The Ryerson Medal is the University’s highest award. It is awarded on the basis of high academic standing throughout a student’s program of study and extensive participation in co-curricular activities. Six gold medals can be awarded annually, one for each of the six academic faculties and are awarded once each year at the Spring Convocation. Each medalist is also the recipient of a $1000 Howard H. Kerr Memorial Scholarship, established in memory of Howard H. Kerr, the University’s first principal and founder of the Ryerson Medal.