For eligibility and application information contact geography@trentu.ca

Currie Honours Prizes

2010-2011 Recipients:
Allen Campeau (GC)

Wesley Greenwood (OC)

Currie Honours Prizes are presented annually to students enrolled in Geography 401 or 402D on the basis of both academic achievement and proposed thesis research. Although all students in the program are eligible, preference is given to those pursuing a single-major degree.

Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Undergraduate Award

2010-2011 Recipient: Juliann Ritchie (GC)

This award, presented by the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), is made annually to the Honours Geography student who is judged to have the best academic record in the fourth quarter.

Marjorie E. Foster Memorial Prize in Historical Geography

2010-2011 Recipient: Not awarded

This prize, the gift of the late Grenville M. Parkinson, is in memory of his first wife, the late Marjorie Elizabeth Foster. Grenville completed his honours degree in Geography and Anthropology at Trent in 1986 specializing in Historical Geography and his master's degree in Geography at McMaster University, specializing once again in Historical Geography. The award is made to the student who writes the best essay or research project in Historical Geography in any particular year.

David N. McIntyre Conservation Award

2010-2011 Recipient: Not awarded

This award is presented annually by the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority to the outstanding Geography student who has demonstrated an interest in conservation.

Geography Alumni (2nd Year) Prize

2010-2011 Recipient: Trevor Turkington (OC)

The Geography Alumni Prize, supported by donations from Geography alumni, recognizes the student who achieves the highest overall standing in Geography/ ERS/Biology 208H and either GE0G211H or GE0G251H, required second-quarter courses for a degree in a single- or joint-major in Geography.

First Year Prize

2010-2011 Recipient: Nicholas Lidstone (GC)

The First Year Prize is awarded annually to the student who achieves the highest average mark in GE0G103H and either GE0G104H or GEOG105H.

Gordon Campbell Memorial Award

2010-2011 Recipient: Allen Campeau (GC)    

The Gordon Campbell Memorial Award is given annually to a 3rd or 4th year undergraduate student in a single- or joint-major program in Geography at Trent University with a demonstrated and continuing interest in the Canadian north. The award was established to provide those undergraduates having an interest in the physical environment with the opportunity to develop field experiences commensurate with their career goals. Helping others in this way is something Gord would have liked.

Trent University Geography Society (TUGS) Prize

2010-2011 Recipient: Not awarded 

The TUGS prize recognizes the contribution of a student or students who are not members of the TUGS executive but who have made a substantial contribution to the society's activities during any academic year. The prize will consist of a one-year subscription of Canadian Geographic, the magazine of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

Founders' Prize

2010-2011 Recipient: Not awarded

This prize was established in recognition of the founders of the Trent University Geography Department, Professors Peter Adams and Fred Helleiner. It is awarded to the best “all round” Geography major or joint-major entering the honours year. It is awarded to the student entering Geog401/402, Geog 440 or Geog 470 with the highest average in Geography courses.

The J. Emmett Duff Memorial Prize in Geography

2010-2011 Recipient: Not awarded

This prize, the gift of Professor T.H.B. Symons, Celanese Canada Inc., and John D. Stevenson, Q.C., was established in memory of the late J. Emmett Duff, who, without formal training in the subject, was possessed of an intense love of traditional geography It is awarded to any honours student in their 3rd or4th quarter who maintains a standing of at least 70% average in all Geography courses and who best epitomizes the spirit of cartophilia. The concept of cartophilia (love of maps) has been described as a lust for vicarious travel, brought on by a frustration with one's inability to indulge perpetually in the real thing. Cartophiliacs are obsessed with the study of maps.