AWARDS & PRIZES

2009

Peter Schotch has been named Munro Chair of Philosophy (Metaphysics).

MA student Caleb Lee has won this year's Irving and Jeanne Glovin Award from the Oskar Schindler Humanities Foundation for his essay, "Intuition, Morality and Principles: Learning to Be Good without Rules."

2008

MA student Rebecca Mason received the Irving and Jeanne Glovin Award from the Oskar Schindler Humanities Foundation for her essay, “Reorienting Deliberation: Identity Politics and Good Human Conduct.”

2007

Susan Sherwin received the Canadian Bioethics Society Lifetime Achievement Award.

Gillman Payette won the Governor General’s Gold Medal in Humanities and Social Sciences for "the most outstanding Master's candidate in a thesis or non-thesis program."

PhD student Warren Heiti received one of three 2006/07 Dalhousie University President's Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards.

 2006

Steven Burns received the Faculty of Graduate Studies Distinguished Service Award.

Letitia Meynell won the Sessional Instructor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Susan Sherwin won the prestigious Killam Prize.

PhD student Meredith Schwartz received the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship.

2005

PhD student Meredith Schwartz received the CIHR Douglas Kinsella Award in Bioethics.

The Douglas Butler Memorial Scholarship 

This Scholarship offers a monetary prize to the MA student whose essay is judged best of the year. Each student is encouraged to submit one essay from among those written for classes during the past academic year. 

The following have been the winners since its inception:

Maja Jaakson, 2009                                                                                                       Rebecca Mason, 2008
Graham Sullivan, 2007
David J. Anderson, 2006
Stephen Latta, 2005
Julia Watt, 2004
Matthew Murphy, 2003
Jeff Kirby, 2002
Heidi Tiedke, 2001
Carol Hay, 2000
Trish Leadbeater, 1999
NO CONTEST, 1998
Anthony Skelton, 1997
Antonia LoLordo, 1996
Dennis Spathis, 1995
Marc Ramsay, 1994
Andrew Latus, 1993
Patrick Rysiew, 1992

The F. Hilton Page Memorial Prize in Philosophy

This annual prize is normally awarded to the honours graduate whose Honours essay is judged to be outstanding. Here are our recent winners:

2008-09: Michael DaSilva
2007-08: Jared Keddy
2006-07: Rebecca Mason and Sascha Lecours
2005-06:  Paul Barrette, ($350)
2004-05: Victor Kumar, ($300)

University Medal in Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy offers a medal to the top First Class Honours Graduate in recognition of superior achievement in the programme. Recent winners:

2008-09: Eli Burnstein
2007-08: Jana Crawford
2006-07: Rebecca Mason
2005-06: Ami Harbin

 Dr. H.L. Stewart  Memorial Scholarship

This prize is awarded to the student with the best record entering the Final Year of an Honours Philosophy degree programme. Recent winners:

2007-08: Co-Winners: Megan Dean and Michael DaSilva 
2006-07: Jana Crawford
2005-06:  William Grant, ($800.00)
2004-05:  Ami Harbin, ($800.00)

Congratulations to all!