Award Recipients

University of Saskatchewan researchers have been awarded some of the most prestigious national and international awards and honours. Listed below are some of the awards won by our exceptional faculty members.

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3M National Teaching Fellowship

• 2017: Jay Wilson, College of Education
• 2011: Fred Phillips, Edwards School of Business 
• 2009: Baljit Singh, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2007: Ernie Walker, College of Arts and Science
• 2005: John Thompson, College of Arts and Science
• 2005: Rick Schwier, College of Education
• 2002: Len Gusthard, College of Kinesiology
• 1994: Mel Hosain, College of Engineering
• 1987: Ron Marken, College of Arts and Science

Agricultural Institute of Canada Awards

• 2015: Jeff Schoenau, College of Agriculture and Bioresources (Fellowship Award)
• 2015: Phil Thacker, College of Agriculture and Bioresources (International Recognition Award)
• 2014: Ernie Barber, College of Agriculture and Bioresources (Fellowship Award)
• 2002: Brian Rossnagel, College of Agriculture and Bioresources (Fellowship Award)

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Fellowship

• 2013: Ajay Dalai, College of Engineering 

Bora Laskin Award

• 2015: Allen Ponak, Edwards School of Business

Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) Fellowship

• 2015: George Kipourous, College of Engineering
• 2014: DY Peng, College of Engineering
• 2013: Lee Barbour, College of Engineering
• 2012: Ajay Dalai, College of Engineering
• 2009: Safa Kasap, College of Engineering

Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (Fellowships)

• 2022: Vivian Ramsden, College of Medicine
• 2021: Volker Gerdts, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
• 2021: Walter Siqueira, College of Dentistry
• 2021: Cheryl Waldner, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2020: Marek Radomski, College of Medicine
• 2018: John Gordon, College of Medicine 
• 2018: Baljit Singh, VP Research
• 2017: Gregg Adams, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2017: Miroslaw Cygler, College of Medicine
• 2017: Darcy Marciniuk, College of Medicine
• 2016: Malcolm King, College of Medicine
• 2016: Debra Morgan, College of Medicine
• 2016: Susan Whiting, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
• 2014: Jo-Anne Dillon, College of Medicine
• 2014: Lawrence Brawley, College of Kinesiology
• 2014: Ivar Mendez, College of Medicine
• 2013: Frederick (Ted) Leighton, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2013: Ali Rajput, College of Medicine
• 2012: Donald Cockcroft, College of Medicine
• 2011: Andrew Potter, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2010: Kishor Wasan, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
• 2005: Roger Pierson, College of Medicine
• 2005: James Dosman, College of Medicine
• 2005: Jawahar (Jay) Kalra, College of Medicine
• 2005: William Albritton, College of Medicine

Canadian Botanical Society Lawson Medal

• 2008: Vipen Sawhney, College of Arts and Science
• 1978: Taylor Steeves, College of Arts and Science

Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Betty Havens Award

• 2011: Debra Morgan, College of Medicine

Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Leadership Award for Excellence in Vaccine Research for Infectious Diseases of Epidemic Potential

• 2023: Darryl Falzarano, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2023: Alyson Kelvin, College of Medicine

Canadian Nuclear Society Education and Communication Award

• 2012: Canadian Light Source Educational Outreach, CLS

Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) Bantrel Award in Design and Industrial Practice

• 2014: Ajay Dalai, College of Engineering

Canadian Society of Plant Biologists Gold Medal

• 2001: John King, College of Arts and Science

Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC)

• 2022: Tara Kahan, College of Arts and Science (Environment Division Early Career Research) 
• 2012: Ajay Dalai, College of Engineering 

Cozzarelli Prize

• 2022: Steven Rayan (Finalist, Physical and Mathematical Sciences), College of Arts and Sciences 

CS-Can/Info-Can Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Prize in Computer Science

• 2018: Chanchal Roy, College of Arts and Science

Engineering Institute of Canada Fellowship

•  2014: DY Peng, College of Engineering

Ethel Raybould Visiting Fellowship

• 2018: Steven Rayan, College of Arts and Science

European Academy of Sciences

• 2015: Safa Kasap, College of Engineering
• 2003: Roger Pierson, College of Medicine
• 2002: Akira Hirose, Department of Physics and Engineering
• 2002: Lorne Babiuk, Western College of Veterinary Medicine

E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships

• 2017: Regan Mandryk, College of Arts and Science
• 1993: Kurtis Kyser, College of Arts and Science
• 1987: Robert Kerrich, College of Arts and Science
• 1985: Euan Nisbet, College of Arts and Science

Geological Association of Canada

•  2023: Gabriela Mángano, College of Arts and Science (Billings Medal)
•  2012: Robert Kerrich, College of Arts and Science (Logan Medal)

Geological Society of America

•  2023: Gabriela Mángano, College of Arts and Science (Distinguished Career Award)

International Association for Dental Research Distinguished Scientist Award

• 2019 Salivary Research Award: Walter Siqueira, College of Dentistry

International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) International Hydrology Prize

• 2018 Dooge Medal: Howard Wheater, School of Environment and Sustainability, Global institute for Water Security, College of Engineering
• 2016 Dooge Medal: Jeffrey McDonnell, School of Environment and Sustainability and Global institute for Water Security

Killam Prize

• 2014: Jim Miller, College of Arts and Science
• 1981: Feroze N. Ghadially, College of Medicine

Killam Research Fellowship

• 2003: Robert Kerrich, College of Arts and Science
• 1998: J.C. Courtney, College of Arts and Science
• 1995: D.E. Smith, College of Arts and Science
• 1974: N.M. Ward, College of Arts and Science
• 1968: K. Izumi, Architecture

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Synergy Award

• 2014: Carey Simonson, Robert Besant, and Venmar CES
• 2008: Jim Hendry, Gerald Grandey, and Cameco

Nobel Prize

• 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Henry Taube (U of S Alumni) 
• 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Gerhard Herzberg

North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Fitness (NASPSPA) Distinguished Scholar Award

• 2015: Lawrence Brawley, College of Kinesiology

Order of Canada

• 2023: Ivar Mendez, College of Medicine
• 2023: Haissam Haddad, College of Medicine
• 2017: William A. Waiser, College of Arts and Science
• 2013: David E. Smith, College of Arts and Science
• 2013: Daniel Ish, College of Law
• 2012: Janice MacKinnon, School of Public Health
• 2010: James A. Dosman, College of Medicine
• 2010: Richard B. Baltza, College of Medicine
• 2006: Bryan L. Harvey, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 2004: Delwyn George Fredlund, College of Engineering
• 2004: Ernest G. Walker, College of Arts and Science
• 2003: Guy Vanderhaeghe, St. Thomas Moore College
• 2003: Roy J. Romanow, College of Arts and Science
• 2003: Otto Radostits, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2002: David L. Kaplan, College of Arts and Science
• 2002: David A. Christensen, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 2001: Elizabeth Brewster, College of Arts and Science
• 2000: Hoard R. Nixon, College of Home Economics
• 2000: Roger Colenso Carter, College of Law
• 1999: Douglas Ronald Knott, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 1998: John Watson Gerrard, College of Medicine
• 1997: Ali H. Rajput, College of Medicine
• 1996: Walter Oscar Kupsch, College of Arts and Science
• 1995: Kamal H. Midha, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
• 1995: Marc A. Baltzan, College of Medicine
• 1995: Robert Thomas Coupland, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 1994: Louis Horlick, College of Medicine
• 1992: Clarence Stuart Houston, College of Medicine
• 1992: Allan Emrys Blakeney, College of Law
• 1992: Donald Andrews Rennie, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 1988: Charles Melville Williams, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 1987: Jacob A. Brown, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 1986: Edith Child Rowles Simpson, College of Home Economics
• 1986: Sylvia Olga Fedoruk, College of Arts and Science
• 1985: Robert G. Williamson, College of Arts and Science
• 1984: Emmie Oddie, College of Home Economics
• 1981: John G. Egnatoff, College of Education
• 1976: Mabel Timlin, College of Arts and Science
• 1974: Norman Ward, College of Arts and Science
• 1973: Leon Katz, College of Arts and Science
• 1972: John M. Bell, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 1968: Lawrence E. Kirk, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 1967: Hilda Neatby, College of Arts and Science

Royal Society of Canada Fellowship

• 2021: Malcolm King, College of Medicine
• 2020: Valerie Korinek, College of Arts and Science
• 2020: Alison Norlen, College of Arts and Science
• 2018: Ingrid Pickering, College of Arts and Science
• 2018: John Pomeroy, Global Institute for Water Security
• 2018: Howard Wheater, Global Institute for Water Security
• 2016: Jo-Anne Dillon, College of Medicine
• 2016: Graham George, College of Arts and Science
• 2015: Ken Coates, Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy
• 2015: Jeff McDonnell, School of Environment and Sustainability
• 2014: Jim Waldram, College of Arts and Science
• 2014: Ajay Dalai, College of Engineering
• 2013: Marie Battiste, College of Education
• 2013: Sakej Henderson, College of Law
• 2010: James Dosman, College of Medicine
• 2010: John Giesy, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2009: Peter Li, College of Arts and Science
• 2009: Larry Fowke, College of Arts and Science
• 2008: Safa Kasap, College of Engineering
• 2008: John Tse, College of Arts and Science
• 2007: Len Findlay, College of Arts and Science
• 2007: William Waiser, College of Arts and Science
• 2005: Janice MacKinnon, School of Public Health
• 2005: Guy Vanderhaege, St. Thomas More College
• 2001: Allan Blakeney, College of Law
• 2000: Akira Hirose, College of Arts and Science
• 1998: James Miller, College of Arts and Science
• 1995: William Sarjeant, College of Arts and Science
• 1994: Edward Llewellyn, College of Arts and Science
• 1993: Allan Boulton, College of Medicine
• 1992: Robert Kerrich, College of Arts and Science
• 1988: Curt Wittlin, College of Arts and Science
• 1980: Roy Billinton, College of Engineering
• 1972: James Naylor, College of Arts and Science
• 1971: Taylor Steeves, College of Arts and Science
• 1963: Allan Van Cleave, College of Arts and Science
• 1963: Walter Kupsch, College of Arts and Science
• 1962: Michael Shaw, College of Arts and Science
• 1957: Hilda Neatby, College of Arts and Science
• 1956:Jacob Rempel, College of Arts and Science
• 1954: Kenneth McCallum, College of Arts and Science
• 1954: Robert Newman Haslam, College of Arts and Science
• 1954: Vernon Fowke, College of Arts and Science
• 1952: Leon Katz, College of Arts and Science
• 1952: Louis Jaques, College of Medicine
• 1951: Mabel Timlin, College of Arts and Science
• 1950: Frederic Edmunds, College of Arts and Science
• 1950: George Britnell, College of Arts and Science
• 1947: Balfour Currie, College of Arts and Science
• 1944: Donald Rawson, College of Arts and Science
• 1943: John Spinks, College of Arts and Science
• 1943: Lawrence Kirk, College of Agriculture
• 1942: James Thomson, President
• 1941: Chalmers Mackenzie, College of Engineering
• 1935: Robert Dawson, College of Arts and Science
• 1933: Arthur Morton, College of Arts and Science
• 1933: James Mawdsley, College of Arts and Science
• 1932: Ertle Harrington, College of Arts and Science
• 1928: Lloyd Dines, College of Arts and Science
• 1926: Thorberger Thorvaldson, College of Arts and Science
• 1921: Walter Thompson, College of Arts and Science
• 1921: Edmund Oliver, St. Andrew's College
• 1918: Walter Murray, President

Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists

• 2023: Helen Baulch, School of Environment and Sustainability
• 2020: Christy Morrissey, College of Arts and Science
• 2018: Maud Ferrari, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2017: Marcia McKenzie, College of Education
• 2017: Keith Carlson, College of Arts and Science
• 2016: Markus Hecker, School of Environment and Sustainability
• 2016: Margaret Kovach, College of Education
• 2016: Angela Lieverse, College of Arts and Science
• 2016: Dwight Newman, College of Law
• 2014: Regan Mandryk, College of Arts and Science
• 2014: Erika Dyck, College of Arts and Science
• 2014: Daniel Beland, Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy

Royal Society of Canada Prizes

• 2012: John Giesy, Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Santé Awards by the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation

• 2024: Hassan Vatanparast, School of Public Health (Achievement)
• 2024: Robert Laprairie, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition (Impact)
• 2024: Justin Botterill, College of Medicine (Excellence)
• 2024: Stacey Lovo, School of Rehabilitation Science (Excellence)
• 2024: Stacey Lovo, School of Rehabilitation Science; Gary Linassi, College of Medicine (Excellence) 
• 2024: Ivar Mendez, Rachel Johnson, Scott Adams, College of Medicine; Dr. Stacey Lovo, School of                Rehabilitation Science (Excellence)
• 2023: Volker Gerdts, Western College of Veterinary Medicine (Achievement)
• 2023: Lloyd Balbuena, College of Medicine (Early-Career)
• 2023: Jessica Sheldon, College of Medicine (Excellence)
• 2023: Ivar Mendez, College of Medicine (Excellence)
• 2023: Stuart Skinner, College of Medicine (Excellence)  
• 2022: Ali Rajput, College of Medicine (Achievement)
• 2022: Christopher Phenix, College of Arts and Science (Early-Career)
• 2022: Anil Kumar, College of Medicine (Excellence)
• 2017: Andrew Potter, Western College of Veterinary Medicine (Achievement)
• 2016: Daniel Chen, College of Engineering
• 2015: Debra Morgan, College of Medicine
• 2014: John Gordon, College of Medicine

Saskatchewan Order of Merit (SOM)

• 2023: Pierre Hucl, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 2022: Alan Rosenberg, College of Medicine
• 2014: David E. Smith, College of Arts and Science
• 2014: Henry Woolf, College of Arts and Science
• 2013: Jim Miller, College of Arts and Science
• 2013: Richard B. Baltzan, College of Medicine
• 2012: Brian Rossnagel, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 2010: Janice MacKinnon, School of Public Health
• 2008: Elizabeth Brewster, College of Arts and Sciecne
• 2007: Reuben Mapletoft, Western College of Veterninary Medicine
• 2006: William Waiser, College of Arts and Science
• 2006: David L. Kaplan, College of Arts and Science
• 2005: James Dosman, College of Medicine
• 2005: Bryan L. Harvey, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 2005: Maria Campbell, College of Law
• 2004: Rajendra Sharma, College of Medicine
• 2004: Dennis Kendel, College of Medicine
• 2003: Guy Vanderhaege, St. Thomas More College
• 2003: Roy J. Romanow, College of Arts and Science
• 2002: Charles Meville Williams, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
• 2001: Ernest G. Walker, College of Arts and Science
• 2000: Allan Emrys Blakeney, College of Law
• 1999: Marc A. Baltzan, College of Medicine
• 1998: Roger Colenso Carter, College of Law
• 1993: Ali H. Rajput, College of Medicine
• 1992: Clarence Stuart Houston, College of Medicine
• 1991: Emmie Oddie, College of Home Economics
• 1991: Louis Horlick, College of Medicine
• 1986: Sylvia O. Fedoruk, College of Arts and Science

Scientific Committee on Problems in the Environment (SCOPE) Lifetime Achievement Award

• 2012: John Giesy, Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Global Awards

• 2013 Global Partners Capacity-Building Award: John Giesy, Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact Awards

• 2016: James Waldram, College of Arts and Science (Impact Award)
• 2010: James Miller, College of Arts and Science (Gold Medal)

Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) 3M National Teaching Fellowship

• 2011: Fred Phillips, Edwards School of Business
• 2007: Ernie Walker, College of Arts and Science
• 2005: Richard Schwier, College of Education

Teladoc Health Transformation Leadership Award

• 2023: Ivar Mendez, College of Medicine

WXN Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award

• 2013: Karen Chad, College of Kinesiology