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100 Queens Park Circle
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

A club for people interested in collecting and learning about the science of minerals. 

Peacock Prize

One of the ways the Walker Mineralogical Club encourages the study of mineralogy and allied sciences is through the Peacock Memorial Prize – a scholarship awarded to a deserving student attending a Canadian University or College. The Peacock Memorial Prize is an award in memory of Dr. M. A. Peacock, who was a professor of crystallography and mineralogy at the University of Toronto, and a founding member of the Walker Club. The Walker Mineralogical Club’s roots are strongly tied to this award.

Applicants for the award must be engaged in the study of pure or applied mineralogy including crystallography, petrology or geochemistry. Preference is given to graduate students but undergraduates are eligible for the prize. The current value of the Peacock Memorial Prize is $1500. More than one prize may be awarded in a year.

Any school interested in participating is encouraged to contact the vice-president of the Walker Mineralogical Club for more information.

Peacock Memorial Prize Winners

  • 2022 Derek Leung (Laurentian)

  • 2021 Renelle Dubosq (Ottawa)

  • 2020 Thomas Gore (Laurentian)

  • 2019 Christopher Beckett-Brown (Laurentian)

  • 2018 Freya George (Carleton)

  • 2017 Cedrick O'Shaughnessy (Toronto)

  • 2016 Phillipe Belley (British Columbia) - Factors that lead to formation of gem spinel

  • 2013 Monika Haring (Laurentian) - Steedeite, A New Mineral from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec

  • 2011 Michael Makahnouk (Waterloo)

  • 2009 Jennifer Kyle (Toronto)

  • 2008 Mathew R. Izawa (Waterloo)

  • 2007 Adrian van Rythhoven (Toronto)

  • 2006 Alexandre Aubin (Waterloo)

  • 2005 Christopher White (Toronto)

  • 2004 Laurel Basciano (Queens)

  • 2002 Jacob Hanley (Toronto)

  • 2001 Jennifer Anderson (Queens)

  • 2000 Alexander Blyth (Waterloo)

  • 1998 Paula Piilonen (Ottawa)

  • 1996 Mary Garland-Kruz (Toronto)

  • 1994 Antonio Simonetti (Carlton)

  • 1993 Trevor Boyd (Toronto)

  • 1991 Michael (Mike) B. Irwin (Queens)

  • 1990 James Crawford (Queens)

  • 1989 Andrew M. McDonald (Ottawa)

  • 1988 Cindy Goodhue (Haileybury)

  • 1988 Philip Gauer (Haileybury)

  • 1986 Mike Jones (Waterloo)

  • 1983 Graham Donald Layne (Toronto)

  • 1981 James DeWitt Twyman

  • 1979 University of Toronto Equipment Purchase

  • 1977 Debora J. Artinian (Brock)

  • 1977 John Reeve (Toronto)

  • 1976 University of Toronto Equipment Purchase

  • 1975 University of Toronto Equipment Purchase

  • 1972 Ken Raven

  • 1972 Dave Brace

  • 1971 John McLennan

  • 1971 Naomi Altman

  • 1970 Zenon L. Mandziuk

  • 1970 John E. Galbraith

  • 1968 Douglas Cant (Toronto)

  • 1968 R. Kuehnbaum (Toronto)

  • 1964 Anthony R. Philpotts (McGill)

  • 1963 Mr. J.D. MacGregor

  • 1963 Dr. Edgar Frank Cruft

  • 1962 Dr. Stearns Anthony Morse (McGill)

  • 1960 Dr. Joseph Edmund Patchett (Toronto)

  • 1959 John Gittins (Toronto)

  • 1958 Robert Lynn Moxham (McMaster)

  • 1955 Dr. C.E. Hewlett (British Columbia, Wisconsin)

  • 1953 Ernest H. Nickel (McMaster, Chicago)

  • 1952 Robert James Traill (Queens U)

  • 1947 Albert R. Graham1950 Ronald James Arnott (Manitoba)