Isaak-Walton-Killam Award
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The Izaak-Walton-Killam Award was established according to the last wishes of Dorothy J. Killam to honour the memory of her husband Izaak Walton Killam
.
Five Killam Prizes, each having a value of $100,000, are annually awarded by the Canada Council
to eminent Canadian
researchers who distinguish themselves in the fields of social, human, natural or health sciences.
Izaak Walton Killam
Izaak Walton Killam was one of Canada's most eminent financiers.-Early life:Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Killam rose from paper boy in Yarmouth to become one of Canada's wealthiest individuals.-Business ventures:...
.
Five Killam Prizes, each having a value of $100,000, are annually awarded by the Canada Council
Canada Council
The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as an arts council of the government of Canada, created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. It funds Canadian artists and...
to eminent Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
researchers who distinguish themselves in the fields of social, human, natural or health sciences.
Recipients
This list is incomplete.- 1976
- Harold Williams, Memorial University of NewfoundlandMemorial University of NewfoundlandMemorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St...
, Natural Sciences
- Harold Williams, Memorial University of Newfoundland
- 1981
- Feroze Ghadially, University of SaskatchewanUniversity of SaskatchewanThe University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...
, Health Sciences - Raymond Lemieux, University of AlbertaUniversity of AlbertaThe University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
, Natural Sciences - Louis SiminovitchLouis SiminovitchLouis Siminovitch, CC is a Canadian molecular biologist. He was a pioneer in human genetics, researcher into the genetic basis of muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, and helped establish Ontario programs exploring genetic roots of cancer.Born in Montreal, Quebec to parents who had emigrated...
, University of TorontoUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, Health Sciences
- Feroze Ghadially, University of Saskatchewan
- 1982
- William Tutte, University of WaterlooUniversity of WaterlooThe University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
, Natural Sciences
- William Tutte, University of Waterloo
- 1983
- Brenda MilnerBrenda MilnerBrenda Milner, is a Canadian neuroscientist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology. -Biography:...
, McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, Health Sciences
- Brenda Milner
- 1984
- Werner IsraelWerner IsraelWerner Israel, OC, FRSC, FRS is a Canadian physicist.Born in Berlin, Germany and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, he received his B.Sc. in 1951 and his M.Sc. in 1954 from the University of Cape Town. He received his Ph.D...
, University of Alberta, Natural Sciences
- Werner Israel
- 1985
- Pierre DansereauPierre DansereauPierre Dansereau, was a Canadian ecologist known as one of the "fathers of ecology".-Biography:...
, Université du Québec à MontréalUniversité du Québec à MontréalThe Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
, Natural Sciences - Phil GoldPhil GoldPhil Gold, CC, OQ, FRSC, FRCPC, MACP is a Canadian physician, scientist, and professor.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a B.Sc. degree in 1957, a M.Sc. degree in 1961, a M.D. degree in 1961, and a Ph.D. in 1965 from McGill University.In 1968, he co-discovered with Samuel O...
, McGill University, Natural Sciences - Ralph Stanton, University of ManitobaUniversity of ManitobaThe University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...
, Natural Sciences - Raymond YongRaymond YongRaymond Yong, is a retired Canadian environmental engineer. His father was Principal of a Methodist school and he first studied in the United States at Washington & Jefferson College due to his godfather who was a Methodist missionary. He started in medicine, but switched to physics. He became an...
, McGill University, Engineering
- Pierre Dansereau
- 1986
- Jacques GenestJacques GenestJacques Genest, is a Canadian physician and scientist.-Honours:* In 1963, he was awarded the Gairdner Foundation International Award.* In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada....
, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Université de MontréalUniversité de MontréalThe Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
, Health Sciences - William Rapson, University of Toronto, Engineering
- Karel Weisner, University of New BrunswickUniversity of New BrunswickThe University of New Brunswick is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick. UNB is the oldest English language university in Canada and among the first public universities in North America. The university has two main campuses: the original campus founded in 1785 in...
, Natural Sciences - Richard Lee ArmstrongRichard Lee ArmstrongRichard Lee “Dick” Armstrong was an American/Canadian scientist who was an expert in the fields of radiogenic isotope geochemistry and geochronology, geochemical evolution of the earth, geology of the American Cordillera, and large-magnitude crustal extension...
, University of British Columbia, geology
- Jacques Genest
- 1987
- Ronald GillespieRonald GillespieRonald James Gillespie, CM , a chemistry professor at McMaster University, specializes in the field of Molecular Geometry in Chemistry. In 2007 he was awarded the Order of Canada....
, McMaster UniversityMcMaster UniversityMcMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens...
, Natural Sciences - Fraser Mustard, McMaster University, Health Sciences
- Ashok VijhAshok VijhAshok Vijh is an Indian born chemist currently working in Canada. He was born in Punjab but moved to Quebec after completing his education....
, Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec, Engineering
- Ronald Gillespie
- 1988
- Henry Barnett, University of Western OntarioUniversity of Western OntarioThe University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
, Health Sciences - William-Henry GauvinWilliam-Henry GauvinWilliam-Henry Gauvin, was a Canadian chemical engineer.-Honours:* Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada* In 1975 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada....
, McGill University, Engineering - John Polanyi, University of Toronto, Natural Sciences
- Henry Barnett, University of Western Ontario
- 1989
- Jules HardyJules HardyJules Hardy, OC, CQ is a Québécois doctor, born in Sorel. He is a professor of neurosurgery, in active practice at the Notre-Dame Hospital and the University of Montreal teaching center. He is the author of over 140 papers and has contributed to several textbooks...
, Université de Montréal, Engineering - Keith Brimacombe, University of British Columbia, Health Sciences
- Tuzo Wilson, University of Toronto, Natural Sciences
- Jules Hardy
- 1990
- William Costerton, University of CalgaryUniversity of CalgaryThe University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
, Natural Sciences - Maria Haust, University of British Columbia, Health Sciences
- Sidney van den BerghSidney van den BerghSidney Van den Bergh, OC, FRS is a retired Canadian astronomer.Born in the Netherlands, son of businessman and politician Sidney James van den Bergh and grandson of Unilever co-founder Samuel van den Bergh, he showed an interest in science from an early age, learning to read with books on astronomy...
, Dominion Astrophysical ObservatoryDominion Astrophysical ObservatoryThe Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, located on Observatory Hill, in Saanich, British Columbia, was completed in 1918 by the Canadian government. Proposed and designed by John S...
, Natural Sciences
- William Costerton, University of Calgary
- 1991
- Jacques de ChamplainJacques de ChamplainJacques de Champlain is a scientist, doctor and professor from the Province of Quebec. Born on March 13, 1938, he died on July 15, 2009 of a heart attack. Jacques de Champlain was a graduate of the Université de Montréal and McGill University and a pioneer in research on the nervous system...
, Université de Montréal, Health Sciences - Walter Dilger, University of Calgary, Engineering
- Gordon Dixon, University of Calgary, Health Sciences
- Jacques de Champlain
- 1992
- Henry Becker, Queen’s University, Engineering
- Keith Ingold, Conseil national de recherche du Canada, Sciences de la nature
- Emil SkameneEmil SkameneEmil Skamene, is a Canadian Immunologist and medical researcher.He is the Director of Research for the McGill University Health Centre, the Director of the Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, and a Professor in the Department of Medicine, the Department of Human Genetics, and the Institute...
, McGill University, Health Sciences
- 1993
- Alan Davenport, University of Western Ontario, Engineering
- Peter HochachkaPeter HochachkaPeter William Hochachka, OC, FRSC was a Canadian professor and zoologist.Born in Bordenave, Alberta, the son of the very Rev. William and Pearl Hochachka, he obtained his B.Sc. from the University of Alberta in 1959. He received his M.Sc. from Dalhousie University and a Ph.D...
, University of British Columbia, Natural Sciences - André Roch Lecours, McGill University, Health Sciences
- 1994
- Adrian Brook, University of Toronto, Natural Sciences
- André Salama, University of Toronto, Engineering
- Endel TulvingEndel TulvingEndel Tulving is an experimental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist whose research on human memory has influenced generations of psychological scientists, neuroscientists, and clinicians...
, University of Toronto, Health Sciences
- 1995
- Myer Bloom, University of British Columbia, Natural Sciences
- Michel ChrétienMichel Chrétien (scientist)Michel Chrétien, is a Canadian medical researcher specializing in neuroendocrinology research.-Education:Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, he is the brother of Jean Chrétien, the Prime Minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Séminaire de Joliette in 1955, a...
, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Health Sciences - George ZamesGeorge ZamesGeorge Zames was a control theorist and professor at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Zames is known for his fundamental contributions to the theory of robust control, and was credited for the development of various well-known results such as small-gain theorem, passivity theorem,...
, McGill University, Engineering
- 1996
- Philip SeemanPhilip SeemanPhilip Seeman, OC, FRSC is a Canadian schizophrenia researcher and neuropharmacologist, known for his research on dopamine receptors.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Seeman was raised in Montreal...
, University of Toronto, Health Sciences - William Unruh, University of British Columbia, Natural Sciences
- Bogdan Czaykowski, University of British Columbia, Arts
- Philip Seeman
- 1997
- Stephen CookStephen CookStephen Arthur Cook is a renowned American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made major contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity...
, University of Toronto, Engineering - Stephen HanessianStephen HanessianStephen Hanessian, OC, FRSC is a chemist and professor of Canadian and United States citizenship born on April 25, 1935 in Alexandria, Egypt. His research group at Université de Montréal is well known for developing synthetic methodologies, as well as natural product total synthesis...
, Université de Montréal, Natural Sciences - David MacLennanDavid MacLennanDavid H MacLennan, OC, OOnt, FRSC, FRS is a Canadian biochemist and geneticist known for his basic work on proteins that regulate calcium flux through the sarcoplasmic reticulum , thereby regulating muscle contraction and relaxation, and for his discoveries in the field of muscle diseases caused...
, University of Toronto, Health Sciences - William Rees (academic) UBC
- Stephen Cook
- 1998
- Fernand LabrieFernand LabrieFernand Labrie, OC, OQ, FRSC is a Canadian medical researcher who specializes in endocrinological research and prostate cancer research....
, Université LavalUniversité LavalLaval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...
(CHUL), Health Sciences - Martha Salcudean, University of British Columbia, Engineering
- Juan Scaiano, University of OttawaUniversity of OttawaThe University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
, Natural Sciences
- Fernand Labrie
- 1999
- Albert AguayoAlbert AguayoAlbert Juan Aguayo , is a Canadian neurologist at McGill University. He is a native of Argentina.-Honours/Awards:* 1984 - Made a member of the Royal Society of Canada* 1988 - Received the Gairdner Foundation International Award...
, Centre for Research in Neuroscience McGill University, Health Sciences - Maurice Bergougnou, University of Western Ontario, Engineering
- Walter HardyWalter HardyThe Cat is a fictional anti-hero from the . Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard, he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 ....
, University of British Columbia, Natural Sciences
- Albert Aguayo
- 2000
- John JonasJohn JonasJohn Joseph Jonas, is a Canadian metallurgist who specializes in metal shaping and forming.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Jonas received a Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgical Engineering in 1954 from McGill University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Sciences in 1960 from University of Cambridge...
, McGill University, Engineering - Anthony PawsonAnthony PawsonAnthony 'Tony' James Pawson, OC, OOnt, CH, FRS, FRSC , British-born Canadian scientist whose research has revolutionized the understanding of signal transduction, the molecular mechanisms by which cells respond to external cues, and how they communicate with each other...
, Mount Sinai HospitalMount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)Mount Sinai Hospital is a hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Although it is physically linked by bridges and tunnels to two University Health Network hospitals , Mount Sinai is an independently operated facility...
, University of Toronto, Health Sciences - Paul Brumer, University of Toronto, Natural Sciences
- Fergus Craik, University of Toronto, Natural Sciences
- John Jonas
- 2001
- Norbert Morgenstern, University of Alberta, Engineering
- Werner Kalow, University of Toronto, Health Sciences
- Ronald MelzackRonald MelzackRonald Melzack, is a Canadian psychologist.After studying for his Ph.D. in 1954 with D. O. Hebb at McGill University in Montreal, he began to work with patients who suffered from "phantom limb" pain — people who feel pain in an arm or leg that has been removed...
, McGill University, Natural Sciences
- 2002
- Harry ArthursHarry ArthursHarry William Arthurs, is a Canadian lawyer, academic, and academic administrator. He is one of Canada's leading labour law scholars....
, Osgoode Law School at York UniversityYork UniversityYork University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
, Social Sciences - Nicolas Georganas, University of Ottawa, Engineering
- Ian HackingIan HackingIan Hacking, CC, FRSC, FBA is a Canadian philosopher, specializing in the philosophy of science.- Life and works :...
, University of Toronto, Humanities - Robert MoodyRobert MoodyRobert Vaughan Moody, OC, FRSC is a Canadian mathematician. He is the co-discover of Kac-Moody algebra, a Lie algebra, usually infinite-dimensional, that can be defined through a generalized root system....
, University of Alberta, Natural Sciences - Lap-Chee TsuiLap-Chee TsuiProfessor Lap-chee Tsui, OC, O.Ont is a Chinese-Canadian geneticist and currently the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong.-Personal life:Tsui was born in Shanghai...
, Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto, Health Sciences
- Harry Arthurs
- 2003
- Edward DavisonEdward DavisonEdward Lewis Davison was a Scottish poet and critic, born in Glasgow. He emigrated to the United States in 1925, and became an academic the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he was involved in the Colorado Writers 1937 conference...
, University of Toronto, Engineering - W. Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia, Social Sciences
- François Duchesneau, Université de Montréal, Humanities
- Tak Wah MakTak Wah MakTak Wah Mak, OC OOnt FRS FRSC is an award-winning Canadian researcher who has worked in a variety of areas including biochemistry, immunology, and cancer genetics...
, University of Toronto, Health Sciences - David SchindlerDavid SchindlerDavid William Schindler OC, D.Phil., FRSC, FRS is an American/Canadian limnologist. He holds the Killam Memorial Chair and is Professor of Ecology in the at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada...
, University of Alberta, Natural Sciences
- Edward Davison
- 2004
- James ArthurJames ArthurJames Arthur was a Dominican friar and theologian.He was born in Limerick, Ireland, early in the 17th century and died most likely in 1670. He became a member of the Dominican Order in the convent of St...
, University of Toronto, Natural Sciences - Will KymlickaWill KymlickaWill Kymlicka is a Canadian political philosopher best known for his work on multiculturalism. He is currently Professor of Philosophy and Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University at Kingston, and Recurrent Visiting Professor in the Nationalism Studies program at the...
, Queen’s University, Social Sciences - Jean-Jacques NattiezJean-Jacques NattiezJean-Jacques Nattiez, CM, CQ, FRSC is a musical semiologist or semiotician and professor of Musicology at the Université de Montréal...
, Université de Montréal, Humanities - Janet RossantJanet RossantJanet Rossant FRS is a developmental biologist well known for her contributions to the understanding of the role of genes in embryo development. She is currently the Chief of Research at the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto, Canada....
, Samuel Lunenfeld Research InstituteSamuel Lunenfeld Research InstituteThe Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada was established in 1985 by an endowment from the Lunenfeld and Kunin families. It comprises 36 principal investigators, has a budget of C$90 million , has over 200 trainees and approximately 600 staff...
, Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto, Health Sciences - R. Kerry Rowe, Queen’s University, Engineering
- James Arthur
- 2005
- Luc DevroyeLuc DevroyeLuc Devroye is a Belgian computer scientist and a James McGill Professor in the School of Computer Science of McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He studied at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and subsequently at Osaka University and in 1976 received his PhD from University of Texas at Austin...
, McGill University, Génie - Brian HallBrian K. HallBrian Keith Hall is the George S. Campbell Professor of Biology and University Research Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Professor Hall has researched and extensively written on bone and cartilage formation in developing vertebrate embryos...
, Dalhousie UniversityDalhousie UniversityDalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
, Sciences naturelles - Linda HutcheonLinda HutcheonLinda Hutcheon, O.C. is a Canadian academic working in the fields of literary theory and criticism, opera, and Canadian Studies. Hutcheon describes her herself as "intellectually promiscuous", as she brings a cross-disciplinary approach to her work She is University Professor in the Department of...
, University of Toronto, Sciences humaines - Margaret Lock, McGill University, Sciences sociales
- Nahum SonenbergNahum SonenbergNahum Sonenberg, is a microbiologist and biochemist, originally from Israel, and currently professor of biochemistry at the McGill University in Montreal, Canada....
, McGill University, Sciences de la santé
- Luc Devroye
- 2006
- Paul CorkumPaul CorkumPaul Corkum is a Canadian physicist specializing in attosecond physics and laser science. He holds a joint University of Ottawa–NRC chair in Attoseconds Photonics.-Life:...
, National Research Council of CanadaNational Research Council of CanadaThe National Research Council is an agency of the Government of Canada which conducts scientific research and development.- History :...
, natural sciences - Jean-Marie Dufour, Université de MontréalUniversité de MontréalThe Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
, social sciences - B. Brett Finlay, University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
, health sciences - Roderick I.L. Guthrie, McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, engineering - Susan Sherwin, Dalhousie UniversityDalhousie UniversityDalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
, humanities
- Paul Corkum
- 2007
- Richard BondRichard BondRichard N. Bond is a former Chairman of the Republican National Committee and currently a government relations consultant based in Washington, D.C....
, University of Toronto, natural sciences - Robert E.W. Hancock, University of British Columbia, health sciences
- Roderick A. Macdonald, McGill University, social sciences
- Shana PoplackShana PoplackShana Poplack is a leading proponent of variation theory, the approach to language science pioneered by William Labov. She has extended the methodology and theory of this field into bilingual speech patterns, the prescription-praxis dialectic in the co-evolution of standard and non-standard...
, University of Ottawa, humanities - A.P.S. Selvadurai, McGill University, engineering
- Richard Bond