GRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE
_In 2004, the association introduced a graduate and undergraduate essay
competition. The graduate essay competition is open to graduate students
in Women’s and Gender Studies graduate courses, Women’s and Gender Studies graduate programs,
and Women’s and Gender Studies streams in Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs -
with preference given to graduate students in Women’s and Gender Studies graduate
programs/courses. Essays are anonymously reviewed by a committee of
approximately 3-5 people, and assessed using the following criteria:
Winners receive a monetary prize of $100.00, a complimentary one-year membership to the association, and are invited to read their papers during the Awards ceremony at the annual conference (up to $500.00 is available to help defray travel costs). Honorable mention receives a monetary prize of $50.00.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for 2013 COMPETITION
The call for nominations is now available, in English and French. Please note the new period of eligibility.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2011-12: Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
First Place Essay Prize
not awarded this year
2010-11: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
First Place Essay Prize
Alex Rowlson, “’Negotiated Nuptials’: A Transnational Analysis of the International Marriage Broker Industry and the Russian ‘Mail-Order Bride’” (Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Toronto).
2009-10: Concordia University, Montreal, QC
First Place Essay Prize
Katherine Mazurok, “The Metaphoric Middle (Im)Passage: Beauty and National L/Anguish” (Queen's University)
2008-09: Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
First Place Essay Prize
not awarded this year
2007-08: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
First Place Essay Prize
Sonja Boon, "Last Rites, Last Rights: Corporeal Abjection as Autobiographical Performance in Suzanne Curchod Necker's Des inhumations précipitées (1790)" (Simon Fraser University; now at Memorial University)
2006-07: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
First Place Essay Prize
not awarded this year
2005-06: York University
First Place Essay Prize
Tina Virmani, "Gender, Nationalism, and the Regulation of Globalization in India" (York University)
2004-5: University of Western Ontario, London, ON
First Place Essay Prize
Katie Larsen, "Emancipatory Strategies: Using Postmodernism and Standpoint Theory to Redefine Feminist Methodology" (University of Toronto)
- Was a relevant argument set out in the paper? If so, was the argument fully developed throughout the paper?
- Were other studies/reports/research referred to? In other words, was there a detailed analysis conducted on the issue?
- Was this paper unique in some way? Was there any evidence of originality/creativity?
- Was the writing style at an acceptable level? Were there any grammatical errors or spelling errors? Did the paper flow?
- Did I learn something from reading this paper?
- Was this paper relevant to Women’s and Gender Studies?
Winners receive a monetary prize of $100.00, a complimentary one-year membership to the association, and are invited to read their papers during the Awards ceremony at the annual conference (up to $500.00 is available to help defray travel costs). Honorable mention receives a monetary prize of $50.00.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for 2013 COMPETITION
The call for nominations is now available, in English and French. Please note the new period of eligibility.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2011-12: Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
First Place Essay Prize
not awarded this year
2010-11: University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
First Place Essay Prize
Alex Rowlson, “’Negotiated Nuptials’: A Transnational Analysis of the International Marriage Broker Industry and the Russian ‘Mail-Order Bride’” (Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Toronto).
2009-10: Concordia University, Montreal, QC
First Place Essay Prize
Katherine Mazurok, “The Metaphoric Middle (Im)Passage: Beauty and National L/Anguish” (Queen's University)
2008-09: Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
First Place Essay Prize
not awarded this year
2007-08: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
First Place Essay Prize
Sonja Boon, "Last Rites, Last Rights: Corporeal Abjection as Autobiographical Performance in Suzanne Curchod Necker's Des inhumations précipitées (1790)" (Simon Fraser University; now at Memorial University)
2006-07: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
First Place Essay Prize
not awarded this year
2005-06: York University
First Place Essay Prize
Tina Virmani, "Gender, Nationalism, and the Regulation of Globalization in India" (York University)
2004-5: University of Western Ontario, London, ON
First Place Essay Prize
Katie Larsen, "Emancipatory Strategies: Using Postmodernism and Standpoint Theory to Redefine Feminist Methodology" (University of Toronto)
