Shree Mulay Graduate Award in Gender and Women's Studies
Eligibility:
This recruitment award is granted to a graduate student who is enrolling in the Graduate Option in Gender and Women's Studies and exemplifies excellence in scholarship in gender and/or women's studies. This award will be offered based on a consideration of both the applicant's merits and funding needs.
Estimated Value:
$5,000 (1 award of $5000 or 2 awards of $2500)
Nomination Deadline:
March 7th, 2024
Nominations:
Graduate Program Directors are invited to nominate at least one incoming graduate student (MA or PhD) by submitting digitally:
- A brief (500 word maximum) statement describing the student's research plans
- A copy of the student's undergraduate and graduate transcripts
- The student's curriculum vitae
- A note from the Graduate Director or Chair indicating the financial package the department is offering the applicant
- Two or three letters of support from those acquainted with the applicant’s academic record (can be letters of reference submitted with the applicant's graduate application)
For further information, please contact the IGSF Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator at 514-398-3911 ext. 1 or by email at si.yu.li [at] mcgill.ca.
Past recipients
2023
Rabia Salihi - PhD, Political Science, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
Amélie Ducharme - MA, French, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2022
Kit Chokly - PhD, Communication Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
Ash Paré - MA, Social Work, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2021
Erika Kindsfather - PhD, Art History, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
Noemie Tangelo - MA, Communication Studies
2020
Sadie Couture - PhD, Communication Studies
Emma Blackett - PhD, Communication Studies
2019
Lara Balikci - MA, Music Theory, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2018
Benji Nothwehr - MA, Communication Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2017
Ralph Haddad - MA, Islamic Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2016
Jackson Flesher - MA, Musicology, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2015
Rebecca Daviddi - PhD, Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
Sarah Khayutin - PhD, Applied Child Psychology
2014
Ayesha Vemuri – MA, Communication Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies Concentration
2013
Golshan Golriz – PhD, Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies Concentration
Asieh Harati – MA, Art History
2012
Kyle Kaplan - MA, Musicology
Alexandra Ketchum - MA, History and Classics
2011
Kimberly Seida - PhD, Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
Rae Rosenberg - MA, Geography
2010
Samine Tabatabaei - PhD, Art History, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2009
Erin Silver - PhD, Art History, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
Margaret Gillett Graduate Research Awards
This award is granted by the IGSF in honour of Dr. Margaret Gillett, Macdonald Professor of Education at McGill University (retired), who initiated the Women's Studies program at McGill.
Eligibility:
Graduate students, in any McGill department, who are conducting research in Gender and Women's Studies leading to a degree are eligible to apply. Applicants are required to be enrolled in the Graduate Option in Gender and Women’s Studies.
Value:
Total value of $500 for expenses related to a research project, including travel for research purposes, but excluding travel and associated costs for conferences.
Deadline:
April 4th, 2024
Application:
To apply, please send the following materials (in digital format - no hard copies accepted):
- An Applicant's Form (including Project Description and Budget):
Margaret Gillett Application Form - A curriculum vitae highlighting research achievements and awards
- A Recommendation Form submitted by a faculty member acquainted with the applicant's research: Margaret Gillett Recommendation Form
For further information, please contact the Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator of IGSF, at 514-398-3911 ext. 1 or by e-mail at si.yu.li [at] mcgill.ca.
Past recipients
2023
Maya Krishnan - MA, Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2022
Grace Skahan - MA, Education and Society, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2021
Rebekah Hutten - PhD, Music, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2020
Winnie Yang - PhD, Sociology, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2019
Yasmeen Shahzadeh - MA, Education and Society, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2018
Liza Tom - PhD, Communications Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2017
Ayanna Dozier - PhD, Communication Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2016
Milka Nyariro - PhD, Education
2015
Skye Miner - PhD, Sociology
Maria Paz Villar - MA, Sociology
2014
Fadia Bahgat – PhD, Islamic Studies
2013
Cheryl Thompson – PhD, Communication Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies Concentration
2012
Rae Rosenberg - MA, Geography
2011
Frederika Eilers - PhD, Architecture
2010
Hsiao-Ting Huang - PhD, Educational Studies Thesis, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
Kaori Wada - PhD, Counselling Psychology
2009
Julie Moreau - PhD, Political Science
Tara Rodgers - PhD, Communication Studies
Friends Graduate Best Paper Prize in Gender and Women’s Studies
Eligibility:
Awarded to a graduate student who has written the best essay in either WMST 601 or WMST 602 in the current academic year.
Estimated Value:
$1,000.
Deadline:
April 25th, 2024
Nominations and Applications welcome:
Faculty members are invited to nominate eligible students. To nominate an eligible student, please send their name and essay (30 pages maximum) to Si Yu Li by email.
For further information, please contact the Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator of the IGSF, at 514-398-3911 ext. 1 or by e-mail at si.yu.li [at] mcgill.ca.
Past recipients
2023
Kit Chokly - PhD, Communication Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2022
Erika Kindsfather - PhD, Art History, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2021
Sophia Motluk - MA, History, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2020
Caline Nasrallah - MA, Islamic Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
Lea Abi Zeid Daou - PhD, Educational Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2019
Natalia Incio Serra - MA, Educational Leadership, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2018
Emma Flavian - MA, Communication Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2017
Emily Douglas - PhD, Philosophy, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2015
Vanessa Blais-Tremblay - PhD, Music
2014
Jess Dorrance – MA, Art History, Gender and Women’s Studies Concentration
2013
Justin Lutz – MA, Communication Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies Concentration
Lena Palacios – PhD, Educational Studies, Communication Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies Concentration
2012
Alison Fyfe - PhD, Communication Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2011
Cheryl Thompson - PhD, Communication Studies, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
Shiloh Whitney - PhD, Philosophy, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration
2010 (first year prize awarded)
Erin Silver - PhD, Art History, Gender and Women's Studies Concentration