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Recognition Awards

UFV Dean's List

The Dean's List recognizes those university students who achieve a high academic standard. It is prepared at the end of each semester. The calculation of this recognition has recently changed.

To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must:

  • Have successfully completed at least 12 credits in a semester with a minimum semester grade point average of 3.67; or
  • Have a documented permanent disability, which affects their ability to participate in full-time studies and have successfully completed at least nine credits in a semester with a minimum semester grade point average of 3.67.

UFV Dean's Medal

Deans' Medals are awarded annually to one student from each faculty with a minimum GPA of 3.75 calculated on all UFV courses. The student must be outstanding in their program or discipline, exhibit promise in the field of study, and show outstanding service to the UFV community. The winner of a Dean's Medal may not also be a Governor General Medal winner.

Graduated with Distinction

The designation "Graduated with Distinction" recognizes those university students who have maintained a high academic standard throughout their course of studies.

To be eligible, a student must:

  • Have completed all the program graduation requirements with a minimum grade point average of 3.67 based on the credits earned while in a degree, diploma, certificate, or associate certificate program with a minimum semester GPA of 3.50 in the most recent semester in which at least one graded course was completed; or
  • Have completed an entry-level Trades program and have an average of 90% or better in all courses.

Note: As this is a new regulation, not all calendar entries may have been revised to reflect the new minimum GPA standard. Where there is no minimum GPA requirement stated, this regulation applies.

Governor General's Academic Medals

For nearly 150 years, the Academic Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. They are awarded to the student graduating with the highest average from high school, as well as from approved college or university programs. They have become the most prestigious award students in Canadian schools can receive.

Today, the Governor General’s Academic Medals are awarded at four distinct levels: Bronze at the secondary school level; Collegiate Bronze at the post-secondary, diploma level; Silver at the undergraduate level, and Gold at the graduate level.

The silver medal is awarded to the undergraduate who achieves the highest academic standing upon graduation from a bachelor degree program.

The gold medal is awarded to the student who achieves the highest academic standing at the graduate level.

Visit the Governor General of Canada website for more information including past recipients.

Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Inclusion, Democracy and Reconciliation

The Lieutenant Governor’s medal program was established in 1979 to recognize students enrolled in vocational and career programs less than two years long at public post-secondary institutions in British Columbia. Starting in 2019, the award also recognizes BC public post-secondary students in two-year diploma programs and four-year undergraduate programs. The medal program was created to recognize students who excel in their studies and demonstrate outstanding contribution in support of inclusion, democracy and/or reconciliation on campus or in their communities. For over forty years, British Columbia’s Lieutenant Governor has awarded the medal to outstanding students who have distinguished themselves through their post-secondary education.

The three award criteria for the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal are:

  1. Diversity and Inclusion: This award recognizes students who have promoted diversity and inclusion. Students must demonstrate strong collaboration and unifying efforts, through the promotion and display of tolerance and respect for others.
  2. Democracy and Citizenship: This award recognizes students who have strengthened democracy through civic engagement or the advancement of human rights. Students must demonstrate recognition of the fundamental rights and dignity of all persons at a local, national or global level.
  3. Reconciliation: In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada urgently called on Canadians to take action to transform society by establishing a renewed relationship with Indigenous peoples. This award recognizes students who have answered this call to reconciliation and are undertaking efforts to heal their communities.

Visit the Lieutenant Governor of BC website for more information.

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