Scholarship & Prize Winners

William Barraclough History Scholarship

Year AwardedRecipient Name
1983Ron Muir
1984Betty-Lou Hickey
1985Linda Holmes
1986Terry Kersch
1987Marisa Paitson
1988no record
1989Gretchen Brown
1990Karen Marsh
1991Kevin Joyce
1992Cheryl Garrett
1993Ken Warren
1994Eric Nevatie
1995Kevin Hamilton
1996Lisa Bawtinheimer
1997Susan Lymbery
1998Felicity Davies
1999Karin Armstrong
2000Paula Shupe
2001Alba Banman
Year AwardedRecipient Name
2002Nicole Smith
2003not awarded
2004Elizabeth Boyce
2005Alan Kilpatrick
2006Kelly Black
2007Alexis Meservia
2008Rachael Swatez
2009Kathleen Paul
2010not available
2011Lynsey Young
2012Michael Briggs
2013Rajan Gill
2014Kiri Birmingham
2015Pradeep Menon
2016Margaret Acorn
2017Trevor Roemer
2018Kirsten Renz
2019
2020Josephine Granneman 

Dr Gregory Heide Scholarship

Year AwardedRecipient Name
1989Bruce McIntosh; Jeff Waatainen
1990Sally de la Rosa; Marie McHaffey
1991Karen Katchur
1992Mairi Scanlan
1993Matthew Lotkowski
1994Eva St. Jean
1995Victoria Ridley
1996Milan Zvekich
1997Danielle Vavra
Year AwardedRecipient Name
1998Susan Lymbery
1999Terra Dickson
2000Karin Armstrong
2001Cornell Vandenberg
2002Nicole Smith
2003Jasmine Sonier
2004Kimberly McIntyre
2005Jennifer-Leigh Gould

Nanaimo Historical Society's Ethel Barraclough Memorial History Award

Year AwardedRecipient Name
1992Cindy Whitmore
1993Kerry Anderson; Philip Evans;  Christine Meutzner
1994Ken Warren
1995Christine Meutzner
1996Eva St. Jean
1997Shannon Iverson
1998not awarded
1999Barbara Bond
2000Matthew Seguin
2001not awarded
2002Dodi Cane; Christopher Stevenson
2003Theresa Ratzlaff
2004not awarded
2005Serina Bain
2006Megan Jones
Year AwardedRecipient Name
2007Stephanie Spring
2008not awarded
2009Brad Durvin
2010Jacqueline Kirkham
2011Tim Bertram
2012Tim Bertram
2013Kerri Orser
2014  Paige Fehr
2015Conall Spencer
2016 Oceana Pazarena
2017Joshua Boutin
2018Erica Greenup
2019Jennifer Grieve
2020 Danielle Sutton 

Margaret Ormsby Essay Prize

Year AwardedRecipient Name
1997Carol Grant Powell
1998Erin Ashbee
1999not awarded
2000Wendy Robertson
2001Matthew Seguin
2002not awarded
2003Tracey Moss
2004Allen Peabody
2005-2008not awarded
Year AwardedRecipient Name
2009Kelly Black
2010-2011not awarded
2012Colin Pacholuk
2013Kerri Orser
2014-2015not awarded
2016
2017

Chuck Hee Wong Memorial Prize

Year AwardedRecipient Name
2006Jacob McFadyen
2007Christopher Bees
2008Kathleen Paul
2009Rachael Swartz
2010not available
2011Jennifer Fink
2012Craig Brooks
2009Rachael Swatez
Year AwardedRecipient Name
2013Tracy Lim
2014Julia Bristow; Conall Spencer
2015Persephone Seal
2016Joshua Boutin
2017Emily Martin
2018Liam Caljouw
2019Kaelyn Dorman
2020Melanie Osborne 

Effie Galena Kilpatrick Scholarship

Year AwardedRecipient Name
2006Christopher Bowes
2007Thomas Wendelboe
2008Alyse Waugh
2009Samuel Hiles
2010not available
2011-2014not awarded
Year AwardedRecipient Name
2015Paige Fehr
2016Julia Bristow
2017 Angela Ruscoff
2018Catherine Charlebois; Persephone Seale
2019Lindsay Church
2020Trevor Roemer 

Karr History Scholarship

Year AwardedRecipient Name
2008Katrina Ackerman
2009Alexis Meservia
2010not available
2011Lois Point
2012Sarah Williams
2013Elyse Rondeau
2014not available
Year AwardedRecipient Name
2015Ebrahaim Lababidi
2016Brandon Kornelson; Angela Ruscoff
2017 Persephone Seale
2018Maggie Acorn
2019Josephine Kuhn; Trevor Roemer
2020Kaden Walters 

Helen Brown Book Prize

Year AwardedRecipient Name
2012Heather Goodings
2013Vanessa Lim
2014Nancy Huot
2015Stefania Rosioru
2016Mark Gledhill
Year AwardedRecipient Name
2017Jacob Gair
2018Quinton Heard
2019Bethany Henderson
2020David Wilband 

Nanaimo Historical Society's Peggy Nicholls Memorial Award

Year AwardedRecipient Name
2013Jennifer Fink
2014Elyse Rondeau
2015Tracy Lim
2016Nikki Webber
Year AwardedRecipient Name
2017Tracy Lim
2018Kaden Walters
2019Emily Martin
2020Kal Zubair 

Dan Hawthorne Sports History Prize

Year AwardedRecipient Name
2017Lexi Fawcett
2018Jesse Kennedy-Burgoyne
Year AwardedRecipient Name
2019Matthew Aarsen
2020Catherine Calvin