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FASS Essay Competition

The FASS Essay Competition is an annual contest for students registered at Ä¢¹½AV.Ìý There are three competitions with a prize of $7,000 each (top prize amounts for each competition that may be awarded for the 2025-2026 academic year):  , the and the .Ìý Contest deadline for the 2026 competition is Monday, February 23, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.Ìý

FAQs

Learn more about each part of the FASS essay competition at the links above (and in the right side bar on this page) and find answers to some of your questions about the requirements and eligibility on our . If you don't find an answer here, feel free to contact the Dean's Office at fassnews@dal.ca .

Congratulations to the 2025 winners

Halifax Overseas Club Essay Prize
Grace E. Alberts

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Mushkat Memorial Essay Prize
James N. Dixon [PDF 464 KB]
Irving and Jeanne Glovin Award
Clarisse Paron

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, hosted a ceremony where the winners of the three parts of the 2025 FASS Essay Competition each presented excerpts from their winning papers. See links to the presentations below.

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Winners of the three parts of the 2025 FASS Essay Competition

Pictured from left to right: Clarisse Paron (PhD candidate in Philosophy), James Dixon (BA student with double major in Black and African Diaspora Studies and Philosophy), and Grace Alberts (BA student with double major in Environment, Sustainability & Society and Environmental Science).