Criteria

The overall criterion for selection is scholarly excellence, including but not limited to: readability, clarity and contribution to increased understanding of the dynamics of higher education.

Eligibility

Candidates must have completed the requirements for a Masters degree at a Canadian university during the calendar year 2011. The candidate must have passed the final examination and the supervisory committee must have accepted the thesis or project by 31 December 2011.

Nature of the Award

The recipient will be invited, as a guest of the Society, to present a paper on the thesis or project during the annual CSSHE conference and will be presented with a Certificate of Merit as well a a complimentary CSSHE membership for one year.

Submissions

Faculty members, who are graduate advisors, are invited to submit a maximum of two nominations. Individuals who intend to submit a nomination, are asked to consult and coordinate with their colleagues in their Faculty, so that no one Faculty forwards more than five nominations to CSSHE. Each submission must include five copies of an expanded abstract, of not less than 1,000 and not more than 1,500 words. The expanded abstract should contain the problem statement, remarks on the significance of the study, methodology, major findings and recommendations. A separate file with the full text of the thesis or project should also be submitted.

Deadline

Mail the submissions no later than 29 February 2012 to:

Dr. Walter Archer, Masters Award Chair
Faculty of Extension
University of Alberta
2-367 Enterprise Square
10230 Jasper Avenue
EDMONTON AB T5J 4P6
walter.archer@ualberta.ca

2011

Not awarded

2010 (tied)

Monique Bourgeois,
Memorial University of Newfoundland

The Significance of Post-Secondary Education in Newfoundland: A Comparison Between the Provincial Government's White Paper on Public Post-Secondary Education (2005) And Rural Women Enrolled In Liberal Arts Undergraduate Degrees

2010 (tied)

Albert Johnson,
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Students' perceptions of effective teaching in higher education

2009

Not awarded

2008

Not awarded

2007

Blanca Minerva Torres-Olave,
University of British Columbia

"If I didn't have professional dreams maybe I wouldn't think of leaving": Student Identity and Imagined Communities in a Mexican Lengua Inglesa Major

2006

David Vincent Ruffolo,
University of Toronto

Queering the "I" in academic discourse: Re/visioning agency for an equitable future

2005

Michelle H-Duke,
University of Lethbridge

The chemistry of education: B.C. young men and women.

2004

Maria Adamuti-Trache,
University of British Columbia

Post-secondary paths in science for B.C. young women and men.