The Sociology Undergraduate Essay Award is an annual award presented to undergraduate students submitting outstanding essays in our undergraduate Sociology courses.
Criteria
• Open to all undergraduate students enrolled in Sociology courses requiring essays or term papers (exclusive of Sociology 401, 403, 407 and 408)
• The nominated paper is for the academic year Sept. - Apr. and includes the following spring and summer sessions.
• Papers should be submitted, without alteration, in the form originally submitted (no comments/marks) to meet the course requirements
• Each instructor may nominate up to three essays annually
• Students may self nominate their own essays
• Nominated essays can be brought in any time, but must be received in the Office of Undergraduate Studies (Tory 5-27) by August 31 at the latest.
The Award is presented as follows:
First Place: $100 Book Prize and Citation
Second Place: $ 50 Book Prize and Citation
Third Place: Citation
This year's winners are:
First Place: SALVATORE CUCCHIARA (SOC 334 - Instructor: Dr. Paul Datta)
"BEYOND GRAMSCI: A FOUCAULDIAN REFORMULATION OF HEGEMONY"
Second Place: PAUL NELSON (SOC 269 - Instructor: Dr. Gordon Laxer)
"FOOD SECURITY IN CANADA: AN EXAMINATION OF FOOD PRODUCTION PRACTICES"
Third Place: HEATHER HUNTER (SOC 420 - Instructor: Dr. Kevin Haggerty)
"INFANTICIDE: THE SOCIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF WOMEN'S POWERLESSNESS"