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Harold Innis Foundation Award

Facet	Description
Student Category	Returning and graduating students
Application Required	Yes. See application here.
Number of Recipients	Multiple
Decisions and Payment Timing	Returning Students: Decisions are made in the spring and award is paid in the subsequent fall (registration required in fall term) for returning students Graduating students: Decisions are made in the spring and the award is paid in the spring
Award Value (Based on Previous Values)	At least $1,000 per award
Grades Considered	Yes
CGPA Range	1.5+ (In Good Academic Standing)
Financial Need	Yes. As an award endowed with funds from the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund (OSOTF), students must meet all of the following criteria: (1) Canadian Citizenship/Permanent Resident/Protected Person; (2) Ontario residency, see “How do I know if I qualify as an Ontario resident for student loan purposes?”; and (3) financial need. Receiving OSAP, for example, demonstrates eligibility in all three criteria for this award.
Leadership	Yes
Award Conditions	To be awarded on the basis of financial need to Innis College undergraduate students who are enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and Science for outstanding voluntary activity. Students must have an academic standing of “In Good Standing.” Preference will be given to voluntary activity that takes place off campus. This award is open to returning students and to graduating students. For returning students, recipients are required to register at Innis College in the subsequent Fall/Winter academic session to receive the award.

Evelyn Cotter Book Award

Facet	Description
Student Category	Returning or graduating student
Application Required	No
Number of Recipients	One
Decisions and Payment Timing	Returning students: Decisions are made in the spring and award is acknowledged in the subsequent fall Graduating students: Decisions are made in the spring and award is acknowledged in the spring
Award Value (Based on Previous Values)	Award of distinction
Grades Considered	No
Financial Need	No
Leadership	No
Award Conditions	To be awarded to an Innis College student who has demonstrated through diligent work in the Writing Centre his/her commitment to achieving excellence in writing.

Cinema Studies 30th Anniversary Award

Facet	Description
Student Category	Graduating student & Admission (Graduate)
Application Required	No
Number of Recipients	One
Decisions and Payment Timing	Decisions are made in the spring and the award is paid in the spring
Award Value (Based on Previous Values)	Annual Income ($1,500 – $2,000)
Financial Need	No
Leadership	No
Program	Cinema Studies
Award Conditions	To be awarded to an undergraduate Arts and Science students in Cinema Studies who have been accepted into a graduate program in cinema studies and who have achieved academic excellence.

Wasser Achievement Award

Facet	Description
Student Category	Returning and graduating students
Application Required	Yes. See application here.
Number of Recipients	Multiple
Decisions and Payment Timing	Returning Students: Decisions are made in the spring and award is paid in the subsequent fall (registration required in fall term) for returning students Graduating students: Decisions are made in the spring and the award is paid in the spring
Award Value (Based on Previous Values)	Annual Income ($750 – $1,000)
Grades Considered	Yes
Financial Need	No
Leadership	Yes
Award Conditions	To be awarded to an Innis College undergraduate degree student in the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS). The Wasser Achievement Awards aim to encourage student leadership at all levels and in all years at the College. They are to be awarded on the basis of academic standing, contribution to Innis College, the University of Toronto, their workplace or their community. The awards will be decided at the end of each winter session and will be tenable on registration in the next session. Candidates for a Wasser Achievement Award who have previously received a Wasser Achievement Award will be considered on the basis of achievement since receipt of the last award.

Aron Avraham Tanny Scholarship in Cinema Studies

Facet	Description
Student Category	Returning or graduating student
Application Required	No
Number of Recipients	One
Decisions and Payment Timing	Returning Students: Decisions are made in the spring and award is paid in the subsequent fall (registration required in fall term) Graduating students: Decisions are made in the spring and the award is paid in the spring
Award Value (Based on Previous Values)	Annual Income ($3,000 – $4,500)
Financial Need	Yes. As an award endowed with funds from the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund (OSOTF), students must meet all of the following criteria: (1) Canadian Citizenship/Permanent Resident/Protected Person; (2) Ontario residency, see “How do I know if I qualify as an Ontario resident for student loan purposes?”; and (3) financial need. Receiving OSAP, for example, demonstrates eligibility in all three criteria for this award.
Leadership	No
Program	Cinema Studies
Other	Program; year of study 3 or 4
Award Conditions	The Aron Avraham Tanny Scholarship was started by the Tanny family to enshrine the memory of Aron Avraham Tanny, who dreamed of a life devoted to film. To respect the spirit in which the award was created, recipients should be those students who have committed themselves to an expansive sense of film culture and its promotion, through filmmaking, film advocacy, and/or other related activities. Awarded to a student from any Arts and Science College enrolled in the Cinema Studies Program who demonstrates academic excellence, financial need, and has played a significant role in fostering film culture, either at the University or beyond.