Awards and honours

2022 Rik Davidson/Studies in the Political Economy Book Prize for Capitalist Political Economy: Thinkers and Theories, by Heather Whiteside, Political Science.

2022 Honorable Mention from the German Studies Association/DAAD book prize committee for Mediaeval Badges: Their Wearers and Their Worlds by Ann Marie Rasmussen, Germanic and Slavic Studies.

2021 Outstanding Book Award, Society of Professors of Education for Oral History, Education, and Justice: Limitations and Possibilities for Redress and Reconciliation, edited by Kristina R. Llewellyn, Renison University College (and Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, University of Ottawa).

2021 Publication Award for Edited Book, Canadian Association of Foundations of Education (CAFE) for Oral History, Education, and Justice: Possibilities and Limitations for Redress and Reconciliation, edited by Kristina R. Llewellyn, Renison University College (and Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, University of Ottawa)

2021 Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association for Fossilized: Environmental Policy in Canada’s Petro-Provinces, by Angela Carter, Political Science

2020 Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize for Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement, by Tiffany N. Florvil

2019 CAS/Taylor & Francis Book Prize (Canadian Association of Slavists)
for The Portrayal of Jews in Modern Belarusian Literature, by Zinaida Gimpelevich, Germanic & Slavic Studies

2019 Canadian Shortlist, Griffin Poetry Prize (The Griffin Trust)
for The Art of Dying, by Sarah Tolmie, English Language & Literature

2017 C. P. Stacey Prize (Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War)
for Crerar’s Lieutenants. Inventing the Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939-1945, by Geoffrey Hayes, History

2016 Gabrielle Roy Prize (Association of Canadian and Quebec Literatures)
for Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives, co-edited by Linda Warley, English Language & Literature (with Candida Rifkind, University of Winnipeg)

2016 Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations (International Studies Association) for The Forgotten Foundations of Bretton Woods: International Development and the Making of the Postwar Order, by Eric Helleiner, Political Science

2015 Gabrielle Roy Prize (Association of Canadian and Quebec Literatures)
for The Black Atlantic Reconsidered: Black Canadian Writing, Cultural History, and the Presence of the Past, by Winfried Siemerling, English Language & Literature

2015 Prose Award (Association of American Publishers) for Disability Rhetoric (Syracuse University Press, 2013), by Jay Dolmage, English Language & Literature

2011 John Porter Tradition of Excellence Award
for Measuring the Mosaic: An Intellectual Biography of John Porter (University of Toronto Press, 2010), by Rick Helmes-Hayes, Sociology & Legal Studies

2010 John Porter Tradition of Excellence Award
for The Prestige Squeeze: Occupational Prestige in Canada Since 1965 (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2009), by John Goyder, Sociology & Legal Studies

2010 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
for Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000 (Knopf Canada, 2009), by John English, History (Just Watch Me was also a finalist for both the 2010 Charles Taylor Award and the 2010 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction)

• Igor Grossmann, Psychology – Societies 2019 Young Investigator Award from the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MIDI) (2020)
• Eric Helleiner, Political Science – IPE Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies -Association (2020)
• Kristina R. Llewellyn, Social Development Studies (Renison) – Teaching Excellence Award, Renison University College (2020)
• Dillon Browne, Psychology – Ontario Early Researcher Award (2020)
• Jay Dolmage, English Language & Literature — College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada (2020)
• Geoffrey Fong, Psychology – Fellow, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2020)
• Ian Milligan, History – Honorary Archivist Award, Association of Canadian Archivists (2020)
• Imre Szeman, Communication Arts — Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2020)
• Imre Szeman, Communication Arts – Fellow, Canadian International Council (2020)
• Andrew Cooper, Political Science – Distinguished Scholar Award from the Diplomating Studies Section, International Studies Association (2019)
• Geoffrey Fong, Psychology – Health Research Foundation (HRF) of Innovation Medicines Canada Medal of Honour (2019)
• Igor Grossmann, Psychology – Sage Young Scholars, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2019)
• Allison Kelly, Psychology – Ontario Early Researcher Award (2019)
• Aimée Morrison, English Language & Literature – Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowship (2019)
• Winfried Siemerling, English Language & Literature – Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2019)
• Jessica Thompson, Fine Arts – Ontario Early Researcher Award (2019)
• J. Efrim Boritz, School of Accounting & Finance – Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Thought (2018)
• Geoffrey Fong, Psychology – Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease (2018)
• James Skidmore, Germanic & Slavic Studies – Innovate German Award, DAAD and Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (2018)
• Eric Helleiner, Political Science – Canada Council for the Arts Killam Research Fellowship (2017)
• John Turri, Philosophy – Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists (2016)
• Colin MacLeod, Psychology – Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) (2016)
• John English, History – Officer of the Order of Canada (2016) 
• James Walker, History – Member of the Order of Canada (2016)
• Eric Helleiner, Political Science – Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) (2015)
• Bessma Momani, Political Science – Trudeau Foundation Fellow (2015)
• Chris Eliasmith, Philosophy – NSERC John C. Polanyi Award (2015)
• Chris Eliasmith, Philosophy – Inaugural Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists (2014)
• James Walker, History – Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) (2013)
• Paul Thagard, Philosophy – Canada Council for the Arts Killam Prize (Humanities) (2013)
• Geoffrey Fong, Psychology – Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Knowledge Translation Award (2011)
• Mark Zanna, Psychology – Canada Council for the Arts Killam Prize (Social Sciences) (2011)
• François Paré, French Studies – Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) (2010)
• Geoffrey Fong, Psychology – Canadian Medical Association Journal’s Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research award (2010)
• William Coleman, Political Science – Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) (2009)
• William Coleman, Political Science – Trudeau Foundation Fellowship (2007)
• Eric Helleiner, Political Science – Trudeau Foundation Fellowship (2007)
• Paul Thagard, Philosophy – Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize (2007)