2019
From left to right: Sterling Mancuso, Chloe Bray, Kenzie Zimmer, Karina Stellato, Ron Ma and Danielle Lee (photo by Paul Terefenko)
Chloe Bray, a 4th year Arts & Science student, Trinity College, for her assignment entitled Bolivarian Nightmare: Hugo Chavez, the United States, and the Collapse of Venezuela in TRN 410's Understanding Contemporary International Relations with Professor John Dirks.
Danielle Lee, a 4th year Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences student, Woodsworth College, for her assignment entitled Effect of Food Sources of Fructorse-Containing Sugars on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in NFS 494's Research Projects in Nutritional Sciences with Professor John L. Sievenpiper.
Ron Ma, a 2nd year Arts & Science student, Trinity College, for his assignment entitled Art for Politics' Sake: The Reasons and Progress of the Criticism Campaign Against "The Life of Wu Xun" in CIN 201's Film Cultures I with Professor Brian R. Jacobson.
Sterling Mancuso, a 2nd year Arts & Science student, Trinity College, for his assignment entitled Expulsion Compulsion: Reconsidering the Motivations and Consequences of the 1923 Turco-Greek Population Exchange in TRN 250's Ordering International Relations in the Age of Empire with Professor Cindy Ewing.
Karina Stellato, a 4th year Arts and Science student, St. Michael's College, for her assignment entitled The War on Score: Ontarian Women's Songs During The Great War in HMU 499's Independent Study with Professor Tim Neufeldt.
Kenzie Zimmer, a 4th year Arts & Science student, University College, for her assignment entitled Czechoslovakia's Velvet Divorce: A Tale of Ethnicity, Geography, and Leadership in TRN's 421's Fragile and Conflict-Affected States and Interventions Past and Present with Professor John Dirks.
2018
Back row, from left to right: Dr. Ron Leprohon (Professor, Dept. of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations), Larry Alford (Chief Librarian), Evelyn Hayes (prize winner), Courtney Lundgrian (librarian), David Davidson (TA for CIN 201)
Front row, from left to right: Sandy Welsh, An Li Tsang (prize winner), Andrea Ho (prize winner), Dr. Ira Jacobs (Dean & Professor, Exercise Psychology), Alexandra Bolintineanu (prize winner)
Evelyn Hayes, a 3rd year Arts & Science student, Woodsworth College for her assignment entitled Study of a Shabti of Senkamanisken from the Royal Ontario Museum in NML 340's Intermediate Middle Egyptian with Professor Ron Leprohan.
Andrea Ho, a 2nd year Arts & Science student, Trinity College for her assignment entitled The Legitimation of International Criminal Law: Tracing a History of the Norms of International Criminal Law Through Four Major International Criminal Tribunals in TRN 250's Ordering International Relations in an Age of Empire with Professor John Dirks.
Katya Smirnova, a 3rd year Kinesiology & Physical Education student for her assignment entitled Sport is Not Enough: Why Outdoor Education Can Make a Valuable Contribution to Sport for Development in KPE 390's Directed Research with Professor Luc Tremblay.
Jaya Thirugnanasampanthan, a 3rd year Arts & Science student, Victoria College for her assignment entitled Exploring the Bans and Challenges of Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why in WDW 235's Introduction to Digital Humanities with Professor Alexandra Bolintineanu.
An Li Tsang, a 2nd year Arts & Science student, University College for her assignment entitled In Living (Techni)color: The Rise of Colour Film in Hollywood and Beyond in CIN 201's Film Cultures I: Art and Industry with Professor Brian Jacobson.
Kelsey Wiseman, a 4th year Arts & Science student, Trinity College for her assignment entitled When "God Save the King" and "Hail Hitler" Collide: Demonstrating the Affective Limits of Imperial Identity in Canada in HIS 466's Topics in History: Race in Canada with Professor Lisa Mar.
2017
Angela Hou, a 2nd year Arts & Science student, Trinity College for her assignment entitled The Crafting of Public Opinion: The Establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and its International Implications for the Cold War in HIS 344's Conflict and Cooperation in the International System since 1945 with Professor Tim Sayle.
Taylor Irvine, a 4th year Arts & Science student, Innis College for her policy brief entitled The Persecution of the Veil in France Justified through Laïcité in RLG 405's Religion in the Public Sphere with Professor Laura Bugg.
Monica Layarda, a 4th year Arts & Science student, Trinity College for her assignment entitled Saving Indonesia: Comparative American, British, and Canadian Policy Toward Indonesia, 1961-1965 in TRN 419's American, British, and Canadian Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective with Professor Robert Bothwell.
Imindu Liyanage, a 4th year Arts & Science student, Victoria University for his assignment entitled Splicing out Cancer: Implicating Novel Splicing Factors in Metastatic Breast Cancer in HMB 499's Research Project in Human Biology with Supervisor Amjad Ali.
Alexandra Southgate, a 2nd year Arts & Science student, Victoria University for her assignment entitled Nixon and Vietnam: It Really Was a Duck Hook in HIS 344's Conflict and Cooperation in the International System since 1945 with Professor Tim Sayle.
Cheuk Him Ryan Sun, a 4th year Arts & Science student, New College for his assignment entitled Hong Kong as Entrepot: Jewish, British, and Chinese Refugees in Hong Kong (1937-1947) in HIS 498's Independent Studies course with Professor Doris Bergen.
2016
Category: First/second year
1st place: Daphne Wang, a 2nd year Arts & Science student, University College, for her assignment entitled Doi Moi in Light of Moyo’s Theory of Development in SMC 362’s International Development, Justice, Dignity with Professor Reid Locklin.
2nd place: Sami Semmar, a 2nd year Arts & Science student, Woodsworth College, for How Are Parenting Roles of Men and Women Depicted in the Media? in SOC 101’s Introduction to Sociology with Professor Christian Caron.
3rd place: Sami Ul Haq, a 1st year Arts & Science student, Victoria University, for his research grant proposal A Novel Method to Culture Hepatocytes in VIC 170’s Persuasion and the Rhetoric of Science with Professor Andrew Baines.
Category: Third/fourth year
1st place: Claudia Dessanti, a 4th year Arts & Science student, Trinity College for her research essay entitled A War by Any Other Name: The Use of Analogies in the Nigeria- Biafra War in TRN 411’s Decolonisation in Africa, 1944-1994 with Professor Mairi MacDonald.
2nd place: Emma Sanchez-Swaren, a 4th year Arts & Science student, Trinity College for her assignment entitled The Responsibility to Protect Ten Years Laters: Legitimacy and Applicability in POL 412’s Human Rights and International Relations Professor Wendy Wong.
3rd place: Vivian Ying Szeto, a 4th year Arts & Science student, St. Michael’s College for her assignment entitled The Role of Ryanodine Receptors in Neuronal Outgrowth under Physiologic and Oxygen Glucose Deprived Conditions in Culture in ANA 498’s Project in Anatomy with Professor Zhong-Ping Feng.
Honourable mentions
Daviel Lazure Vieira, a 3rd year Arts & Science student, Trinity College for his assignment entitled Precolonial Imaginaries and Colonial Legacies in Mobutu’s “Authentic” Zaïre in TRN 411’s Decolonisation in Africa, 1944-1994 with Professor Mairi MacDonald.
Emily Tsui, a 4th year Arts & Science student, Trinity College for her assignment entitled Home in the North: The Northern Forum, Alaska, and Circumpolar Subnational Governance in POL 499 Senior Thesis and Seminar Course with Professor Donald Kingsbury and Professor Emeritus Franklyn Griffiths.
All winning entries are uploaded into TSpace, University of Toronto's research repository.