All incoming students in the M.Sc. and Ph.D. graduate programs will receive financial support, which is made up of Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA), Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA) and/or internal/external scholarships.
Awarded to a graduate student registered in Molecular and Cellular Biology who has presented the best graduate seminar (MICR*6540/MICR*6590) during the academic year ($500).
Award recipients:
2025 - Dylan Brettingham
2024 - Lauryn Warywoda
2023 - Alicia Plourde
2022 - Madison Turner
2021 - Laura Thompson
2020 - Avery Robinson
2019 - Jacob Wilde
2018 - Casey Williamson
2017 - Love Sandhu
2016 - Alison Edge
2015 - Greg MacNeill & Michal Pyc
2014 - Sean Liston
2013 - Alison Berezuk
2012 - Kyle Cochrane
2011 - Nicholas Khuu & Kathleen Schroeter
2010 - Melanie Wills
2009 - Jaclyn Strauss
2008 - Filomena Ng
2007 - Michelle Smith
2006 - J.D. de Jong
2005 - J.D. de Jong
2004 - Ryan Hunter
2003 - Joel Weadge
2002 - Ryan Hunter
2001 - J.D. de Jong
2000 - Mauricia Matewish
1999 - Jeremy Yethon
1998 - Shawn MacLellan
1997 - Sean Langley
1996 - Sean Langley & Morag Graham
1995 - Heather Currie
1994 - Tricia Woo
1993 - not awarded
1992 - Gary Schoenhals
Awarded to a student in the Molecular Biology and Genetics graduate program who has made significant contributions to research and academic achievement at the graduate level (2 x $4,250).
Award recipients
2024 - Laura Thompson & Lauren Wensing
2023 - Taylor Forrester & Allison Leonard
2022 - Nathan Doner & Qi Liu
2021 - Steven Kelly & Rachel-Karson Theriault
2020 - Liam Doyle & Mark Minow
2019 - Evan Mallette & Morgan Stykel
2018 - Michel Pyc & David Sychantha
2017 - Claire Martin & Sara Timpano
2016 - Sean Liston & Evan Mann
2015 - Alison Berezuk & Vero Taylor
2014 - Kiah Barton & Melanie Willis
2013 - Laura New & Lisa Willis
2012 - Jason Carare & Lynn Richardson
2011 - Perrin Baker & Salim Islam
2009 & 2010 - not awarded
2008 - Viktoriya Coneva
2007 - Shauna Lee
2006 - Abiwahab Musse & Pete Anderson
2005 - David Libich
2004 - Chris Hill
Awarded to an M.Sc. or Ph.D. Microbiology graduate student who has presented the best poster at a scientific meeting during the academic year ($750).
Award recipients
2020 - Karson Theirault
2019 - Liam Doyle
2018 - Olivia Grafinger
2017 - Mara Goodyear
2016 - Kathryn Reynolds
2015 - Alison Berezuk
2014 - Tijana Matovic
2013 - Elyse Roach
2012 & 2011 - Laura New
2010 - Perrin Baker
2009 - Shawn Chafe & Amanda Martyn
2008 - Jaclyn Strauss
2007 - Thersa Lindhout
2006 - Leslie Cuthbertson
2005 - Edie Scheurwater
2004 & 2003 - Natalia Kaniuk
2002 - Mauricia Matewish
2001 - Linda McKerral
2000 - Wook Kim
1999 - Jolyne Drummelsmith
1998 - Jeremy Yethon
1997 - Kelly McAllister
1996 - Heather Rocchetta
New in 2021, up to $1,500 awarded to an MCB M.Sc. or Ph.D. program student with a research focus on plant science, and has a minimum 80% average in the previous year.
The College of Biological Science is a globally recognized academic faculty with a mission to expand the understanding of life, from DNA to cells to complex ecosystems. It produces intrepid and interdisciplinary research in a student-centred learning environment that encourages and promotes comprehensive understanding of the systems that govern life.
