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
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 1st (in 2023-2024 the Chair of the Committee is Professor Frances Pownall):
- 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 |
| 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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