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• Awards for applicants to the Faculty: Faculty of Information Admissions awards  |  Other Admission Awards
• Awards for currently registered students: Faculty of Information In-Course awards | Other In-Course Awards
• Awards with a focus on Black or Indigenous students or topics
• Convocation awards
• Third-party awards

To apply for our Faculty of Information internal awards: Please apply through the Omnibus Awards application. Every year, it will open from August 1 to September 30.

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Faculty of Information Admission Awards

To apply:

• Submit a complete admission application to the program by January 31 of any year. It is the responsibility of applicants to notify referees of any early deadlines for submission of documents to be considered for entrance awards consideration.
• No separate application required

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Other Admission Awards

These are awards offered through SGS, University of Toronto, and/or Canadian government agencies.

All individual applications required. The deadlines are varied through the year. Please review information for each award through links.

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Faculty of Information In-Course awards

The Omnibus Awards application can be accessed and completed online. Every year, it will open from August 1 to September 30.

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Other In-Course awards

These are awards offered through SGS, University of Toronto, and/or Canadian government agencies.

All individual applications required. The deadlines are varied through the year. We will notify students through our weekly iSchool newsletter if there is an approaching deadline for a particular award.

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Awards for Black or Indigenous students

The awards listed below have a focus on Black or Indigenous students (or research topics) offered through the Faculty, SGS, and University of Toronto.

We have also prepared a list of awards offered by third-party organizations that students may wish to take a look at as well.

The Omnibus Awards application can be accessed and completed online. Every year, it will open from August 1 to September 30.

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Faculty of Information Convocation Awards

These are awards that our graduating students are being considered for. All considerations are made automatically as we get close to June convocation. Students that graduated in March and November will also be considered with the June graduating cohort.

• Art Gallery of Ontario Visitor Experience Award (MMSt)
• Canadian Museums Association Prize (MMSt)
• Douglas Armstrong Memorial Award (MI)
• Gertrude M. Boyle Memorial Award in Cataloguing (MI)
• Margaret Canning Public Librarian Prize (MI)
• Ontario Library Association Anniversary Prize (MI)
• Toronto Area Archivist Group Award (MI)
• Ukrainian Heritage Association & Museum of Canada Prize in Museum Studies (MMSt)
• William Graff Memorial Prize (MI)

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Third-party awards

This section contains a collection of awards where the adjudication of the award does not involve the Faculty, or the University, in any way. The Faculty will not be liable for any misinformation on the individual organizations’ pages. We are unable to help field any inquiries specific to these awards – please contact the offering organization directly for advice.

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