Silver Medal Award
Anthropology UWaterloo annually awards its Silver Medal for Academic Excellence in Anthropology prize to a 3rd or 4th year anthropology student. The award winner is chosen from among our most highly achieving students, taking into consideration the activities and contributions to student life and community. The intention is to honour an excellent, all-round promising anthropologist.
The students who have won this medal have focused on various subfields of anthropology, including biological anthropology, archaeology, and sociocultural anthropology. Recipients comprise joint majors and students enrolled in both the regular and co-operative programs.
The Silver Medal has been awarded annually since 1985. See our historical list of recipients.
Citizenship Award
Each year, Anthropology recognizes one or two outstanding and well-rounded students who have shown exceptional commitment to our community and the University of Waterloo as a whole. Successful candidates will have demonstrated enthusiasm, respectfulness, a positive attitude, hard work, and academic excellence while progressing toward an anthropology major. Recipients receive a monetary award, and their names are engraved on a plaque displayed in the Anthropology area.
Mac Lewis Memorial Award in Classics
This annual award will recognize and support those students in Classics or Anthropology who share a passion for Greek and Roman archaeology or material culture. Interested students in Anthropology are encouraged to apply for this award.
More information can be found on the Classical Studies website.
See the Student Awards and Financial Aid web page for further details.