Philosophy News - Awards and Honours

David Dyzenhaus Awarded SSHRC Gold Medal

Published: November 28, 2023

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For his exceptional work in the field of legality in the philosophy of law and political theory, University Professor David Dyzenhaus has been honoured with a Gold Medal from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the organization’s highest recognition.

Dissertation Awards for Hamish Russell, Lisa Doerksen, and Seyed Yarandi

Published: September 11, 2023

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Congratulations to three of our graduate students who recently earned their doctoral degrees. Hamish Russell, Lisa Doerksen, and Seyed Yarandi. Russell, whose thesis titled “Roles and the Filtering of Reasons” was written under the supervision of Joseph Heath, received the Best Dissertation Award from the Society for Business Ethics. The … Read More

William E. Seager Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Published: September 8, 2023

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Immense congratulations to Professor Emeritus William E. Seager for his recent appointment as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada—a prestigious distinction reserved for the country’s most distinguished scholars, artists, and scientists. The RSC’s website describes Seager as “one of the world’s leading philosophers of mind” whose original and … Read More

2023 Graduate Student Service Award Winners

Published: May 8, 2023

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A great graduate department rests on more pillars than student excellence and a well-functioning administration. At least as important is a sense of thriving and supportive community—and while department leadership and staff certainly play a role in helping create such community, much of that work, often not or under-recognized, depends … Read More

Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowship for Andrew Sepielli

Published: April 11, 2023

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Congratulations to Andrew Sepielli, an associate professor on the UTM campus and in the Graduate Department at St. George, who has received a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowship for the academic year 2023-24. Each year, Princeton University’s Center for Human Values awards fellows the opportunity to devote an academic … Read More

FAS Superior Graduate Student Course Instructor Teaching Award for Alexandra Gustafson

Published: March 31, 2023

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Alexandra Gustafson has added another feather to her awards and recognition cap: the Philosophy PhD candidate, researcher of love, popular teacher, and mental health advocate has received a Superior Graduate Student Course Instructor Teaching Award for 2022–2023 from the Faculty of Arts & Science. Nominations are received from across the … Read More

Congratulations to Lu-Vada Dunford, Our Latest PhD

Published: March 30, 2023

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Heartfelt congratulations to Lu-Vada Dunford, the latest PhD to emerge from our department. The award-winning teacher and popular Ethics Bowl judge who already holds a position in the Philosophy Department at St. Francis Xavier University of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, today passed her doctoral defense with flying colours. Her dissertation titled … Read More

2022 Prize-Winning CPA Essays

Published: February 13, 2023

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We are delighted to see included in the latest issue of Dialogue (61.3), a special issue on the Prizes of the Canadian Philosophical Association, three names associated with our program. Caitlin Hamblin-Yule, one of our current PhD students, won a prestigious Congress Graduate Merit Award (CGMA) for her essay “The Gallows … Read More

Arthur Ripstein Honoured with Journal of the History of Philosophy Prize

Published: January 4, 2023

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Arthur Ripstein, a University Professor in Department of Philosophy and the Faculty of Law and, has been awarded the 2022 Journal of the History of Philosophy Prize, which celebrates philosophical and scholarly achievement. The prize is awarded to a book published in the previous year (according to the copyright date) that deserves special recognition … Read More