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The Killam Prize (previously the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize) was established according to the will of Dorothy J. Killam to honour the memory of her husband Izaak Walton Killam.

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Five Killam Prizes, each having a value of $100,000, were awarded annually by the Canada Council for the Arts to eminent Canadian researchers who distinguish themselves in the fields of social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, health sciences, or engineering.

In August 2021, the Canada Council announced it would transition the administration of the Killam program to the National Research Council Canada (NRC) by March 2022.

The restructured Killam Program was officially launched under the administration of the NRC in April 2022. It is now called the National Killam Program and consists of the Killam Prizes and the Dorothy Killam Fellowships.

Recipients [1]

YearWinnerAffiliationField
1976 Harold Williams Memorial University of Newfoundland Natural Sciences
1978 Harold Williams Memorial University of Newfoundland Natural Sciences
1981 Feroze N. Ghadially  [ Wikidata ] University of Saskatchewan Health Sciences
Raymond Lemieux University of Alberta Natural Sciences
Louis Siminovitch University of Toronto Health Sciences
1982 William T. Tutte University of Waterloo Natural Sciences
1983 Brenda Milner McGill University Health Sciences
1984 Werner Israel University of Alberta Natural Sciences
1985 Pierre Dansereau Université du Québec à Montréal Natural Sciences
Phil Gold McGill University Natural Sciences
Ralph Gordon Stanton University of Manitoba Natural Sciences
Raymond N. Yong McGill University Engineering
1986 Jacques Genest Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal/Université de Montréal Health Sciences
William H. Rapson  [ Wikidata ] University of Toronto Engineering
Karel Wiesner University of New Brunswick Natural Sciences
1987 Ronald J. Gillespie McMaster University Natural Sciences
J. Fraser Mustard McMaster University Health Sciences
Ashok Vijh Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec Engineering
1988 Henry J. M. Barnett University of Western Ontario Health Sciences
William-Henri Gauvin McGill University Engineering
John C. Polanyi University of Toronto Natural Sciences
1989 J. Keith Brimacombe University of British Columbia Engineering
Jules Hardy Université de Montréal Health Sciences
J. Tuzo Wilson University of Toronto Natural Sciences
1990 J. William Costerton University of Calgary Natural Sciences
M. Daria Haust University of British Columbia Health Sciences
Sidney van den Bergh Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Natural Sciences
1991 Jacques de Champlain Université de Montréal Health Sciences
Walter H. Dilger University of Calgary Engineering
Gordon Dixon University of Calgary Health Sciences
1992 Henry A. Becker Queen's University Engineering
Keith U. Ingold National Research Council of Canada Natural Sciences
Emil Skamene McGill University Health Sciences
1993 Alan G. Davenport University of Western Ontario Engineering
Peter W. Hochachka University of British Columbia Natural Sciences
André Roch Lecours  [ fr ] McGill University Health Sciences
1994 Adrian G. Brook  [ Wikidata ] University of Toronto Natural Sciences
C. André T. Salama University of Toronto Engineering
Endel Tulving University of Toronto Health Sciences
1995 Myer Bloom University of British Columbia Natural Sciences
Michel Chrétien Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal/Université de Montréal Health Sciences
George D. Zames McGill University Engineering
1996 Philip Seeman University of Toronto Health Sciences
William G. Unruh University of British Columbia Natural Sciences
1997 Stephen A. Cook University of Toronto Engineering
Stephen Hanessian Université de Montréal Natural Sciences
David H. MacLennan University of Toronto Health Sciences
1998 Fernand Labrie Université Laval Health Sciences
Martha Salcudean University of British Columbia Engineering
Juan C. Scaiano University of Ottawa Natural Sciences
1999 Albert J. Aguayo Centre for Research in Neuroscience/McGill University Health Sciences
Maurice A. Bergougnou University of Western Ontario Engineering
Walter N. Hardy University of British Columbia Natural Sciences
2000 Paul Brumer University of Toronto Natural Sciences
Fergus I. M. Craik University of Toronto Natural Sciences
John J. Jonas McGill University Engineering
Anthony Pawson Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto Health Sciences
2001 Werner Kalow University of Toronto Health Sciences
Ronald Melzack McGill University Natural Sciences
Norbert R. Morgenstern  [ de ] University of Alberta Engineering
2002 Harry Arthurs Osgoode Law School/York University Social Sciences
Nicolas Georganas University of Ottawa Engineering
Ian Hacking University of Toronto Humanities
Robert V. Moody University of Alberta Natural Sciences
Lap-Chee Tsui Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto Health Sciences
2003 Edward J. Davison University of Toronto Engineering
Walter Erwin Diewert University of British Columbia Social Sciences
François Duchesneau  [ de; fr ] Université de Montréal Humanities
Tak Mak University of Toronto Health Sciences
David Schindler University of Alberta Natural Sciences
2004 James G. Arthur University of Toronto Natural Sciences
Will Kymlicka Queen's University Social Sciences
Jean-Jacques Nattiez Université de Montréal Humanities
Janet Rossant Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute/Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto Health Sciences
R. Kerry Rowe Queen's University Engineering
2005 Luc Devroye McGill University Engineering
Brian K. Hall Dalhousie University Natural Sciences
Linda Hutcheon University of Toronto Humanities
Margaret Lock McGill University Social Sciences
Nahum Sonenberg McGill University Health Sciences
2006 Paul Corkum National Research Council of Canada Natural Sciences
Jean-Marie Dufour Université de Montréal Social Sciences
Brett Finlay University of British Columbia Health Sciences
Roderick I. L. Guthrie  [ fr ] McGill University Engineering
Susan Sherwin Dalhousie University Humanities
2007 J. Richard Bond University of Toronto Natural Sciences
Robert E. W. Hancock University of British Columbia Health Sciences
Roderick A. Macdonald McGill University Social Sciences
Shana Poplack University of Ottawa Humanities
A. P. S. Selvadurai McGill University Engineering
2008 Constance Backhouse University of Ottawa Social Sciences
Sherrill E. Grace  [ Wikidata ] University of British Columbia Humanities
Frank C. Hawthorne University of Manitoba Natural Sciences
Michael V. Sefton University of Toronto Engineering
Peter St George-Hyslop University of Toronto Health Sciences
2009 Philippe Gros  [ fr ] McGill University Health Sciences
Wagdi G. Habashi McGill University Engineering
François Ricard McGill University Humanities
John P. Smol Queen's University Natural Sciences
Ernest Weinrib University of Toronto Social Sciences
2010 Ellen Bialystok York University Social Sciences
Mark Henkelman The Hospital for Sick Children Health Sciences
Ming Li University of Waterloo Engineering
Arthur B. McDonald Queen's University Natural Sciences
James H. Tully University of Victoria Humanities
2011 Gilles Brassard Université de Montréal Natural Sciences
Michael R. Hayden University of British Columbia Health Sciences
Keren Rice University of Toronto Humanities
Lotfollah Shafai University of Manitoba Engineering
Mark Zanna University of Waterloo Social Sciences
2012 Jean Grondin Université de Montréal Humanities
Geoffrey Hinton University of Toronto Engineering
Louis Taillefer  [ fr ] Université de Sherbrooke Natural Sciences
Mark Wainberg Jewish General Hospital/McGill University Health Sciences
John Whalley University of Western Ontario Social Sciences
2013 Lorne Babiuk University of Alberta Health Sciences
John McGarry Queen's University Social Sciences
Witold Pedrycz  [ Wikidata ] University of Alberta Engineering
W. Richard Peltier University of Toronto Natural Sciences
Paul Thagard University of Waterloo Humanities
2014 Sajeev John University of Toronto Natural Sciences
Andreas Mandelis University of Toronto Engineering
James R. Miller University of Saskatchewan Humanities
Frank Plummer University of Manitoba Health Sciences
D. R. Fraser Taylor Carleton University Social Sciences
2015 David M. R. Bentley Western University Humanities
Vijay K. Bhargava University of British Columbia Engineering
Victoria M. Kaspi McGill University Natural Sciences
Donald J. Savoie Université de Moncton Social Sciences
D. Lorne Tyrrell University of Alberta Health Sciences
2016 Axel Becke Dalhousie University Natural Sciences
Isabelle Daunais  [ Wikidata ] McGill University Humanities
Elizabeth A. Edwards  [ Wikidata ] University of Toronto Engineering
Steven A. Narod  [ Wikidata ] University of Toronto Health Sciences
Daniel Trefler University of Toronto Social Sciences
2017 [2] John Borrows University of Victoria Social Sciences
W. Ford Doolittle Dalhousie University Natural Sciences
Thomas Hurka University of Toronto Humanities
Julio Montaner University of British Columbia Health Sciences
Molly Shoichet University of Toronto Engineering
2018 [3] André Gaudreault University of Montreal Humanities
Vladimir Hachinski Western University Health Sciences
Walter Herzog University of Calgary Engineering
James Pinfold University of Alberta Natural Sciences
Janet Werker University of British Columbia Social Sciences
2019 [4] Lynne Viola University of Toronto Humanities
Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto Health Sciences
Keith W. Hipel University of Waterloo Engineering
Yoshua Bengio Université de Montréal Natural Sciences
André Blais Université de Montréal Social Sciences
2020 [5] Sarah Carter University of Alberta Humanities
Alan Evans McGill University Health Sciences
Edward H. Sargent University of Toronto Engineering
Barbara Sherwood Lollar University of Toronto Natural Sciences
Cecilia Benoit University of Victoria Social Sciences
2021 [6] Stephen R. Gill York University Social Sciences
Arthur Ripstein University of Toronto Humanities
Michel Bouvier Université de Montréal/Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC)Health Sciences
Gilbert Laporte HEC Montreal Engineering
Douglas Stephan University of Toronto Natural Sciences
2022 [7] Françoise Baylis Dalhousie University Humanities
Jeff Dahn Dalhousie University Engineering
Carl E. James York University Social Sciences
Geoffrey Ozin University of Toronto Natural Sciences
Salim Yusuf McMaster University Health Sciences

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