The Desmond Conacher Scholarship

Call for applications — This scholarship is offered in memory of Desmond Conacher, formerly Professor of Classics at Trinity College, Toronto, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Honorary President of the CAC. The scholarship has been endowed through donations from his family, friends, colleagues, and universities with which he was associated. Its purpose is to assist and encourage a young scholar entering graduate studies in classics. The scholarship is administered by the CAC through its Awards Committee. One award of $4,000 is offered each year.

Eligibility and criteria

Applicants must be Canadian students (citizens or permanent residents) intending to enter the first year of graduate studies in a classics or similar programme at a Canadian university. Specializations within the general area of classics such as ancient history, ancient philosophy, and classical archaeology are eligible. The main criteria are academic achievement, professional promise, and an appropriate undergraduate preparation.

Application procedure

The following items should be sent in electronic form to the Vice President of the CAC, who is also Chair of the Awards Committee, no later than May 1^st (in 2024-25, the Chair of the Committee is Robert Weir):

A completed application form (pdf)
A personal statement (maximum 1000 words) describing the applicant’s previous academic career, relevant employment experience, research interests, and academic and professional objectives, followed by
A list of any academic awards and honours received at the postsecondary level
Two letters of recommendation from university professors familiar with the applicant’s work. Reference letters should be sent independently, by email attachment, to the Chair of the Committee
Transcripts recording the applicant’s undergraduate degree work (unofficial transcripts are acceptable if certified by the applicant’s department).

Selection and award procedure

The Committee meets during the Association’s Annual Conference in May. Applicants will be informed of the results soon after this. The award will be paid in September subject to confirmation that the winner has registered in an appropriate graduate program.

The committee may choose to reduce the amount of the award or make an honorary award if the total amount of this and other awards offered to the winner for the first twelve months of graduate study (including scholarships, fee remissions, teaching and research assistantships and the like) exceeds $20,000. In such cases an award may be made to a runner-up.

Questions should be addressed to the Awards Committee Chair.

Past Winners

Year	Awardee	Graduate Program
2024	Connor O’Rourke Brock University	Brock University
2023	Daniel Belanger Brock University	Brock University
2023	Aimée Bernard University of Calgary	University of British Columbia
2022	Monique Riel University of Calgary	University of Calgary
2021	Diontay Wolfries McGill University	University of Toronto
2020	Graham Braun University of Victoria	University of British Columbia
2019	Ulysse Bouchard Université de Montréal	Université de Montréal
2018	Anthea Morgan Queen’s University	Queen’s University
2017	Willem Crispin-Frei University of Toronto	University of Toronto
2016	Emma McPhee University of New Brunswick	University of New Brunswick
2015	Elliott Fuller University of Victoria	Brock University
2014	Jesse Hill University of Winnipeg	University of Toronto
2013	Kaitlyn Boulding King’s College/Dalhousie University	Dalhousie University
2012	Paul McGilvery Laurentian/Thorneloe University	Dalhousie University
2011	Ruben Post University of Victoria	McGill University
2010	Elias Georgakopoulos University of Toronto	University of Toronto
2009	Matthew Scarborough University of Alberta	University of Alberta
2008	Karen Symonds York University	University of Toronto
	Honourable Mention: Emilia Barbiero University of Toronto	University of Toronto
	Honourable Mention: Craig Fisher University of Manitoba	University of Manitoba
2007	Catherine Émond Université de Montréal	Université de Montréal
2006	Jessica Higgins University of Waterloo	University of Toronto
2005	Arwen Fleming University of Alberta	University of Alberta
2004	Lydia Pelletier-Michaud Université Laval	Université Laval
2003	Gillian Ramsey University of Regina	University of Victoria

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