Recognizing Future Leaders in Insolvency Law

The IIC Prize in Insolvency Studies was established in 2003 to “encourage the study and analysis of insolvency and reorganization issues in Canada”. Originally only issued at four universities, in 2018 the program was expanded to 17 universities across the country.

Recognizing top academic achievement, the IIC Prize in Insolvency Studies is presented to the student with the highest grade in the university’s bankruptcy, restructuring, or insolvency law course. Along with the $1,000 monetary award, the IIC offers each winner the chance to connect with an IIC member at a firm of their choice as an invaluable networking and mentorship opportunity. 

IIC Prize winners and their respective universities are also recognized on the IIC website and in its social media posts.

The annual prize program is launched at the beginning of each academic year with posters provided both in hard copy and electronically to participating universities, along with announcements on the IIC’s social media platforms. The prize is available to students in either first term or second term. In the case of a tie, the award is divided equally between the winners.

Winners’ names are posted as they are received from their respective universities at the end of the academic year.

The list of our 2025-2026 IIC Prize in Insolvency Studies winners is below with names posted as they are received. Congratulations to all the Prize winners for their remarkable achievement!

Faculty Involvement

Are you the instructor or professor for your university’s bankruptcy, insolvency, or restructuring law course? We encourage you to connect with us to ensure your university is offering this prize and to discuss promoting this opportunity within your faculty.

Meet our Winners!

2025-2026

  • University of Alberta – Kody Sigman

  • University of British Columbia – Zakiya Abdulaziz

  • University of Calgary – Michael King & Kali Olsen

  • L’Université Laval – TBA

  • University of New Brunswick – Julia L. Evans

  • Université de Montréal – Chloé Grenier

  • University of Saskatchewan – Brad Heskin

  • Université de Sherbrooke – Émilie-Rose Chiasson & Louis-Raphaël Bédard

  • University of Toronto – Michael Roclawski

  • University of Ottawa – Erin Shen

  • University of Windsor – Natalie Cusinato

  • University of Victoria – Course not offered in 2025-2026

  • Thomson Rivers University – William Cai & John Hawthorne

  • Dalhousie University – Finn Mitra & Andrew Mahar

  • Western University – Raza Akbari

  • York University (Osgoode Hall) – Nazdona Ayon

2024-2025

  • University of Alberta – Octavian Cristea

  • University of British Columbia – Qi Jing & Kennedy Montano

  • University of Calgary – Raye Willms

  • L’Université Laval – Élorie Jacques

  • University of New Brunswick – Jake Bartlett

  • Université de Montréal – Charles-Olivier Morin

  • University of Saskatchewan – Trey Pernitsky

  • Université de Sherbrooke – Véronique Lavoie

  • University of Toronto – Daniel Kim

  • University of Ottawa – Charles-Antoine Godin

  • University of Windsor – Celine Atkins

  • University of Victoria – Course not offered in 2024-2025

  • Thomson Rivers University – Maya Shapira

  • Dalhousie University – Will Chisholm, Asia Murphy, Craig Dawdy

  • Western University – Allen Hujic

  • York University (Osgoode Hall) – Nicholas Allard

2023-2024

  • University of Alberta – Jessica Csandl
  • University of British Columbia – Ellen Savage
  • University of Calgary – Sean Kimak
  • L’Université Laval – Tristan Beaumont, Louis-Frédéric Groleau
  • University of New Brunswick – Rachel Barrett
  • Université de Montréal – Emannuel Cigana
  • University of Saskatchewan – Riley Cockwill
  • Université de Sherbrooke – Francesca Robitaille
  • University of Toronto- John (Jack) Stewart
  • University of Ottawa – Dana Mae Malapit
  • University of Windsor – Konstantinos Tsatsos
  • University of Victoria – Nicole Walsh
  • Thomson Rivers University – Ian Meikle
  • Queen’s University – Chloe Stone
  • Dalhousie University – Samuel Eisner
  • Western University – Sara N. Fuller
  • York University – Jordan Mamelak

 2022-2023

  • University of Alberta – Caitlyn Smith
  • University of British Columbia – Josh Lerner
  • University of Calgary – Daniel Stethem
  • L’Université Laval – Anne-Sophie Ayoub
  • University of New Brunswick – Megan Stewart
  • University of Manitoba – Mackenzie Cardinal
  • Université deMontréal – Lezhi Wang
  • University of Saskatchewan – Troy Mack
  • Université de Sherbrooke – Mathieu Gobeil
  • University of Toronto – Riyana Manerikar
  • University of Ottawa – Julia Chung
  • University of Windsor – Cayley Kavanagh
  • University of Victoria – Harmanpreet Kang
  • Thomson Rivers University – Sean Gillis
  • Queen’s University – Erik Knopf
  • Dalhousie University – Julia Hiltz
  • Western University – Meaghan Sweeney
  • York University – Andrew Nesbitt

2021-2022

  • University of Alberta – Jack Holan
  • University of British Columbia – Olga Shaporenko
  • University of Calgary – Course not held in 2021-2022
  • L’Université Laval – Élicia Mayer
  • University of New Brunswick – Katherine Peterson
  • University of Manitoba – Course not held in 2021-2022
  • Université de Montréal – Jessica Bardakji
  • University of Saskatchewan – Corbin Golding
  • Université de Sherbrooke – Jasmine Huard
  • University of Toronto – Anna Glover
  • University of Ottawa – Shara Sullivan
  • University of Windsor – Harry Meiteen
  • University of Victoria – Course not held in 2021-2022
  • Thomson Rivers University – Farrukh Ahmad
  • Queen’s University – Diana McBey
  • Dalhousie University – Patrick Kahn
  • Western University – Simran Joshi
  • York University – Meena Alnajar & Alexis Bass

2020-2021

  • University of Alberta – Justin Haack
  • University of British Columbia – Lauren Antoniuk
  • University of Calgary – Erin Anderson
  • L’Université Laval – Charles-Philippe Héroux
  • University of New Brunswick – Jordan Hamilton
  • University of Manitoba – Joel Olfert
  • Université de Montréal – Michelle Garcia
  • University of Saskatchewan – Sam Kalmakoff
  • Université de Sherbrooke – Pauline Beaupré
  • University of Ottawa – Mélissa Lalonde
  • University of Toronto – Kaija Mikaela Sandberg
  • University of Windsor – Nisheet Karthikeyan
  • University of Victoria – Course not held in 2020-2021
  • Dalhousie University – Course not held in 2020-2021
  • Thomson River University – Jana Chouinard & Heidi Esslinger
  • Queen’s University – Colette Koopman
  • Western University – Zagros Habibi
  • York University – Rachel Somers

2019-2020

  • University of Alberta – Rajiv Bansal
  • University of British Columbia – Sundeep Garcha
  • University of Calgary – Course not held in 2019-2020
  • L’Université Laval – Martin Bisson
  • University of New Brunswick – Chee-Wang Ng
  • University of Manitoba – Jessica Pushka
  • Université de Montréal – Rosemarie Cliche
  • University of Ottawa – Mykelti St-Louis & Brendan Wu
  • University of Toronto – Katharine Somers
  • University of Saskatchewan – Graham Fuga
  • Université de Sherbrooke – Hugues Gagnon
  • University of Windsor – Mitch Maclean
  • University of Victoria – Course not held in 2019-2020
  • Dalhousie University – James Glasworthy & Natalie MacDougall
  • Thomson Rivers University – Katherine McDonnell
  • Queen’s University – Vanessa Yee
  • Western University – Monica Faheim
  • York University – Ferial Fekri