The Department makes a number of awards each year of varying dollar amounts to outstanding students in its graduate and undergraduate programs. Most of these awards were endowed by generous individuals connected in some way to the Department who wanted to ensure the recognition of specific types of achievement. If you wish to make a donation in aid of augmenting the endowment for any of our awards, please give now!
Graduate Student Awards
- Bijit Bora Graduate Prize in Economics
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Awarded annually by the Dean of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Economics to an outstanding graduate student entering or proceeding from one year to another in the Department of Economics at Carleton University. Recipients must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada (landed immigrants or protected persons) and must also meet OSAP’s Ontario residency requirement. Recipients must demonstrate financial need. Endowed in 2006 by family, friends, and colleagues in memory of Bijit Bora.
Award Recipients
2023 Eric Jamieson M.A. Economics 
2022 Sadia Zohaib Ph.D. Economics 2021 Mohammad Huda Ph.D. Economics 2020 Eric Stewart
M.A. Economics 2019 Tasneem Rehman
M.A. Economics 2018 Greg Williams M.A. Economics
- Eddie West Memorial Scholarship
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Awarded annually, on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Economics, to an outstanding graduate student who is studying the role of the state in economic activity. Endowed in 2001 in memory of Edwin G. (Eddie) West, Professor Emeritus.
Award Recipients
2023 Casey Pender Ph.D. Economics 2022 Yani Zhang Ph.D. Economics 
2021 Fabiha Bushra Ph.D. Economics 
2020 Mamoon Kader Ph.D. Economics 
2019 Kewei Diao Ph.D. Economics 
2018 Jamil Sayeed Ph.D. Economics
- Gilles Paquet Scholarship in Economics
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Awarded annually to the most outstanding graduate student in the Economics Program. The scholarship was established in 2001 by friends and former students of Dr. Gilles Paquet, a former Chair of the Department of Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. The recipient is chosen each year by the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Economics.
Award Recipients
2023 Mariam Tarraf Ph.D. Economics 2022 Jean-Philippe Tardif M.A. Economics 2021 Yi-Xiao Liang M.A. Economics 
2020 Sunny Karim M.A Economics 
2019 Mehtab Hanzroh
M.A. Economics 2018 Kevin McIntyre M.A. Economics
- H. Edward (Ted) and Katharine English Memorial Scholarship
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Awarded annually to one or more outstanding graduate students studying development or international affairs in the Department of Economics or the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. The scholarship is awarded by the Dean of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Economics and/or the Director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Endowed in 2004 by family, friends, and colleagues in memory of H. Edward (Ted) English and to commemorate his fifty years of service to Carleton University. Revised in 2010 in memory of Ted and Katharine English.
Award Recipients
2023 Yani Zhang Ph.D. Economics 2022 Fabiha Bushra Ph.D. Economics 2021 Tahreen Zahra M.A. Economics 2021 Yingfeng Jiang M.A. Economics 
2020 Mumtaz Ahmad Ph.D. Economics 
2019 Shafiullah Qureshi Ph.D. Economics 
2018 Nusrat Jahan Ph.D. Economics
- Huntley Schaller Memorial Scholarship in Economic Research
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Awarded annually by the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Economics to an outstanding graduate student. The intent of this award is to encourage the pursuit of research in economics. Endowed in 2015 by friends and colleagues in memory of Professor Huntley Schaller (13 August 1956 – 24 January 2015), a distinguished member of the Department of Economics for twenty-seven years and its eighteenth Chair.
Benefectors: Lahouaria Yssaad and Simon van Norden, as well as friends and colleagues of Huntley Schaller.University of Saskatchewan Econ Note
Award Recipients
2023-2024 Parul Tambe M.A.in Economics 2022-2023 Crystal Gooding M.A.in Economics 2021-2022 Juanita Gonzalez Fagua M.A. in Economics 
2020-2021 Frohan Foroutan M.A in Economics 
2019-2020 Bryn Parsons M.A. in Economics 2019-2020 Gavin Gregory M.A. in Economics 
2018-2019 Fabiha Bushra
M.A. in Economics 
2017-2018 Emmanuel Murray Leclair M.A. in Economics
- John McManus Memorial Bursary in Economics
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Awarded annually by the Dean of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Economics to a graduate student entering or proceeding from one year to another in pursuit of a degree in Economics. Recipients must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada (landed immigrants or protected persons) and must also meet OSAP’s Ontario residency requirement. Recipients must demonstrate financial need. Endowed in 2006 by Stephen and Ina Ferris in memory of John C. McManus, a long-time friend and fellow professor at Carleton University.
Award Recipients
2023 Mohammad Huda Ph.D. Economics 
2022 Ahmad Malgarai Ph.D. Economics 2021 Ahmad Malgarai Ph.D. Economics 2020 Derek Mikola Ph.D. Economics 
2019 Florian Richard
Ph.D. Economics 
2018 Derek Mikola Ph.D. Economics
- Randall Geehan Memorial Scholarship in Quantitative Economics
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Awarded annually, on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Economics, to a deserving fourth-year Honours student or graduate student whose studies emphasize quantitative work in economics. Endowed in 1990 by colleagues, family, and friends in memory of Dr. Randall Geehan (31 January 1945 – 9 June 1990), who was an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics.[Herald obituary][Citizen article] Award Recipients
2023 Najah Bajahaw M.A. Economics 2022 Jacob Hazen M.A. Economics 
2021 Shafi Qureshi Ph.D. Economics 2020 Shafi Qureshi Ph.D. Economics 
2019 Katerina Alekhanova
Ph.D. Economics 
2018 Joshua Brault Ph.D. Economics
- T.A. Excellence Award
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Recognition of an outstanding teaching assistant (T.A.) in an Economics course is made at the end of each Fall-Winter session. Each year’s recipient is awarded the sum of $100 and a letter of commendation from the Department Chair.
All T.A.s assigned to Department of Economics course-sections are eligible for nomination. A T.A. may be nominated by his/her instructor-supervisor and/or, if he/she has duties that involve direct interaction with other students, he/she may self-nominate.
Any T.A. who has duties that involve direct interaction with other students may elect to be evaluated formally by those students at the same time as and in a manner similar to the formal evaluation of his/her instructor-supervisor. All such T.A.s who wish to self-nominate for the Award must consent to be evaluated in this way. T.A.s who wish to be evaluated but not considered for the Award will, in due course, have their evaluations delivered to them unexamined by any intervening handler. The evaluations of self-nominated T.A.s will be delivered to them having been examined only by the members of the Award Adjudication Committee and only for the purposes of deciding on the Award recipient.
Students will be asked to rate on a five-point scale a consenting T.A.’s performance in relation to each of the following criteria:
1. Attitude towards teaching and students in general 2. Grasp of subject matter 3. Clarity and effectiveness of communication 4. Ability to motivate and engage students 5. Conveyance of interest and enthusiasm for subject matter 6. Preparedness for tutorials and/or office hours 7. Approachability and accessibility 8. Provision of direction in problem solving They will also be given ample space on the evaluation form to write comments. T.A.s nominated for the Award by their instructor-supervisors will be evaluated by the latter using precisely the same form.
The Award Adjudication Committee will comprise the Chair, the T.A. Mentor, and a second faculty member selected by the Chair after the close of nominations, which will be 4:00 p.m. three weeks before the last day of the classes in the relevant term. The Committee will decide the winner(s) (if any) of the Award by mid-April on the basis of the submitted evaluations of the nominated T.A.s.
Self-nomination for the Award and/or consent to formal in-class evaluation must be sent in writing from the T.A.’s Connect account to both the Departmental Administrator and the T.A. Mentor.
Award Recipients
- W. Irwin Gillespie Graduate Scholarship in Economics
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Awarded annually to the most outstanding Ph.D. student in the Economics program, preference is given to a student whose study focuses on public economics. The scholarship was established in 2001 by the Taylor-Ebanks family in memory of Professor W. Irwin Gillespie, a member of the Department of Economics from 1964 to 1997. Dr. Marvin Taylor, a member of the family, was the last Ph.D. student Professor Gillespie supervised before he passed away.
Award Recipients
2023 Sunny Karim Ph.D. Economics 
2022 Debora Loccisano Ph.D. Economics 2021 Mamoon Kader Ph.D. Economics 2020 Kewei Diao Ph.D. Economics 
2019 Jingjing Xu Ph.D. Economics 
2018 Hassan Faryaar
Ph.D. Economics
- Afshan Dar-Brodeur Scholarship for Excellence in Economics
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Awarded annually, by the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Economics to outstanding graduate students entering or continuing in a graduate degree program in Economics at Carleton University. Endowed in 2021 in loving memory of Afshan Dar-Brodeur by her family, Atul Dar, Najma Sharif, Mathieu Brodeur, Sindura Dar and Aneesh Chhabra.
2023 Zakaria Zoundi M.A. Economics
Undergraduate Student Awards
- David Barkway Memorial Scholarship in Economics
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Awarded annually on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Economics to an outstanding student proceeding from third to fourth year in an Economics Honours program. Preference is given to a student in financial need. Endowed in 2001 by friends, family, and fellow alumni of Carleton University in honour of David Barkway, B.A. 1991, who lost his life tragically in New York City on the morning of September 11, 2001.
Award Recipients
2024 Anna Wang B.Econ Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2024 Abigail Meloche B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Mathematics and Quantitative Economics 
2022 Alyssa Lavergne B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Econ Data Science 
2022 Zoey Alessandra Ross B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2021 Emily Fu B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory and Mathematics and Quantitative Economics 
2021 James Cabral B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory 
2020 Charles Hutchinson B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory 2020 Kyle Lyon B.Econ. Honours w/Conc. in Financial Economics 
2019 Sam Bird
B.Econ. Honours 2019 Joel Lawrence
B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory 2018 Colin Grimes B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2018 Aidan Ryan B.A. Honours Economics
- Economics Scholarship
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Awarded to the student or students entering the final year of an Economics Honours program whose record of scholarship, in the opinion of the Department of Economics Scholarship Committee, merits special recognition. Established in 1978.
Award Recipients
2024 Craig Tyndall B.Econ Honours 
2024 Riley Mask B.Econ Honours 2022 Mikayla Hinton B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Natural Resources, Environment, and Economy 2022 Rhys Patacairk B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2021 Kimberly Anne Tan B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
Xuefei Wu 2021 B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2020 Sabreen Sidhu B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory and Financial Economics 
2020 Jude Bashto B.Econ. Honours 
2019 Jessica Martin B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2019 Michael Tate B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory 
2018 Liping Liu B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory 
2018 Katlin Massie B.Econ. Honours
- Professor T.N. Brewis Scholarship in Applied Economics
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Awarded annually on the recommendation of the Department of Economics to an undergraduate or graduate student in the Department. Preference shall be given to a student who has shown aptitude in applied economics. Professor Brewis was a distinguished member of the Department for twenty-five years and is well known for his contributions in the fields of macroeconomics and regional economic policy. Endowed in 1981 by Professor T.N. Brewis.
Award Recipients
2024 Laura Wong B.Econ Honours w/ Conc. in Mathematics & Quantitative Economics 
2024 Aidan Freitag B.Econ Honours 
2022 Julien Chassin B. Econ. Honours 
2022 Jonah Sider-Echenberg B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2021 Michael Maddeaux B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc.in Economic Theory and Mathematics and Quantitative Economics 
2021 James Knox B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory 2020 Jingjie Guo B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2020 Shraya Ravichandran
B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2019 Moriya Koketsu B.A. Combined Honours Economics & Political Science 
2019 Sangmi Lee
B.A. Combined Honours Economics & Law 2018 Christian Cioffi B.A. Combined Honours Economics & History 
2018 Silas Xuereb B.Econ. Combined Honours Economics & Psychology
- Rymes Book Prize
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Awarded annually, when merited, on the recommendation of the Department of Economics, to an outstanding Economics Honours student entering Fourth year. Endowed in 1999 by Professor T.K. Rymes.
Award Recipients
2024 Logan Breen B.Econ Combined Honours in Economics and Political Science 2022 Emily Fu B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory and Mathematics and Quantitative Economics 2021 James Cabral B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory 
2020 Tamara Alsayed B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 2019 Michael Tate B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory 
2018 Ariel Lee B.Econ. Honours
- Scholarship in Comparative Economics
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Awarded annually, if merited, on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Economics to undergraduate students who have shown aptitude in the field of comparative economics. Endowed in 1991 (and revised in 2006 and again in 2010) by Professor Richard L. Carson in memory of his parents, Robert L. and LeVerne N. Carson, and his brother, Dr. Stanley N. Carson.
Award Recipients
2024 Apirah Nithiyanathan B.Econ Honours w/ Conc. in Development & Natural Resources, Environment, and Economy 
2024 Tayssir Benchoubane B.Econ Combined Honours Economics and Political Science 
2022 Onyinyechukwu Onyemenam B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 2021 Jacob Roulston B.Econ. Honours 2021 Thompson Richards B.Econ. Honours 2020 Charles Hutchinson B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory 
2019 Simon Amirault 
2019 Kevin Martine 
2018 Yana Brion 2018 Chengjie Li
- Victor S. Castledine Scholarship
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Awarded annually to a student in Economics or Business who, in the opinion of the Chair of the Department of Economics in counsel, has done outstanding work in the area of money, credit, and banking. Endowed in 1971 by Victor S. Castledine, Esq.
Award Recipients
2024 Anne-Shirley Desjardins B.Econ Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2023 Josh Vandervalk B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 2022 James Knox B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory 2021 Rhys Patacairck B.Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 2020 Tamara Alsayed B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 2019 Jessica Martin B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics 
2018 Rory Taylor B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics
- University Medal in Economics
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Awarded annually, when merited, to the graduating students standing highest in architectural studies, arts, cognitive science, commerce, communication and media studies, computer science, economics, engineering, global and international studies, health sciences, humanities, industrial design, information technology, international business, journalism, journalism and humanities, mathematics, music, public affairs and policy management, science, and social work.
Award Recipients
2020 Jessica Martin B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Financial Economics
- Chancellor's Medal
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Awarded annually in the name of the Chancellor of the University to a graduating undergraduate student of outstanding academic achievement.
Award Recipients
2020 Silas Xuereb B.Econ. Combined Honours Economics & Psychology
- Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement - Undergraduate
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Awarded, when merited, to graduating students of outstanding academic achievement.
Award Recipients
2020 Lisa Bebyck B. Econ. Honours 
2020 Joel Lawrence B. Econ. Honours w/ Conc. in Economic Theory
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