Awarded annually by the Vice-Provost, Graduate Studies on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Political Science to a graduate student in the Political Science program who is continuing studies in the area of Canadian Politics. Preference will be given to students who identify as women. Recipients must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Established in 1993 by the Canadian Federation of University Women-Ottawa in memory of the mutual fidelity of the Forseys. Senator Eugene Forsey was a recognized expert on the Canadian Constitution and a lecturer in Carleton’s Political Science Department for many years. Mrs. Forsey was a member of CFUW-Ottawa. Revised 2010, 2014, 2017, 2025.