2020 Prizes and Scholarships Awarded
Congratulations to all of our students — especially as they completed their semester and exams remotely while facing the concerns of COVID-19.
Dave Lee, winner of the Knox College Gold Medal, awarded to the graduating MDiv student with highest academic standing.
General Proficiency – 1st Year Students
Eastman Prize – Brett Main
Gillies Prize – Jessica Lee
General Proficiency – Olushola Oludipe
General Proficiency – Jinhwi Kim
General Proficiency – Dongwon Jung
General Proficiency – 2nd Year Students
R. H. Thornton Prize – Jonathon Yoonjae Lee
Goldie Scholarship – David Parker
General Proficiency – Christian Youn
General Proficiency – Candice Bahadoor
General Proficiency – 3rd Year Students
Bonar-Burns Prize – Joshua Heo
Elizabeth Scott Prize – Gerald Gallant
General Proficiency – Part-Time Students
John K. and Jane M. Hislop Prize – Gustavo Carvalho
General Proficiency – Eun Oae Grace Koh
General Proficiency – Sun Young Choi
General Proficiency – Hyeon-Joo Kim
General Proficiency – Clement Shim
General Proficiency – Antonio Siracusa
General Proficiency – Grace Cheung
General Proficiency – Kwangyoung Park
General Proficiency – Jonathon Zarb
General Proficiency – Linda Endicott
Graduating Student Prizes
Knox College Gold Medal – Dave Lee
Chris Vais Award – Edward Yoo
Robert & Elizabeth McKay Memorial Prize (Ewart; Community Life) – Mary Pik Chun Lee
Lillian Matthews Prize (Ewart; Christian Education) – Debora Rolls
Walter W. Bryden Prize (Church History) – Debora Rolls
Walter W. Bryden Prize (Ethics) – Dave Lee
Gordon Mortimer Clark Prize (Ethics) – Debora Rolls
Rev. Stanley W. & Eleanor Vance Memorial Prize (Preaching) – Chad Bolton
R. M. Boswell Prize (Preaching) – Dave Lee
Roberta Kinnon Prize (Preaching) – Debora Rolls
Rev. Dr. Harry B. Somers Memorial Prize (Old Testament) – Edward Yoo
D. K. Andrews Memorial Prize (Old Testament) – Edward Yoo
New Testament Scholarship – Dave Lee & Edward Yoo
Rev. Wm. James Walker, D.D. Prize (Systematic Theology) – Dave Lee
John Robson Award (Urban Ministry), Practical Theology (Inner City Ministry) – Tyler Scrivens
Mr. & Mrs. W. G. Ridell, Manchester (Auburn) – Chad Bolton
Course Prizes
Prince of Wales Prize (Church History, Modern) – Anita Evans
Brydon Prize (Church History, Reformation) – Brett Main
Rupal Prize (Christian Ethics) – Joshua Heo & Christian Youn
Smith Prize (Doctrines of Reconciliation) – Dave Lee
The Archibald McArthur Prize (Greek) – Claire Lemiski
McLelland-Scott Prize (Greek Reading/Exegesis) – Claire Lemiski
Rev. Dr. Homer W. McAvoy Memorial Prize (Old Testament) – Brett Main
John Stenhous Prize (Ewart) – Jillian McWhinnie
William and Ada Major Prize (Ewart) (New Testament Introduction) – Brett Main & Gustavo Carvalho
Mar Presbyterian Church Prize (Intro to Practice of Ministry) – Brett Main, Gustavo Carvalho, & David Parker
Class of 1951 Prize (Preaching) – Jinhwi Kim & Candice Bahadoor
Other Prizes
The Mathewson Memorial Scholarship – Christian Youn
Rev. Dr. Hugh Davidson Memorial Prize (Faculty – Academic Merit) – Angelica Atkins
Living the Name (Evangelism & Mission) – Gerald Gallant
Rev. Dr. Douglas A. Wilson Prize (Atlantic Provinces) – David Parker
Prizes Granted by an External Agency
2020 George Black Membership Scholarship – Eun Oae Grace Koh
Milal Theological Scholarships –
Heejin Choi, EunJu Chung, Gerald Gallant, Hyunju (Karen) Kim, & James Park
Awarded by Toronto School of Theology
Ko Woon (Deborah) Lee, PhD student (and Knox 2019 MA), has received the C. Douglas Jay Scholarship, which was established by the Board of Trustees in 1981 in honour of the founding Director of TST, Professor C. Douglas Jay. The award is made possible thanks to contributions made by the Douglas and Ruth Jay Family Fund of The United Church of Canada Foundation. The award is available to a graduate degree student with excellent academic standing working in the area of Christian social ethics, philosophical theology, philosophy of religion or psychology of religion.
Eun Suk (Alex) Oh, PhD student (and Knox 2015 MDiv), has received the Order of St. Lazarus Bursary, which was established in 1994 through a gift from the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. An additional gift generously made by the Order has been supplemented by matching funds from the Ontario Trust for Student Support (OTSS). The bursary is awarded to a graduate degree student working in the area of ecumenism.