Dr Matthew Hollow, Lecturer in Strategy at the York Management School, has been awarded the 2019-21 Chris Kobrak Research Fellowship in Canadian business history by the Canadian Business History Association/l'association canadienne pourl'histoire des affaires (CBHA/ACHA) for his project: Managing banking crises: Historical lessons from the handling of the Home Bank of Canada and the Canadian Commercial Bank collapses.

Matthew is the second recipient of the award, which honours CBHA/ACHA founding co-chair Chris Kobrak, a renowned scholar of financial history. Research Fellows receive up to $5,000 per year over two years, for a total of up to $10,000, to support the completion of their  project.