Student recognition
Award recipients
2026 Recipients
| Award | Recipient | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Impact and Research Training Awards – Doctoral | Aika Ishige | Ryuko Kubota |
| Outstanding Service Award – PhD | Anastasia Zhuravleva | Candace Galla & Ryuko Kubota |
| LLED Graduate Student Research Award | Aracely Aguilera, Ryosuke Aoyama, Rosa David | Jen Jenson; Ryuko Kubota; Ryuko Kubota |
| Best M.A. Thesis | Caroline Brown | Amber Moore & Rick Gooding |
| BPOC Graduate Excellence Award | Erick Howloka | Ryuko Kubota |
| Canada Impact and Research Training Awards – Doctoral | Hongqin Li | Ron Darvin |
| British Columbia Graduate Scholarship | Jade LaFontaine | Candace K. Galla & Derek Gladwin |
| Four Year Doctoral Fellowship | Keith Huff | George Belliveau |
| LLED Graduate Student Travel Award | Klara Abdi, Chi Chang, Rosa David, Lim Kyu Yung, Yi Luo, Osanka Rathnasiri, Serikbolsyn Tastanbek | George Belliveau; Ryuko Kubota & Julia Spiegelman; Ryuko Kubota; Jen Jenson & Ryuko Kubota; Amber Moore; Teresa Dobson; Sandra Zappa-Hollman & Meike Wernicke |
| BPOC Graduate Excellence Award | Kumiko Watabe | Meike Wernicke |
| Ann Hawson Memorial Prize in Language Education | Leila Hedley Rezvani | Maureen Kendrick |
| BPOC Graduate Excellence Award | Marwa Masood | Guofang Li |
| Killam Doctoral Scholarship, 2026–2027 Competition – Honourary Recipient | Nancy van Groll | Jen Jenson |
| Killam-Donald N. Byers Memorial Prize | Nancy van Groll | Jen Jenson |
| Canada Graduate Research Scholarship-Doctoral | Nancy van Groll | Jen Jenson |
| Four Year Doctoral Fellowship | Sinyoung Kim | Kristiina Kumpulainen |
| Canada Impact and Research Training Awards – Doctoral | Sungin Chin | Guofang Li |
| Canada Graduate Research Scholarship-Doctoral | Takamitsu Mamashita | Kristiina Kumpulainen & Derek Gladwin |
| Literacy Research Fellowship | Teri Hofferd | Teresa Dobson & Amber Moore |
| Four Year Doctoral Fellowship | Teri Hofferd | Teresa Dobson & Amber Moore |
| Outstanding Service Award – MA | Wakana Nobeyama | |
| Affiliated Fellowship – Master’s | Yanning Wang | Ron Darvin |
| Tuum Est Hua Xia Fellowship Award | YiPeng Zhang | Meghan Corella |
| BPOC Graduate Excellence Award | Yun-Rong Wang | Ron Darvin |
| BPOC Graduate Excellence Award | Zhe Yang | Ron Darvin |
2025 Recipients
| Award | Recipient | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| LLED Graduate Student Research Award | Giovanna Correa Lucci, Jonathan Feitosa Ferreira, Laen Hershler, Serikbolsyn Tastanbek, Mei Ziwen | Various |
| LLED Graduate Student Travel Award | Laura Brass, Sonoka Inomoto, Frances Maddalozzo, Firth McEachern, Mei Ziwen, Leah Meunier, Motoki Nozawa, Masaru Yamamoto | Various |
| Monica Shank Lauwo | Ann Hawson Memorial Prize in Language Education | Bonny Norton |
| Ryosuke Aoyama | Mary Ashworth Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Education | Ryuko Kubota & Meike Wernicke |
| Serikbolsyn Tastanbek | Outstanding Service Award – Phd | Meike Wernicke & Sandra Zappa-Hollman |
Ready to apply?
Review application information, deadlines, and funding for prospective students.
Funding & awards
Explore graduate funding and scholarships.