Category: Prize

CSTHA Best Thesis Prize / Prix de la meilleure thèse de l’AHSTC

CSTHA Best Thesis Prize / Prix de la meilleure thèse de l’AHSTC Proposal: The CSTHA Best Thesis Prize recognizes a doctoral thesis that makes an original contribution to the history of science, technology, or medicine in Canada. The prize is awarded every two years and carries an award of $1000. Deadline: The application deadline for … Continue reading CSTHA Best Thesis Prize / Prix de la meilleure thèse de l’AHSTC →

Hewton and Griffin Funding Awards to Support Archival Research in 2021

Hewton and Griffin Funding Awards to Support Archival Research in 2021 The Friends of the CAMH Archives (FoCA), dedicated to the history of Canadian psychiatry, mental health and addiction, have established two endowment funds. These endowments annually provide funding in memory of their late colleagues, Ms. E.M. (Lil) Hewton and Dr. J.D.M. (Jack) Griffin, OC. … Continue reading Hewton and Griffin Funding Awards to Support Archival Research in 2021 →

2018-2019 Jarrell Prize / Prix Jarrell

On behalf of the CSTHA executive, we are happy to announce that Jennifer Hubbard is the recipient of the Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association's Jarrell Prize for 2018-2019. Dr. Hubbard's article, "The Global Repercussions of the 1947 Symposium on Fish Populations in Toronto: Scientific Networks and the Over-fishing Question," published in Scientia Canadensis, Volume … Continue reading 2018-2019 Jarrell Prize / Prix Jarrell →

2017 Jarrell Prize / Prix Jarrell

With pleasure, we announce that Catherine Carstairs' article, “The Environmental Critique of Water Fluoridation,” published in Volume 38, Number 1 (2015) of Scientia Canadensis has been awarded the Jarrell Prize for best article published between 2015 and 2017. The Jarrell Prize was created in honour of Dr. Richard Jarrell — a founding member of the … Continue reading 2017 Jarrell Prize / Prix Jarrell →

2015 Royal Society of Canada Prize

Best student papers awards / Prix pour les meilleurs présentations étudiantes We were so pleased to see many of you come out for our biennial conference held at York University from 6 to 8 November. The Programme Committee did a wonderful job of putting together some thought-provoking and interesting presentations. In total, we had just … Continue reading 2015 Royal Society of Canada Prize →

2015 Jarrell Prize / Prix Jarrell

The CSTHA is pleased to announce the first winner of the Jarrell Prize for the best article published in Scientia Canadensis. Dr. Eda Kranakis, professor of history at the University of Ottawa, received the award for her article “Peak Oil Theory in Canada’s Globe and Mail: A Case Study of the Construction of Ignorance.”   … Continue reading 2015 Jarrell Prize / Prix Jarrell →