Medals

 The Governor General's Academic Medal
The first medals of the Governor General were awarded in Canada
over a 100 years ago. The
Earl of Dufferin, the third Governor General after Confederation,
inaugurated what has now
become one of the most prestigious awards that a Canadian student
can receive the Governor
General's Academic Medal.

    This silver medal is awarded to the student who
achieves the highest
academic standing in the graduating class.

 The Lieutenant-Governor's Academic Medal
Inaugurated September 20th, 1953, by the late Honourable L.O.
Breithaupt, the
Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, on the occasion of the laying of
the cornerstone for the Arts
Building, this medal is awarded to graduating students attaining
the highest standing in the senior
courses of their course of studies in a General Program.

 Alumni Medals
Medal winners must take the majority of their courses at Wilfrid
Laurier University. To be
eligible students must, in the previous academic year, have
attended Wilfrid Laurier University
as full-time students. This regulation does not apply to
candidates for the Bronze Medal for
part-time students. 

 Gold Medals Honours Programs
For each Convocation a department/faculty may recommend to the
committee on scholarship and
bursaries the awarding of a gold medal to a student in the
department/faculty.

    To qualify students must: 
 1.
       Have attained the highest average in all senior courses
      in their Honours program.
 2.
       Have a minimum GPA of 10.00 in such courses.
 3.
       Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 10.00. Recommended
      students must
      be in a department/faculty having at least one non-combined
      Honours program, though the
      recipient may be in a combined Honours program. If the
      department/faculty has both single and
      combined Honours programs the recommendation must be for students
      with the highest GPA in
      the senior courses in their Honours program, whether or not they
      are registered in a single or
      combined program. It is the responsibility of the
      interdepartmental committee to recommend any
      eligible student enrolled in an interdepartmental Honours
      program. Normally a recommendation
      from a department/faculty will be for students graduating at
      Spring Convocation.

    A gold medal may be awarded for the co-operative
option in Honours BBA

 Bronze Medals General Programs
For each Convocation a department may recommend one student to
the committee on scholarship
and bursaries to receive a bronze medal. Eligible students must
be registered in the graduating
year in a General Arts, General Science or General Music program,
provided that they have
attained a minimum GPA of 10.00 in the senior courses of their
major and a minimum
cumulative GPA of 10.00.

    If eligible students are registered in an
interdepartmental major, the
nomination shall be made by the interdepartmental committee of
their major. 

 Bronze Medals Part-time Student
The University will award a bronze medal at each Convocation,
open to part-time students in
any General program with a minimum GPA of 10.00, for the
attainment of the highest
cumulative GPA based on 15 two-term courses, or equivalent. To
qualify students must have
taken all their work as a part-time student. 

 Graduation with Distinction
Students who have achieved, at graduation, a cumulative GPA for
all courses without exception
of 11.00 or higher will have the designation ``with high
distinction'' appear on their degree
diploma.

    Students who have achieved, at graduation, a
cumulative GPA for all
courses without exception between 10.00 and 10.99 will have the
designation ``with distinction''
appear on their degree diploma.