Each spring, as the academic year draws to a close, Mount Saint Vincent University hosts a special awards event to celebrate students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement. The 2023 student academic award winners have all achieved excellence in their respective fields of study, exemplifying the talent, hard work, and dedication that define the MSVU community.

We congratulate the 2023 Academic Award Recipients and wish them all the best in their future endeavours – whether continued academic endeavours or beyond!

ALUMNI-SPONSORED AWARDS

Sister Marie Agnes Prize in English

Michael Gillis

Dr. Mary Schoeneberger Education Prize

Dillon Hughson

Sister Rose Celestine Prize for French

Chloë MacAulay

Dr. Patrick O’Neill Award in Public Speaking

Emily Brown

Sister Francis d’Assisi Prize in History

Lucinda Higgins

Sister Francis deSales Endowed Research Award

Sarah Haggett

Julia Strickey, Sophia Jihye Hong, and Fei Xie receiving the Mount Co-op Students of the Year award

MOUNT CO-OP STUDENTS OF THE YEAR

Business Administration

Julia Strickey

Tourism and Hospitality Management

Fei Xie

Public Relations

Sophia Jihye Hong

APPLIED HUMAN NUTRITION

Alleyne Murphy Undergraduate Award

Lauren Hawthorne

Frances Malloy Award in Applied Human Nutrition

Megan White

Community Service Awards

Gabrielle Côté

Kaitlyn Zajdlik

A student walking to the stage to receive an award

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, TOURISM, AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT

Department of Business and Tourism Leadership Award

Peter Hradisky

Business and Tourism International Student of the Year

Presented to Wei (Winny) Liang

Bob Bagg Award for Excellence in Management Education

Marc MacKenzie

CHILD AND YOUTH STUDY

Award for Academic Excellence

Cheyenne Hardy

Cheyenne Hardy Receiving the Child and Youth Award for Academic Excellence

Lindsey Cousineau Award

Milena Pimentel

Business and Tourism International Student of the Year

Wei (Winny) Liang

ECONOMICS, POLITICAL & CANADIAN STUDIES, AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES

Dr. Larry Fisk Award Book Prize

Michael Gillis

Andrea M & Charles R Bronfman Award & Marial Mosher Canadian Studies Award

Morgan Hussey

Dr. R.P. Seth Book Prize in Economics

April Fletcher

Dr. Nargess Kayhani Award in Public Policy Studies

Aaron O’Connor

COMMUNICATION STUDIES

David Bell Memorial Endowed Award in Communication Studies

Emma McCluskey

ENGLISH

Beryl Rowland Book Prize in English

Ariel MacKinnon

English Department Literary Prizes

Hayley Bone

Sophia Godsoe

FAMILY STUDIES AND GERONTOLOGY

McGrath-Baird Prize in Gerontology

Stephanie Rafuse Veinotte

LIBRARY

Library Undergraduate Research Award

Suwela Paim Vassoa

WOMEN’S STUDIES

Certificate of Outstanding Performance in Women’s Studies 1110

Robyn Black

PSYCHOLOGY

Pauline A. Jones Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Darean McCormick

EDUCATION

Michael and Madeleine Merrigan Memorial Award in Education

Jennifer McCann