UFV offers a number of awards specifically for History students.
While we recognize that the semester gets busy and time gets tight, do consider applying for awards. Not only is it wonderful to receive a few accolades in recognition of your achievement and hard work, but awards are also great to list on a résumé.
Faculty nomination
- Bob Smith Annual History Department Award
Award: $250 - Jack Gaston Annual History Department Award
Award: $250 - Christopher Robin History Student Service Annual Award
Award: $250 - History Department Student Award
Award: $250 - Historical Biography Annual Scholarship
Award: $250 - Undergraduate Research Excellence Award
Award: up to $1000 - Dr. Michael and Edith Guggenheim Holocaust Memorial Annual Scholarship
Award: $720 - Anthony (Tony) Chan Memorial Endowment Scholarship
Award: $1500
Student Application
- Margaret Ormsby Prize for Best History Essay on B.C. History Award: up to $1000
- Travel Through History Annual Leadership Award Award: $1200
External Awards and Scholarships
- $750 for a first or second-year student
- $1000 for a third or fourth-year student
- Michael Fellman Award Award: $1000
For more information about scholarships and awards, or if you need financial assistance, visit UFV's Financial Aid and Awards website.
Award recipients are notified by the Financial Aid and Awards office.
Past recipients
| 2023 | Samuel Baerg |
| 2022 | Jakob Petersen |
| 2021 | Graham Petek |
| 2020 | Caleb Bartsch |
| 2019 | Steven Prosser |
| 2018 | Melissa Wing |
| 2017 | Kelly Miles |
| 2016 | Jared de Bruin |
| 2015 | Colin Nicholl |
| 2014 | Maryam Purtis |
| 2013 | Kailey Erickson |
| 2012 | Jordan Williams |
| 2011 | Paul Esau |
| 2010 | Paul Brammer |
| 2023 | Mikayla Kerkhoff |
| 2022 | Alida St. Jean |
| 2021 | Nadine Havrda |
| 2020 | Kyla Borchert |
| 2019 | Evan Rauhanen |
| 2018 | Pamela Hunt |
| 2017 | Brayden Hirsch |
| 2016 | Tasha Guenther |
| 2023 | Caleb Bartsch |
| 2022 | Brock Adams |
| 2021 | Michaela Sapielak |
| 2020 | Moriah Konynenbeit |
| 2019 | Kit O'Connor |
| 2018 | Timothy Slaa |
| 2017 | Jared de Bruin |
| 2016 | Dana Mandeville |
| 2015 | David Seymour |
| 2014 | Paul Brammer |
| 2013 | Jordan Williams |
| 2012 | Adam Schilt |
| 2011 | Tyler Klassen |
| 2010 | Vanessa Ayley |
| 2009 | Grace Rempel |
| 2024 |
| 2023 | Mikayla Conrad-Tomlinson |
| 2022 | Alia Von Riesen |
| 2021 | Michaela Sapielak |
| 2020 | Leanne Herrett |
| 2019 | Julie Lloyd |
| 2018 | Brielle Jacobson |
| 2023 | Jacalyn Drummond |
| 2022 | Colby Stinson |
| 2021 | Jordan Sheffield |
| 2020 | Marlowe Ferris |
| 2019 | Emily Clarke |
| 2018 | Kelly Miles |
| 2017 | Dani Summer |
| 2016 | Dana Mandeville |
| 2013 | Sean Evans |
| 2012 | Michael Schmidt |
| 2011 | Kelsey Siemens |
| 2010 | Carley Baxter |
| 2009 | Brandon Langhjelm |
| 2008 | James Inglis and Anjuli Zukowski |
| 2022 | Carlanna Thompson |
| 2020 | Leanne Herrett |
| 2023 | Jennifer Carstensen |
| 2022 | Katelyn Fisher |
| 2021 | Olivia Daniel |
| 2020 | Michaela Sapielak |
| 2023 | Marnie Keith |
| 2022 | Colby Stinson |
| 2021 | Abi Vilio |
| 2020 | Hailey Thomson |
| 2019 | Rhianna Martin |
| 2018 | Raveena Walia |
| 2017 | Lauren Yaciw |
| 2015 | Greg Watkins |
| 2013 | Joseph Waugh |
| 2012 | Matilda Tabert |
| 2011 | Michael Schmidt |
| 2010 | Christopher Bonshor |
| 2009 | Tanya Pluhowy |
| 2008 | Chelsea Auffray |
| 2007 | Sheryl Appleby |
| 2023 | Jennifer Carstensen |
| 2022 | Oliva Giesbrecht-Coombs |
| 2021 | Sarah Rempel |
| 2020 | Sarah Harrison |
| 2019 | Kit O'Connor |
| 2018 | Haley Kloosterhof |