011: Scotland Bell
2010: Timothy Gaw
2009: Danni Li
Best academic performance in 4th year economics courses, awarded to a student who has completed the degree requirements for a major or honours BA or BSc in economics
2023 winner: Catalina Torres Vanegas
Previous Economics Alumni Undergraduate Scholarship winners
2022: Sean Wilson
2021: Samuel Seshadri
2020: Jamie Emery
2019: Nicole Bruce
2018: Emma Kinakin
2017: Armon Alamolhoda
2016: Alexander Lam
2015: Carolyn Tsao
2014: Rachel Lott
Awarded for proficiency in money and banking
2022 winners: Thomas Magdall and James Te
Previous George Hamilton Harman Memorial Scholarship winners
2021: Dylan Luscombe, Qi Tan
2020: Matthew Marcoux, Samuel Seshadri
2019: Matreya Fedor, David Weaver
2018: Claire Neale, Yao Kun
2017: Barnabas Ney, Hye-Sung Oh
2016: Amrit Hayer, Kolding Larson
2015: Alexander Lam, Adam McKenna
2014:Alexander Amstutz, Samuel Kerr, Galym Moldagulov
2013: Kimberly Newsome
2012: Monica Mow, Torunn Williamson
2011: Liyuan Ren, Elena Szefer
2010: Amanda Dargan, Trevor Schoeber
2009: Nouri Najjar, Selina Gonzalez
Awarded to academically outstanding 4th year student(s) in the Department of Economics or Faculty of Business who intend to pursue a career as a Chartered Accountant
2022 winners: Shelbi Richard and Nicola Cech
Previous Harold G. Craven Scholarship winners
2021: Kate Martens, Chenyang Xia, Cole Villani, Sabina Hio Tung Leong, Giang Tran
2020: Kievan Hengst, Haoyue Hu, Kate Martens, Alyssa Russell, Yuanyuan Wu
2019: Jamie Emery, Matreya Fedor, Jinghong Wu
2018: Zhihang Long, Katherine Fairley, Claire Neale, Deaglan Jakob, Mehdi Aminialiabadi
2017: Wenjun Yang
2016: Kening Chen
2015: Shawn Treleaven
2014: Zhiyu Gong
2013: Kimberly Newsome
2012: Anthony Linton
2011: Red Laviste, Angela Pineda
Awarded to eligible undergraduate students (full-time third or fourth-year students) who are in excellent academic standing; recipients undertake resarch under the mentorship and guidance of a faculty member and present her/his research at the annual JCURA Research Fair
2022-23 winners: Sean Smith
Previous JCURA winners
2021-22: Linnea Dalvi, Gina Tran, Sean Wilson, Xu Yikai
2020-21: Jon loeppky, Aidan Ormond, Alyssa Russell, Samuel Seshadri
2019-20: Jamie Emery, Daniel Lake, Seyed Sina Seyed-Ali, William Thomas, Anke Wang
2018-19: Mackenzie Cumberland, Hector Demarco, Bruna Kopik, Maxwell Nicholson, Brooklynn Trimble, Jitong (Jeff) Yang
2017-18: Jacob Dolinar, Luke Frymire, Emma Kinakin, Jingqing Liu, Benjamin Lukenchuk, Kimberly Webber
2016-17: Armon Alamolhoda, Juan Pablo Mendez Campos, Adam McKenna, Alyssa Savage
2015-16: Robert Keel, Alexander Lam, Sydney McIvor, Colin Scarffe
2014-15: Maya Kryzan, Craig Logan, Carolyn Tsao
2013-14: Qinlu (Louisa) Chen, Nicholas Garmulewicz, Rachel Lott, Zoey Verdun
2012-13: Dania Clarke, Man Wan Lai, Monica Mow, Derrick Persson
2011-12: Matthew Agbay, Alisha Chicoine, Brad Hackinen, Samantha Taylor
2010-11: Laurie Kan, Andrew Mollard, John Sim
2009-10: Andrew Usher
Most outstanding economics honours thesis
2023 winner: Carmen Whiteway
Previous winners of Kenneth L. Avio Honours Prize
2022: Maryjane Brown
2021: Alyssa Russell
2020: Jamie Emery
2019: Brooklynn Trimble
2018: Emma Kinakin
2017: Armon Alamolhoda, Alyssa Savage
2016: Alexander Lam
2015: Patrick Musgrave
2014: Nicholas Garmulewicz
2013: Dania Clarke
2012: Brad Hackinen
2011: Laurie Kan, Andrew Mollard
2010: Nouri Najjar
2009: Hanyue Zhang, Travers Child
Academic excellence in the study of environmental economics
2023 winner: Haiyang Ma
Previous winners of Leonard Laudadio Prize in Environmental Economics
2022: Alyssa Russell
2021: Chuwei Zhang
2020: Alyssa Russell
2019: William Thomas
2018: Luke Frymire
2017: Emma Kinakin
2016: Lise Braaten
2015: Tianyang Zhang
2014: Emma Kinakin
2013: Christopher Mack
2012: Samson Rombough
2011: Brad Hackinen
2010: Kathleen Hodges
2009: Duncan Kennedy
One or more awards are given to women students entering third or fourth year in the Department of Economics who have completed at least one Co-op term.
2022 winner: Tessa Peer and Cassidy Wilton
Previous winners of the Nancy Margaret South Memorial Award
2021: Shelbi Richard, Catalina Torres Vanegas, Cassidy Wilton
