YEAR

RECIPIENT

CITATION

2004

M. Brock Fenton

Biologist, educator, internationally respected expert on bats, gifted classroom and TV communicator on conservation and ecology, developed bat walks and exhibits, author of popular books about bats

2003

Robert Buckman

Medical oncologist, teacher, presenter of award winning science-and-medicine TV programmes in Britain and Canada; host of weekly medical series on both TVOntario (Vital Signs) and Discovery Channel (Human Wildlife); author of more than a dozen doctor-patient communication books

2002

Bob McDonald

Science correspondent, host of CBC=s Quirks and Quarks, producer, writer/host of educational videos and books

2001

J.N. Patterson Hume

Pioneer of use of film and video in science education in Canada and U.S.A. during the 1950s and 1960s with Dr. Donald Ivey B Focus on Physics, Two for Physics, The Nature of Things, Frames of Reference and Random Events; teacher of physics and computer science; Chair of Computer Science (1975)

2000

Ursula Martius Franklin

Engineer, teacher, researcher, active in the public arena on issues of education, peace, human rights and the social impact of science and technology; Companion of the Order of Canada and Senior Fellow Massey Hall

1999

John Charles Polanyi

Teacher, author, internationally renowned advisor on science policy, the control of armaments, and peacekeeping; recipient of 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1998

Sid Katz

Teacher, broadcaster, writer and award-winning science communicator

1997

John R. Percy

Astronomer, teacher, writer, and communicator with a strong interest in astronomy education at all levels; past President of RCI

1996

Derek York

Physicist, teacher, writer, contributor of articles on popular science to magazines and national newspapers; in 1995 appointed the J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics at the University of Toronto

1995

Eve Savory

National television environment specialist concerned with health care, scientific developments and space exploration

1994

Edward Struzik

Communicator of science through journalism and photography with a special focus on Canada=s North

1993

Carol Gold

Author of children=s books and contributor to television programs conveying the message that science is fun

1992

Terrence Dickinson

Teacher, author of popular books on astronomy, frequent contributor to magazines, newspapers and radio programs

1991

Annabel Slaight

Author and publisher of children=s books and magazines, producer of films; co-founder of Young Naturalist Foundation

1990

Joan Hollobon

Marilyn Dunlop

Science writers and authors of books on medical subjects for lay readers

1989

Bruemmer Fred

Perceptive recorder in prose and pictures of native people and animals in Canadian arctic

1988

Fernand Seguin

Biochemist, host of science programs on radio and television, author of school science textbooks, journalist

1987

J. Tuzo Wilson

Geophysicist, teacher, author, television host, administrator (Ontario Science Centre)

1986

Jay Ingram

Microbiologist, radio host of Quirks and Quarks, contributing editor of Owl magazine

1985

Helen Sawyer Hogg

Astronomer, teacher, newspaper columnist, author, first woman President of RCI

1984

Lister Sinclair

Mathematician, actor, CBC executive and radio host, author of books, plays, film scripts and radio documentaries, President of Canadian Conference of the Arts

1983

Lydia Dotto

Journalist, author, editor of Canadian Science News Service

1982

David Suzuki

Geneticist, author, teacher, radio and television host, environmentalist