Prizes + Awards

ɬ�﷬ Professor Simon Caron-Huot awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship

Meaghan Thurston — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:13:39 +0000

Simon Caron-Huot, Professor and Canada Research Chair in High-Energy Physics, has been awarded a 2025 Dorothy Killam Fellowship. The prestigious fellowship is awarded by the Killam Trusts. Eight Fellowships were awarded across the country.

The Dorothy Killam Fellowship provides researchers with up to two years of relief from teaching and administrative duties to focus on transformative research that has potential to positively improve Canadian lives.

Five burning questions with Ehab Abouheif

Robin Koning — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:57:20 +0000

Ehab Abouheif, James ɬ�﷬ Professor in the Department of Biology at ɬ�﷬, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the highest distinctions in the global science community, which recognizes contributions to science and technology, scientific leadership, and extraordinary achievements across disciplines.

ɬ�﷬’s prize-winning researchers and scholars shine at Bravo Gala

Robin Koning — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:58:52 +0000

On March 21, ɬ�﷬ celebrated 111 laureates at the 19th edition of Bravo, a gala event honouring researchers who won major provincial, national, and international research prizes and awards in 2023. Guests, including researchers, their families and friends, faculty, students, and members of ɬ�﷬'s academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.

ɬ�﷬ Researchers Win Acfas Awards at 2023 Gala

Charlotte Bawol — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:58:36 +0000

ɬ�﷬ congratulates Alain Brunet, winner of the Prix Acfas Léo-Pariseau 2023 for biological and health sciences, which was awarded at the 79th Acfas Gala held last night at the Port of Montreal's Pavillon du Grand Quai. Congratulations also go to Anja Geitmann, who receives the "La Preuve par l'Image" award, which is chosen by public vote.

The Prix Acfas Léo-Pariseau is named in honour of Léo Pariseau, radiologist and first President of Acfas. It is awarded to a researcher in recognition of the excellence and influence of his or her work in the biological or health sciences.

Martha Crago awarded the German Order of Merit

Meaghan Thurston — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 04:27:55 +0000

On March 22, Martha Crago, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, was presented with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award was handed over by Germany’s Ambassador to Canada, Ms. Sabine Sparwasser, at a special ceremony at ɬ�﷬'s Faculty Club. The Order of Merit is awarded to Germans as well as foreigners for outstanding achievements in the political, economic, social, or intellectual realms.

Acfas prizes for two ɬ�﷬ Professors

amanda.testani@mcgill.ca — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 04:18:44 +0000

Canada’s most prestigious French-language learned society announced the recipients of its research awards today, and two ɬ�﷬ professors are among the winners.

At its 77th virtual gala ceremony, the non-profit organization Acfas, l’Association francophone pour le savoir, awarded ɬ�﷬ Professor Michel Biron the Prix André-Laurendeau and Professor Susanne Lajoie the Prix Jeanne-Lapointe.

Catherine Potvin awarded prestigious Sir John William Dawson Medal

amanda.testani@mcgill.ca — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 04:02:26 +0000

On September 14, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced fifteen Canadian scientists, scholars, and researchers who have been honoured with RSC awards and medals for their outstanding achievements in their fields. Professor Catherine Potvin is the 2021 recipient of the RSC’s prestigious Sir John William Dawson Medal for her significant interdisciplinary research in conservation biology, social-ecology, policy, and the arts. She will formally receive her medal at the RSC's 2021  

Alan Evans wins prestigious RSC McLaughlin Medal

amanda.testani@mcgill.ca — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 03:57:47 +0000

On September 14, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced the names of fifteen Canadian scientists, scholars, and researchers honoured with RSC awards and medals for outstanding achievements in their fields. Professor Alan Evans is the 2021 recipient of the prestigious RSC McLaughlin Medal for important research of sustained excellence in medical science.

How will they treat my children as they grow?

Meaghan Thurston — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:31:14 +0000

Having spent the better part of two decades working with war-affected children and families, ɬ�﷬’s Myriam Denov knows that the horrors of war often cannot be expressed through words or narrative. A full professor in the ɬ�﷬ School of Social Work and the Canada Research Chair in Youth, Gender and Armed Conflict (Tier 1), Denov is a specialist in art-based and participatory research.

Martha Crago gets Hon Doc from UBC Okanagan

Meaghan Thurston — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:25:03 +0000

Yesterday, UBC President and Vice-Chancellor, Santa Ono, presided over a virtual ceremony, bestowing an honorary degree upon ɬ�﷬’s Vice-Principal, Research & Innovation, Prof. Martha Crago.

Professor lauded for putting Canadian history on the map

Junji Nishihata — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:55:13 +0000

As a country, Canada is known worldwide for its bountiful lakes, friendly citizens and generally frigid climes. It is perhaps less known, however, for its fascinating and compelling history, which often only interests its own citizens.

Professor awarded for shining a light on Quebec and Belgian writing

Sarah Huzarski — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:57:06 +0000

Over the span of his thirty-year career, Professor Michel Biron’s marked contributions to Quebec and French Belgian literary history and criticism have established him as an expert in his field both in Canada and abroad. On September 15, the Royal Society of Canada honoured Professor Biron’s prolific career with the Lorne Pierce Medal. This medal, first awarded in 1926, recognizes achievement in imaginative or critical literature in either English or French.

Calculating odds nets professor big prize

Junji Nishihata — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:58:51 +0000

Devising ways of estimating the probability of rare events is a big part of what Professor Christian Genest does each day in his statistical research. He may not have predicted, however, that he would be the 2020 recipient of the John L. Synge Award, as conferred by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for outstanding research in any branch of the mathematical sciences.

Alfonso Mucci awarded Royal Society of Canada’s Miller Medal

Fergus Grieve — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:00:39 +0000

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has today announced the award of the 2020 Willet G. Miller Medal for Ocean Sciences to Emeritus Professor Alfonso Mucci of ɬ�﷬’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The RSC applauded the oceanographer as “an internationally renowned geochemist who has made numerous contributions in geochemistry and biogeochemistry.”

Ten ɬ�﷬ researchers honoured by the Royal Society of Canada

amanda.testani@mcgill.ca — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 22:59:02 +0000

On September 8, the Royal Society of Canada announced 87 new Fellows and 50 new members to The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Amongst this year’s RSC cohort are ten ɬ�﷬ researchers, including six scholars who will become RSC Fellows and four researchers who will become new members of the college. The 2020 cohort of RSC Fellows and members of the college will be officially inducted to the RSC at the annual RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement on Friday, November 27.