Scholarships & Awards

For a student who has achieved excellent results in the Sexual Diversity Studies Program. The Director will be consulted regarding appropriate candidates. Open to all students in the Sexual Diversity Studies Program, regardless of college affiliation. 

Established by Eunice Croll Mouckley to support students in the study of Humanities at University College. To be awarded to full-time, undergraduate student(s) at University College studying Humanities on the basis of financial need. Awards will be limited to no more than two per year.  

Bequest of the late Evelyn McDonald (UC 1910), preferably, but not necessarily, to provide scholarships in English based on academic merit.

Gift of the late Mrs. N.A. McLarty, in memory of the late Norman Alexander McLarty (UC 1910). Awarded at the end of first year to a student going into a political science and/or economics program, or to a student already enrolled in a second- or third-year program of political science and/or economics. 

Established in 1948 in memory of Professor Frederic Davidson (UC ’90), the Frederic Davidson Competition offers one prize of $2,000, one of $1,000, and one of $500 annually to any undergraduate student registered at UC, or whose submission is linked to work in a UC program or affiliated Centre, for any type of academic essay. Preference will be given to essays on English or French literature.

These awards celebrate the mathematical theories of, as well as the myth surrounding, the brilliant French mathematician, Evariste Galois (1811-1832). The awards are to recognize the best University College students enrolled in the Mathematics Specialist program.

Bequest of Grace Agnes Fletcher (UC 1944), of the value of the annual income from the fund, for a student with excellent performance in a program sponsored by the Geography Department.

Three awards will be made to University College students who are enrolled in programs from the Department of History, one in each of 2nd, 3rd and 4th years who have a minimum annual GPA of 3.5 and who demonstrate financial need by submitting an undergraduate grant application. Students receiving the award in 2nd and/or 3rd year may be eligible for continuing awards providing they maintain eligibility.

Established primarily to support students in the Sexual Diversity Studies (SDS) Program. Though preference will be given to students in the SDS Program, awards may also be given to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students enrolled in other programs at the University of Toronto. Although the primary criterion for selection will be financial need based on the requirements of the OTSS program, the Committee may also consider other factors such as a student’s commitment to academic achievement, outstanding volunteer contributions on or off campus aimed at increasing acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people

Gift of friends and relatives of the late Jack Zwaigenbaum, enrolled in Commerce and Finance at University College from 1954 until his death in 1956; scholarship of the value of the annual income from the fund.