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Put It Into Practice:  Graduate Student Research Conference

Put It Into Practice (PIIP) is a one day conference for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees on the importance of finding an application for their research outside of academia.  Click here for further details.

New PhD Students in Environmental History

The University of Western Ontario Department of History, in association with NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment, is offering a special funding opportunity for new Ph.D. students in Environmental History. 

Two successful candidates will receive a full funding package from UWO plus $5000/year from NiCHE, for four years beginning in fall 2010. The students will be supervised by one of the department’s three environmental historians – Alan MacEachern, Pierre Reynard, or William J. Turkel – and will work with NICHE in promoting the mobilization and dissemination of environmental history research in Canada. The students will be encouraged during their first year of doctoral study to participate in the UWO Environment & Sustainability Collaborative Research Program, as a value-added component to their Ph.D. in History.

For more information on
-the UWO History graduate program, including applying, click here.
-NiCHE, click here. 
-the UWO Environment & Sustainability Collaborative Research Program, for more information click here.
-Alan MacEachern (amaceach@uwo.ca), for more information click here.
-Pierre Reynard (preynard@uwo.ca), for more information click here.
-William J. Turkel (william.j.turkel@gmail.com), for more information click here.

Please contact Prof. MacEachern, Reynard, and/or Turkel if you are interested in working with them, and Prof. MacEachern for more information about this funding opportunity.

External Scholarships

The Sir John A. MacDonald Graduate Fellowship in Canadian History

The Government of the Province of Ontario makes available each year, one fellowship in the amount of $8,500 each year for three years. This fellowship is tenable at an Ontario university by a Canadian citizen residing in Ontario. The Fellowship will be awarded to an applicant preparing to enter a PhD program but in exceptional circumstances, may be awarded to an applicant preparing to enter a Master's program.

Internal Scholarships

Ivie Cornish Memorial Fellowship in History

All incoming and continuing students enrolled full-time in the Graduate Program in History are considered for this fellowship, awarded annually in December. A minimum "A" average is typically required. Although MA students are eligible, Doctoral students are given preference. No application is required. The Graduate Awards Committee in History will make the selection from eligible candidates. Contact the Graduate Program in History for further information. Value: 2 @ $2,500.00

Jean Armstrong Fletcher Scholarship in Canadian History

To be awarded to a graduate student with a minimum "A" average who is studying Canadian history. Preference shall normally be given to Applicants for the PhD. $1,500.00 per year.  The candidate cannot hold this award with the Ivie Cornish award.

Lambton Student Fellowship in History

Awarded to two students in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies who are enrolled in the graduate program in History based on academic achievement (minimum 78% academic average). Preference will be given to students conducting research in Public History. Fellowships are intended to focus on advancing the understanding of the history of enterprise and industry in south western Ontario. Tenure must be based with organizations in Lambton County. Fellowships will be for a period of 8-10 weeks long and normally take place during the summer months. Interested applicants are required to complete an application, available from the Office of Public History. Deadline for applications is April 1 or before. Recipients will be selected by a committee comprising the award committee of the Graduate Program, History, including the Director of Public History and at least one representative who is a member of the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Inquiries should be directed to the Graduate Program Office in History. These awards were established through the generosity of Mr. Charlie Fairbank (BA '63). Successful recipients will be required to provide a one page summary of their research to Mr. Fairbank through the Graduate Program Office in History.

Lynne-Lionel Scott Fellowship in Canadian Studies

Awarded to a graduate student registered full time in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, enrolled in the Graduate Program in History with a demonstrated interest in Canadian studies and a minimum 78% academic average. PhD Applicants have priority, but MA Applicants are also eligible. All continuing graduate students in Canadian history are automatically considered, as well as applicants for admission who indicate a primary interest in Canadian history and whose application are complete by March 15 of each year. The recipient will be selected by the Faculty of Social Science on the recommendation of the Chair, and the Graduate Chair in consultation with a committee. This fellowship was established through Foundation Western by a bequest from Rose Lynne Scott (BS '62) to encourage studies in the area of Canadian History. Value $2,000.00 Application forms must be submitted usually before March 1. For more information consult the History Program.

Robert A.D. Ford Award

Awarded annually to an outstanding undergraduate or graduate student in History or Political Science, who has a primary interest in Canadian foreign policy or international affairs. Award to alternate between undergraduate and graduate students. Established through Foundation Western by Dr. Robert A.D. Ford, a distinguished Canadian diplomat. Value: $1,600.00 Effective May 2001

United Empire Scholarship for Local History

To further research and study in the local history of Southwestern Ontario, a scholarship valued at $1,500 and endowed by the Lloyd C.A. Hodgins estate, is awarded annually to a graduate student in the Social Science Division of the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada - The UELAC Scholarship

Available to Masters and PhD students whose mandate includes the understanding of the role and impact of the Loyalists on our country of Canada.  Value:  $2,500.00 per year for each of two years for Masters and three years for PhD students.  Deadline:  February 28th each year.

William Edgar Travel Fund

Bill Edgar, after a distinguished career as a civil servant, returned to study history at Western. He has established a fund for enabling research travel for worthy graduate students, and his generosity is much appreciated. For more information, apply to the department.

Faculty of Social Science Alumni Grant

Awarded to graduate students registered in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and enrolled in any graduate program in the Faculty of Social Sciences who can demonstrate financial need and are maintaining a minimum 78% average. Recipients will be selected by the Dean of Social Science upon consultation with the Department Chairs and committees within the Faculty of Social Science. Recipients must meet OSOTF eligibility requirements. Value: $2000.00
Effective: May 2009 to May 2014

Grad Scholarship Migration and Ethnic Relations

Awarded to full-time graduate students enrolled in the Collaborative Graduate Program in Migration and Ethnic Relations. All students must satisfy the minimum fundability criteria, currently an admission average of 78%. The program director and faculty advisory committee will select the recipients before November 1 annually. At least one member of this committee will hold membership in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Value: $1,500.00 - 2,000.00

Additional Information Regarding the Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA)

Most GTAs assist with the instruction of undergraduate courses across campus. Graduate Tutors must attend lectures in the course, lead tutorial sections in the discussion of lectures and required reading, mark essays and tests, and participate in marking the final examination. Tutors are expected to hold office hours each week. Each tutorial section meets for one class hour (50 minutes) a week. Tutors also are required to distribute undergraduate teaching evaluations, proctor final examinations, and assume other occasional minor duties. Those who accept a GTA offer are assigned at the beginning of the first term to a particular course. The decision on tutorial assignment is based primarily on class enrolment and Program needs. Some holders of GTAs may be employed, according to the needs of the Department of History exclusively as markers; others may work under the direction of faculty members as academic research assistants.

Remuneration for the GTA is a base salary ($9,100.00 as provided in the University's collective agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada); vacation pay (4 per cent of base) and benefits (12 per cent of base). Students who are nominated for a GTA must meet the eligibility criteria set by the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies or their Program (eg. Full-Time status and a minimum average of 78% in last ten senior courses). Doctoral students meeting the requirements are supported for the first four years of the program.

Workload: The GTA is held in the Fall and Winter Terms (September-April). Normally it involves responsibility for two tutorial sections of an introductory undergraduate survey course. Under the Collective Agreement (Article 15, Hours of Work), a full Graduate Teaching Assistantship is a position that requires an average of ten (10) working hours per week, normally over two Academic Terms.

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