This scholarship, named in honour of the late Margaret Laurence, a former Chancellor of the University, is awarded annually for outstanding achievement in the fields of Canadian literature or Canadian studies.
1985 Laura Lynn Peers
1986 Betty Ann de Groot
1987 Mary Ann Armstrong
1988 Pamela Craven
1989 Susan Rice
1990 Susan Barrett
1991 Mary Elizabeth Leighton
1992 Alyssa Frohberg
1993 Rachelle Bennet-Alder
1994 Tracy O'Brien
1995 Tanya Bylsma, Jennifer McColl
1996 Susan Knabe
1997 Alana Bell
1998 Sarah Stringer
1999 Pascale Manning
2000 Greg Nugent
2001 Brooke Pratt
2002 Brooke Pratt
2003 Joshua McCormick
2004 Heidi Butler
2005 Taela Smith
2006 Sarah Posthuma
2007 Elena Merrill
2009 Kathleen Wells
2010 Tonya Di IIlio
2012 Sara Gallagher
2013 Anna Crawford
2014 Rosamund Kelby
2015 Hayley Raymond
2016 Casey Freeman
2017 Cheyenne Tattersall
2018 Lina Vermeer
2019 Maya Sibbald
2020 Abigail Powell
2021 Clayton McAllister
2022 Alison MacFarlane
2023 Samantha Paolucci