One gold medal is awarded to the student who has achieved the most outstanding academic record as a doctoral student. A second gold medal is awarded to the graduate student who has achieved most outstanding academic record as a master’s student completing a thesis. This is an opportunity to honour the best in the graduating class within the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies: there is only one award for more than 2,000 master’s graduates and one award for more than 500 doctoral graduates. Medals are presented on behalf of the Governor General of Canada by participating educational institutions, along with a personalized certificate signed by the Governor General. There is no monetary award associated with the medals
Specific nomination guidelines, criteria and a list of required documentation are available on the GPS website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/governor-generals-gold-medal
Eligibility: Students must have submitted the final copy of their theses to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies between 1 January and 31 December of the year preceding the application deadline.
Deadline: The internal Faculty of Education deadline for submission of applications to the Office of Research is 4:00 PM, Wednesday, 23 February 2022. Please submit nominations as a single PDF file electronically to educ.ore@ubc.ca.
SIS printouts signed and stamped by the Department are acceptable as substitutes for official UBC transcripts.