This award was made possible by a gift to the late Douglas White Ambridge from the employees and shareholders on the occasion of his retirement from the presidency of Abitibi Power and Paper Company Limited on February 1, 1963.
Awarded to a graduate receiving the degree of Ph.D. in the Physical Sciences or Engineering. The winner is selected from candidates nominated by each department whose academic record, including research and thesis, is judged to be outstanding among all those who graduate during the academic year.
Established in 1990, with gifts from individuals and faculties, in recognition and appreciation of Professor Gordon A. Maclachlan's 10 years of service to McGill as Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and Vice‑Principal (Research).
Awarded annually by GPS to the most outstanding graduate receiving a Ph.D. degree during the academic year in any discipline of the Biological Sciences or Health Sciences. The winner will be selected from candidates nominated by eligible departments, based on the quality of their academic records, the scholarly significance of their research and the excellence of their theses and other publications.
Two medals are presented each year (normally at the Spring convocation) by McGill University, in the name of and on behalf of the Governor General of Canada, to the most outstanding graduating Master's or doctoral students (one in Human Sciences and one in Natural Sciences). A maximum of one nomination per McGill department will be accepted each year, based on truly outstanding academic merit. Nominations are reviewed by a GPS Selection Committee. Nominees for the Governor General's Gold Medal are automatically considered for all the internal Graduation Prizes and Awards listed in this section.
Nomination forms are available on the web in March. Nominations for the Governor General's Gold medal are often combined with nominations for the Ambridge, Jenckes and Maclachlan prizes described elsewhere in this Calendar. Further details are available from the GPS Fellowships and Awards Section website.
Awarded annually by GPS to the most outstanding graduate receiving a Ph.D. degree during the academic year in any discipline in the social sciences and humanities. The winner will be chosen from among candidates nominated by eligible departments and faculties, assessed by the quality of their academic records, the scholarly significance of their research and the stylistic and substantive excellence of their theses and other publications.
To be awarded by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to an outstanding graduate receiving the Governor General's Gold Medal.
This fellowship is awarded to an outstanding doctoral student whose research focuses on Canada or some aspects of Northern Studies nearing the completion of a Ph.D. degree.
This fellowship is awarded to an outstanding graduate student in Health Sciences who will complete their dissertation in the coming academic year and who is not receiving other fellowship funding.
