Award for Excellence winners

Since 1993, we have acknowledged some of the country’s best researchers with our Canadian Cancer Society Awards for Excellence. We are proud to honour these talented individuals who have played a key role in the advancement of cancer research.

These individuals have made rich and meaningful contributions, whether in advancing biomedical cancer research or conducting research that has made a major impact on cancer control in Canada. In 2020, we added two new awards: the Lifetime Contribution Prize and the Inclusive Excellence Prize.

Congratulations to all our award winners!

Dr Jacques Simard, 2023
Dr Amit Oza, 2022
Dr David Malkin, 2021
Dr Geoffrey Fong, 2020
Dr Timothy Whelan, 2019
Dr J Gregory Cairncross, 2018 co-recipient
Dr Kerry Courneya, 2018 co-recipient
Dr Brian O'Sullivan, 2017
Dr Mary Gospodarowicz, 2016
Dr Laurence Klotz, 2014
Dr William Foulkes, 2013 co-recipient
Dr Christine Friedenreich, 2013 co-recipient
Dr Steven Narod, 2012 co-recipient
Dr Michael Pollak, 2012 co-recipient
Dr Ming-Sound Tsao, 2011
Prof Richard Gallagher, 2010
Dr Ronald Barr, 2009
Dr Harvey Max Chochinov, 2008
Dr Mark Greenberg, 2007
Dr Frances Shepherd, 2006
Dr Kathleen Pritchard, 2005
Dr Eduardo Franco, 2004
Dr Ian Tannock, 2003
Dr Elizabeth Eisenhauer, 2002
Dr Joseph Pater, 2001
Dr George Browman, 2000
Dr Mark Levine, 1999
Dr Brenda L. Gallie, 1998
Dr Norman Boyd, 1997
Dr Allan Best, 1996
Dr W.R. Bruce, 1995
Dr Richard Margolese, 1994
Dr Anthony Miller, 1993

Dr Peter Dirks, 2023 co-recipient
Dr Sheila Singh, 2023 co-recipient
Dr Samuel Aparicio, 2022
Dr Michael Taylor, 2021
Dr Nada Jabado, 2020
Dr Jerry Pelletier, 2019
Dr Pamela Ohashi, 2018
Dr Morag Park, 2017
Dr Poul Sorensen, 2016
Dr Rama Khokha, 2014 co-recipient
Dr James T. Rutka, 2014 co-recipient
Dr Shoukat Dedhar, 2013
Dr Michel Tremblay, 2012
Dr John Bell, 2011
Dr Mitsu Ikura, 2010
Dr Brian Wilson, 2009
Dr Mark Henkelman, 2008
Dr Richard Hill, 2007
Dr Carol Cass, 2006
Dr Susan Cole, 2005 co-recipient
Dr Roger Deeley, 2005 co-recipient
Dr Robert Kerbel, 2004
Dr Connie Eaves, 2003
Dr Nahum Sonenberg, 2002
Dr Chris Bleackley, 2001
Dr John Dick, 2000
Dr Janet Rossant, 1999
Dr Frank L. Graham, 1998
Dr Alan Bernstein, 1997
Dr Tak W. Mak, 1996
Dr A.J. Pawson, 1995
Dr Victor Ling, 1994

Dr Ryan Morin, 2023 co-recipient
Dr Adam Shlien, 2023 co-recipient
Dr Housheng He, 2022
Dr Trevor Pugh, 2021
Dr Claudia Kleinman, 2020
Dr Benjamin Haibe-Kains, 2019
Dr Paul Boutros, 2018
Dr Daniel De Carvalho, 2017 co-recipient
Dr Mathieu Lupien, 2017 co-recipient
Dr Uri Tabori, 2016
Dr Russell Jones, 2014
Dr Andrew Weng, 2013
Dr Torsten Nielsen, 2012 co-recipient
Dr Aaron Schimmer, 2012 co-recipient
Dr Andrew Craig, 2011
Dr Daniel Durocher, 2010 co-recipient
Dr Michael Ohh, 2010 co-recipient
Dr Michael Taylor, 2009

Dr Fiona Schulte, 2023
Dr Sumit Gupta, 2022
Dr Robin Urquhart, 2021
Dr Yvonne Bombard, 2020
Dr Darren Brenner, 2019
Dr Rodger Tiedemann, 2018 co-recipient
Dr Gelareh Zadeh, 2018 co-recipient
Dr Philippe Bedard, 2017
Dr Catherine Sabiston, 2016
Dr Michael Taylor, 2014
Dr David Hammond, 2013
Dr David Huntsman, 2012
Dr Nada Jabado, 2011
Dr Camilla Zimmermann, 2010
Dr Lillian Sung, 2009
Dr Geoffrey Liu, 2008
Dr Linda Carlson, 2007
Dr Wan Lam, 2006
Dr Linda Cook, 2004
Dr Daniel Dumont, 2003
Dr Charles Boone, 2002
Dr Martin Gleave, 2001
Dr Timothy Whelan, 2000
Dr Josef Penninger, 1999
Dr Jeffrey Wrana, 1998 co-recipient
Dr Michael D. Tyers, 1998 co-recipient
Dr Pamela Ohashi, 1998 co-recipient
Dr Jerry Pelletier, 1997
Dr Mitsuhiko Ikura, 1996
Dr Susan M. Rosenberg, 1995
Dr André Veillette, 1994
Dr Philippe Gros, 1993