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The **Killam Prize** (previously the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize) was established according to the will of [Dorothy J. Killam](/source/Dorothy_J._Killam) to honour the memory of her husband [Izaak Walton Killam](/source/Izaak_Walton_Killam).

Five Killam Prizes, each having a value of $100,000, were awarded annually by the [Canada Council](/source/Canada_Council) for the Arts to eminent [Canadian](/source/Canada) 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](/source/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, the [Dorothy Killam](/source/Dorothy_Killam) Fellowships and the Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowships.

## Recipients

Year[1] Winner Affiliation Field 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 2023[8] Ajay Heble University of Guelph Humanities Praveen Jain Queen's University Engineering Charles M. Morin Université Laval Social Sciences Sarah Otto University of British Columbia Natural Sciences Pieter Cullis University of British Columbia Health Sciences 2024[9] Janine Marchessault York University Humanities Clément Gosselin Université Laval Engineering Tania Li University of Toronto Social Sciences Gerard Wright McMaster University Health Sciences Sylvain Moineau [fr] Université Laval Natural Sciences 2025[10] René Doyon [fr] Université de Montréal Natural Sciences David Dyzenhaus University of Toronto Social Sciences Marco Marra University of British Columbia Health Sciences Christina Sharpe York University Humanities Peter Zandstra University of British Columbia Engineering

## See also

- [List of medicine awards](/source/List_of_medicine_awards)

- [List of social sciences awards](/source/List_of_social_sciences_awards)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Killam Prizes"](https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/prizes/killam-prizes).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Killam Prizes"](https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2017/04/recipients-of-the-2017-killam-program). Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Killam Prizes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170505222508/http://killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca/prizes). Canada Council for the Arts. Archived from [the original](https://killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca/prizes) on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Killam Prizes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170505222508/http://killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca/prizes). Canada Council for the Arts. Archived from [the original](https://killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca/prizes) on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Killam Prizes"](https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2020/05/the-canada-council-for-the-arts-reveals-the-2020-killam-program-winners). Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Killam Prizes"](https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2021/02/the-canada-council-for-the-arts-announces-the-2021-killam-prize-winners). Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 21 Oct 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Killam Prizes"](https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2022/03/presenting-the-2022-winners-of-the-killam-prizes). Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Killam Prizes"](https://killamlaureates.ca/our-laureates/killam-prize-winners/). Killam Trust. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Killam Prizes"](https://killamlaureates.ca/prese/). Killam Trust. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Killam Prizes"](https://killamlaureates.ca/prese/). Killam Trust. Retrieved 16 April 2025.

## External links

- [Killam Laureates website](http://www.killamlaureates.ca/)

- [Canada Council for the Arts Killam Prizes webpage](https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/prizes/killam-prizes/)

- [Transition to the National Research Council of Canada from the Canada Council for the Arts](https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2021/08/exciting-new-collaboration-for-the-killam-program/)

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