George Dufault Award and Medal for Excellence in Communication

Award type: 
Scholarships/awards, Medals/Prizes
Award description: 

An award, valued at $1,000, and silver medal are presented annually to a graduating student in the Faculty of Engineering who has demonstrated excellence in communication through outstanding performance in the faculty wide Sandford Fleming Technical Speaker Competition, or a comparable Sanford Fleming competition, held in the preceding Spring or Fall term. The award and medal were established by the family of the late George Dufault in recognition of his contribution to the University as its first Coordinator and first Head of the Department of Co ordination, now Co-operative and Experiential Education, and later as a Lecturer in Physics and a Professor of Electrical Engineering.

Value: 
$1,000
Level: 
Year Four
Program:
Engineering→Architectural Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geological Engineering, Management Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Nanotechnology Engineering, Systems Design Engineering; Software Engineering
Citizenship: 
Canadian citizen/permanent resident, International/study permit student
Selection process: 
Students considered automatically - no application.
Term: 
Spring
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
    • The Centre, Needles Hall