The winner of the 2014 Gunn Prize is University of Toronto PhD student Geoffrey Cameron, pictured here receiving his award from Dr. Jenna Hennebry (left) and Dr. Margaret Walton-Roberts (right), both with the International Migration Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University.
The winning essay is online.
The 2019 Gunn Prize has been awarded to Lianne Koren for her essay on Jewish Moroocan migration to Montreal
CIHS and Carleton University are pleased to announce a new partnership to award the Gunn Prize for excellence in a student essay on an historical matter in Canadian immigration policies and programs. Click here for more information.
The winning essay ‘Voices of Migration: Exploring Agency within Canadian Immigration Policy and Greek Emigration Framework’ was written Alexandros Balasis, a PhD student at York University. Mr. Balasis looks at Greek immigration to Canada during the 1950s and 1960s through immigrants’ voices and is continuing his research interests around migrants’ agency and their diverse experiences….
The 2013 Gunn Prize is awarded to Ms Dara Marcus, a graduate student at the University of Ottawa in Public and International Affairs. Click here to read the essay. A jury consisting of CIHS members Dr. Gerry Van Kessel, Dr. Kurt Jensen and Rob Vineberg along with Drs. Abel Chikanda and Andrew Thompson of the Balsillie…
The 2017 Gunn Prize was presented to Iain Wilson at the recent CIHS AGM
CIHS 2013 Gunn Prize winner Dara Marcus had her article on the Hai Hong published in ‘Bout de papier’ magazine (Vol. 28-1, published May 2014 by the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers). We post the article with the permission of Ms Marcus and with the collaboration of PAFSO.