Awards & Student Finances

To view up-to-date information on the awards available to graduate students in our program (including entrance scholarships), please visit these pages:

Faculty of Arts & Humanities Awards

The School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies - Student Funding Opportunities

 

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General Information

Western Funding

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities offers generous Western Graduate Research Scholarships (WGRS) to incoming and continuing MA and PhD candidates in Philosophy. In addition, the Philosophy Department gives a Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) to each MA student and every PhD student who does not receive a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA). The Department may offer GRAs to PhD students in their 4th year of study. GRAs allow students to focus exclusively on their own research, while GTAs give them experience in grading, running tutorials, or counseling undergraduate students. Teaching an entire course is also an opportunity that the Department offers to PhD students.

MA and PhD students hold both a WGRS and a GTA or GRA. For 2009-2010, the estimated worth of a GTA or GRA is $9,464. For 2009-2010, the estimated worth of a WGRS ranges from $3,736 (for MAs) to $8,536 (for PhDs) for Canadian students, and from $11,036 (for MAs) to $15,536 (for PhDs) for International students. Winners of major external awards (Ontario Graduate Scholarships or SSHRC Fellowships) hold a GTA or a GRA, but not the WGRS. They also may receive top-up funds from the Department. Full-time MA students receive three terms (one full year) of support, while PhD students (assuming satisfactory progress through the program) are supported for twelve terms (four years).

Fees are paid in three installments in the fall, winter, and summer terms. For more information on fees, please consult the Office of the Registrar.

In addition, there are Donor Funded Awards available to graduate students within the Department. Donor Funded Awards are made possible by generous donations from alumni, corporations, foundations and other friends of Western in support of student scholarship. Most graduate award recipients are selected by nomination or competitions internal to the graduate program. For a comprehensive listing of all current donor funded awards available to graduate history  students at Western, please visit our Donor Funded Award Search.

External Funding

All students are encouraged to apply for Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) and Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grants. PhD students in particular are expected to apply for these scholarships, not merely because of the financial advantage but also because grant-writing is an essential part of academic training, and success in acquiring grants will be essential to finding employment in the highly competitive academic job market.

Scholarship Winners

2012 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration) 1

2

CGS 4

F. Banville (D), E. Ryman (M)

1

SSHRC 2

J. Southworth

14

OGS 3

L. Pelot, M. Ivanowich, M. MacAulay, B. Cameron, L. Kantymir, M. Cuffaro, E. Rossiter, J. Jenkinson, S. Kapusta, C. Fenton, S. Pearce, M. Roy, J. Wright, N. Moore

2011 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration) 1

3

CGS 4

M. Walschots (D)

1

SSHRC 2

M. Kao

13

OGS 3

A. Petropanagos, L. Kantymir, M. Ivanowich, D. Cankovic, C. Young, T. Bieber, M. Borgida, M. MacAulay, A. Forrest, R. Parker, M. Cuffaro, K. Biniek, E. Rossiter, S. Pearce, J. Richards

1

Trillium

Y. Benetreau-Dupin

 

2010 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration) 1

5

CGS 4

S. Hogarth (D), J. Life (D), G. Beaulac (D), C. Fenton (M), J. Richards (M)

2

OGS 3

L. Kantymir, M. Cuffaro, M. Kao,

2009 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration) 1

3

CGS 4

D. Suderman (D), J. Life (M), R. Macintosh (M)

1

SSHRC 2

S. Coughlin

2

OGS 3

R. Middleton, M. Kao

 

2008 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration) 1

3

CGS 4

P. Clipsham (D), S. Foskett (D), M. Kao (M)

2

SSHRC 2

K. Paxman, R. Samaroo + A. Binik (unfunded) 7

14

OGS 3

C. Armstrong, A. Barth, B. Baumgaertner, D. Carere, S. Coughlin, M. Doan, S. Foskett, T. Kerr, B. Lawson, N. McGinnis, K. Paxman, L. Sangster, R. Sirkel, M. Tait

2007 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration)

3

CGS

B. Baumgaertner (M), T. Bieber (M), J. Overton (D)

2

SSHRC

A. Barth, S. Lublink, + K. Paxman (unfunded)

11

OGS

A. Barth, A. Beldan, M. Doan, J. Epp, R. Ethier, L. Lamoureux, N. McGinnis, R. Parker, K. Paxman, L. Sangster, M. Tait

2006 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration)

2

CGS

C. Armstrong (M), R. Poproski (D)

3

SSHRC

S. Bland (2 yr), R. Moir (2 yr), J. Watt (2 yr)

13

OGS

A. Barth, A. Beldan, S. Bland, E. Cheng, K. Chung, G. Doherty, R. Ethier, M. Hebert, S. Keith, R. Moir, R. Poproski, A. Porter, J. Watt

1

FQRSC 6

N. Fillion (3 yr)

2005 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration)

2

CGS

I. Brooks (D), R. Poproski (M)

3

SSHRC

K. Chung, S. Dea (2 yr), B. Lawson (3 yr)

12

OGS

S. Bland, I. Brooks, E. Cheng, K. Chung, S. Dea, G. Doherty, B. Lawson, S. Lublink, D. Palmieri, A. Porter, Z. Silver, J. Watt

2004 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration)

4

CGS

J. Epp (D), N. Fawcett (D), L. Pelot (M), S. Rose (M)

10

OGS

A. Auch, I. Brooks, R. Bluhm, S. Costreie, K. Chung, G. Doherty, N. Fawcett, S. Lublink, C. Ng, D. Palmieri

1

Chevening5

D. McDonald

2003 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration)

1

CGS

A. Auch (M)

4

SSHRC

R. Bluhm, D. Gani (2 yr), P. Kuchar (3 yr), D. McDonald (4 yr)

11

OGS

A. Auch, R. Bluhm, D. Boutillier, D. Brown, S. Costreie, S. Dea, N. Fawcett, D. Gani, M. Krishnamurthy, C. Lacroix, B. Stoyles

2002 Recipients

Number Awarded

Scholarship

Recipients (Duration)

2

SSHRC

G. Andres (4 yr), C. Lacroix

11

OGS

G. Doherty, N. Fawcett, D. Gani, R. Gildert, B. Grynspan, C. Klatt, G. Lavers, C. Lacroix, L. Meynell, L. Ritchie, B. Stoyles

1 Scholarships are held for one year, unless otherwise specified.

2 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship

3 Ontario Graduate Scholarship

4 Canada Graduate Scholarship: 2 categories - Master's (M) introduced in 2003, Doctoral (D) introduced in 2004

5 Robert T. Jones Jr. British Chevening Scholarship

6 Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture

7 In 2007 SSHRC introduced this category to recognize quality applications that were not granted funding
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