Philosophy Awards & Prizes
The Father Charles R. MacDonald Medal (Established 1976)
The Father Charles R. MacDonald Memorial Medal is the Department’s highest award to a graduating student, and is normally awarded at convocation. It honours Fr. MacDonald, who taught at StFX from 1946 to 1974.
Past Recipients
2024 - Isaac Stuckless and Matt Doyle
2023 – Kenneth John Matheson
2022 - Jordan Michael Morgan
2020 - Shaughnessy Lee Cudmore-Keating
2019 - Jamie Elizabeth Samson
2018 - Leah Jeanne Gray
2017 - Calvin Scott Dewolfe
2016 - Sarah Kathryn Beattie & Samuel Rolland MacDonald
2015 - Ryan John Langevin
2014 - Kayla Joy Wiebe
2012 - Paul Andrew William Niesiobedski
2011 - Oliver Cresswell
2010 - Jared Wilson Richards
2009 - Peter Joseph Lamey
2008 - Mary Joanne Curry
2007 - Dary Laughlin Robert Jessome
2006 - Therese Tisseverasinghe
2005 – John Martin Capstick
2001 – Dennis Morley Lever
1998 – Sheila Irene McMullin
1997 – Ken Mahoney
1996 – Brent Douglas Timmons
1995 – Sean Adrian MacEachern
1994 – Gregory Bernard Emerson
1993 – Marc Eugene Ozon
1992 – David Wade Decoste
1989 – Gerald Francis Alexander and Sean Mark Gatien
1988 – Robert Bruce MacKeen
1987 – Derek John Simon
1986 – Kenneth Jones Swick
1985 – John Darrel Desroches
1980 – Gerald James Berry
1978 – Edward Michael Hyland
1976 -- Frances Lonergan (Baldner) [first award]
The Father Edo Gatto Award (Established 1993)
The Father Edo Gatto Memorial Award is presented to a student who shows excellence in mediaeval philosophy – particularly in Department’s courses in that area. It was established in honour of Fr. Gatto (BA 1952), who died tragically in a motor vehicle accident in December 1991.
Past Recipients
2024 - Isaac Stuckless
2020 - Tane Reynolds Caubo
2018 - Elizabeth Colleen Murray
2017 - Caitlin Thomas
2016 - Brandan Tran
2014 - Kayla Joy Wiebe
2012 - Cassidy Taylor Fortin
2010 - David Joseph McKernan
2008 - Mary Joanne Curry
2004 – Daniel McCulloch
2003 – William Brown
2000 – Dennis Lever
1998 – Scott Cleary
1996 – Brent Douglas Timmons
1993 – Vanessa MacPherson [first award]
The Paul V. Groarke Book Prize in Philosophy (Established 2006)
The Paul Groarke Book Prize is an award of excellence, recognizing distinguished academic achievement in Ethics, Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law.
Past Recipients
2024 - Ethan Richard
2023 - Sarah Turnbull, Kira Tosi, and Olivia Leroux
2020 - Mercedes Noelle Tibollo and Caleb Beatty Balmer Wallace Scargall
2019 - Natasha Katherine Gushue
2017 - Dominic Alexander Hughes
2015 - Matthew Attila Fletcher
2014 - Eric John Scarffe
2013 - Peter David Haskett
2012 - Amanda Frances Daignault
2010 - Ryan Gordon Blood
2009 - Emily Gray
2008 - Nadia House
2007 - James Snow
2006 - Jordan Brennan
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