Financial awards for undergraduate students
PwC Awards
The PwC Award is open to students majoring in accountancy who are passionate about promoting equity, diversity and inclusion at school and/or in the wider community.
For the 2024-2025 academic year, one PwC Award, valued at $2,500 will be awarded to an eligible undergraduate student. These awards are made possible by the generous support of PwC.
Winners will be selected through competition, on the basis of academic merit and contributions to school or community activities that promote equity, diversity and inclusion.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be full-time students pursuing an undergraduate degree at John Molson, majoring in accountancy and have completed at least one full term of study in accountancy
- They must have maintained a minimum GPA of 2.8
- Applicants must also provide a cover letter describing their contributions to school or community activities that promote equity, diversity and inclusion
- Applicants may be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or international students
How to apply
Applications for the PwC Awards in Accountancy must include a cover letter that elaborates your contributions to school or community activities that promote equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as your most recent transcript (unofficial Student Record/Transcript from Concordia). Please submit both documents as a single PDF to Catherine Sarazin, Department Assistant, Accountancy, at catherine.sarrazin@concordia.ca.
The application deadline is March 28, 2025.
Recipients of the PwC Awards in Accountancy will be informed by the end of winter 2025 term.
John Molson Accounting Society Award
These awards are open to students in accountancy who actively participate in the events and services provided by the John Molson Accounting Society (JMAS).
One JMAS Award valued at $1,225 will be granted to one eligible undergraduate student.
Eligibility
- You must be a full-time student enrolled in a course of study leading to an undergraduate degree in accountancy (i.e., Major in Accountancy) with a minimum GPA of 3.0
- No present or past member of JMAS executive is eligible for this award
- Open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents or international students
How to apply
Submit a one-page letter summarizing how you have been positively influenced by your participation in the events and services provided by JMAS.
You must also include your most recent transcript (unofficial Student Record/Transcript from Cncordia).
Please submit both documents as a single PDF to Catherine Sarrazin, department assistant, at catherine.sarrazin@concordia.ca.
The application deadline is March 28, 2025.
Recipients of the JMAS Awards will be informed by the end of the academic year 2024-2025.
George Kanaan Award for the Accountancy Teaching Assistant of the Year
The department is seeking nominations of eligible undergraduate ACCO teaching assistants for the 2024-2025 George Kanaan Award.
The award recipient receives $3,000.
Eligibility
The student must be a teaching assistant in the Department of Accountancy for more than two terms (summer counts as one term) and enrolled in the accountancy major of the Bachelor of Commerce program at the John Molson School of Business.
The selection of the recipient will be made based on the outstanding contributions of the teaching assistant to their respective courses.
Instructors in the Department of Accountancy can nominate eligible ACCO teaching assistants (TA) by sending a recommendation letter by email to Catherine Sarrazin at catherine.sarrazin@concordia.ca by May 23, 2025. The recommendation letter should outline the outstanding contributions and list all TA-ships of the nominee.
