The David Alexander Prize

The David Alexander Prize

The David Alexander Prize is awarded annually for the best essay on the history of Atlantic Canada written in a course by an undergraduate student in any university. The amount of the prize is currently set at $500.

Conditions:

  • Entries must be undergraduate essays between 1500 and 5000 words in length on some aspect of the history of Atlantic Canada, written in English or French.
  • They may be research, interpretive, or historiographical efforts.
  • The author must be part-time or full-time undergraduate student in a degree program at an accredited university or college and the essay must have been written to meet the requirement of an undergraduate credit course during the respective academic year.
  • Previous winners of the Prize may not compete.

Submissions: Entries shall be submitted by course instructors by June 30th. No instructor shall submit more than two entries. Essays should not bear the instructor's comments or a grade. Entries may be sent as an electronic copy or a printed copy.

Adjudication: Entries will be judged by a panel of three distinguished historians. The winner will be announced in the autumn of each year. No runners-up or honorary mentions will be designated.

Entries may be submitted by email attachment to acadnsis@unb.ca, or by post to:

Alexander Prize Committee
c/o Acadiensis
Campus House, University of New Brunswick
PO Box 4400, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3

DAVID ALEXANDER PRIZE WINNERS

  • 1982 Ellen Joyce Hambrook, University of New Brunswick
  • 1983 Geoffrey Budden, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • 1984 Rusty Bittermann, University College of Cape Breton
  • 1985 Rusty Bittermann, University College of Cape Breton
  • 1986 non décerné
  • 1987 Robert Hong, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • 1988 Janice Cook, University of New Brunswick
  • 1989 non décerné
  • 1990 James E.A. Stanley, University of New Brunswick
  • 1991 Phillippe Garvie, Université de Moncton
  • 1992 Michael O'Brien, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • 1993 Paula C. Harris, University of New Brunswick
  • 1994 non décerné
  • 1995 A. Geoff Pearcey, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • 1996 Ellen Thorne, University of New Brunswick
  • 1997 Kurt Peacock, University of New Brunswick
  • 1998 Jennifer Rogers, Dalhousie University
  • 1999 Callum Makkai, Dalhousie University
  • 2000 Liza Piper, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • 2001 Lorna Williams, St. Thomas University
  • 2002 Sharon Weaver, University of New Brunswick
  • 2003 non décerné
  • 2004 Shawna Stairs, University of New Brunswick
  • 2005 Haydn Lloyd, University of Western Ontario
  • 2006 Blake Laven, Dalhousie University
  • 2007 Siobhan Laskey, University of New Brunswick
  • 2008 Fred Burrill, McGill University
  • 2009 Matt Cook, Cape Breton University
  • 2010 Alexandra Montgomery, Dalhousie University
  • 2011 non décerné
  • 2012 Anna A. MacNeil, Cape Breton University
  • 2013 Andrew Harmes, Dalhousie University;
    Matthew Verge, Mount Saint Vincent University
  • 2014 Hillary MacKinlay, Dalhousie University
  • 2015 Joseph Burton, University of New Brunswick
  • 2016 Vincent Auffrey, Université de Moncton
  • 2017 not awarded
  • 2018 Meredith J. Batt, Université de Moncton
  • 2019 James Lees, Dalhousie University
  • 2020 Zacharie Collins, Université de Moncton
  • 2021 Thomas Chassé, Université de Moncton
  • 2022 Dallas Karonhia'no:ron Canady, McGill University
  • 2023 Mathea Treslan, University of Toronto
  • 2024 Isaac MacLean, Dalhousie University