Past Award Recipients
Since 1934, the Canadian Public Health Association has been honouring those who have made an outstanding contribution to public health in Canada or elsewhere. The roll of honour is as follows:
- R.D. Defries Award
- Honorary Life Membership
- Ron Draper Health Promotion Award
- Public Health Human Resources Award
- Janssen-Ortho Inc. Award
- Certificate of Merit
- Sanofi Pasteur International Award
- CPHA International Award
- CPHA National Public Health Hero Award
- CPHA-Amgen Award for Innovation in Family Health
- Population and Public Health Student Awards
- NCCPH Knowledge Translation Graduate Student Awards
R.D. Defries Award
* See also Honorary Life Membership
| 2011 | Dr. Richard Lessard |
| 2010 | Dr. David
Butler-Jones Marie des Anges Loyer |
| 2009 | Dr. Richard Stanwick |
Honorary Life Membership
* Denotes R.D. Defries Award Recipient
| 2011 | Réal Lacombe |
| 2010 | Charlene Beynon Clyde Hertzman |
| 2009 | Dr. Roy
Cameron Dr. Margaret V. Fast |
| 2008 | Dr. Stephen J.
Corber* Pete Sarsfield, MD, FRCP(C) |
| 2007 | Dr. Perry R.W.
Kendall* Dr. Robert Bourdeau |
| 2006 | John M.
Last* Rosemarie Goodyear |
| 2005 | Dr. C. David
Naylor, Ontario* Dr. John W. Frank, Ontario |
| 2004 | Sheela Basrur,
Ontario Helen Lawlor, Newfoundland and Labrador Gerald H. Dafoe, Ontario* |
| 2003 | Ian Gemmill,
Ontario Elaine Berthelet, Northwest Territories* |
| 2002 | John Waters,
Alberta* Douglas Wilson, Alberta |
| 2001 | Irving Rootman, Ontario* |
| 2000 | Roy West,
Newfoundland* Dorothy M. Craig, Ontario Nancy Edwards, Ontario |
| 1999 | Dr. Chandrakant
P. Shah, Ontario* Dr. Mary Jane Ashley, Ontario |
| 1998 | Dr. Fernand
Turcotte, Quebec* Professor Don P. McGuire, Nova Scotia |
| 1997 | Ms Elizabeth MacKinnon Lambie, Nova Scotia* |
| 1996 | Dr John Millar,
British Columbia* Dr. Richard S. Stanwick, British Columbia Ms Sharon Martin, British Columbia |
| 1995 | Mrs. Ann Harling,
New Brunswick* Dr. Helen Glass, Manitoba |
| 1994 | Dr. Jean Rochon,
Québec* Dr. Jim Howell, Alberta* Dr. Helen Mussallem, Ontario |
| 1993 | Miss Jean E.C.
Lewis, Newfoundland Dr. Robin Moore-Orr, Newfoundland Mr. Doug Strong, Newfoundland |
| 1992 | Dr. John E.F.
Hastings, Ontario* Ms. Jill Christiansen, Northwest Territories The Honourable Nellie Cournoyea, Northwest Territories |
| 1991 | Dr. A.G.
Jessamine, Ontario* Miss Olive Brown, Saskatchewan |
| 1990 | Dr. Trevor Hancock, Ontario |
| 1989 | Mrs. Karen Mills,
Alberta* Ms. Margaret Mackling, Manitoba |
| 1988 | Mr. Ron A.
Draper, Ontario* Dr. Marie A. Loyer, Ontario |
| 1987 | Dr. Carol Buck, Ontario* |
| 1986 | Dr. Cortlandt
J.G. Mackenzie, British Columbia* Ms. Frances M. McAdoo, British Columbia |
| 1985 | Miss Apolline Robichaud, New Brunswick |
| 1984 | Dr. Wendell
MacLeod, Ontario* Mr. Lewis Everard Stewart, Alberta |
| 1983 | Mr. Ralph
Ricketts, Nova Scotia* Mrs. Ruby Dewling, Newfoundland Dr. Ernest J. Bowmer, British Columbia |
| 1982 | Miss Vera L.
Spencer, Saskatchewan Dr. Margaret Finlayson, Alberta Ms. Janice Sterling, Northwest Territories Ms. Martha Aldrich, Northwest Territories Dr. M. Josephine Flaherty, Ontario Dr. Vincent Leon Matthews, Saskatchewan* |
| 1981 | Mrs. Hester
Kernen, Saskatchewan Miss E. Louise Miner, Saskatchewan Dr. William Harding Le Riche, Ontario* |
| 1980 | Dr. Jean F. Webb,
Ontario Dr. Gordon K. Martin, Ontario Dr. Robert J. Wilson, Ontario* |
| 1979 | Miss Mary E.
Wilson, Manitoba Dr. Kenneth I.G. Benson, British Columbia* |
| 1978 | Dr. E.S.O. Smith,
Alberta* Dr. Nicholas Schmitt, British Columbia Dr. James John Stanton, Nova Scotia |
| 1977 | Miss Monica Green, British Columbia |
| 1976 | Dr. Austin
McMillan Clarke, Nova Scotia Dr. Eric M. Found, Prince Edward Island Miss E.A. Electa MacLennan, Nova Scotia Dr. Chester Bryant Stewart, Nova Scotia Dr. Clennel Evelyn Van Rooyen, Nova Scotia |
| 1975 | Miss Lynn Blair,
Manitoba Dr. Andrew J. Rhodes, Ontario* Dr. George Robert Ford Elliott, British Columbia Dr. J. Donovan Ross, Alberta Dr. Alfred Hardisty Sellers, Ontario |
| 1974 | Dr. Frederick D.
Mott, Ontario Mr. Joseph Henry Gilbert Page, British Columbia Dr. Armand Frappier, Quebec* Miss Jean Leask, Ontario Dr. George Donald West Cameron, Ontario |
| 1973 | Dr. Claude E.
Dolman, British Columbia Dr. Paul Parrot Dr. John Sinclair Robertson, Nova Scotia |
| 1972 | Dr. Gustave
Charest, Quebec Dr. Lyle M. Creelman, British Columbia Dr. William Mosley, Ontario Dr. F.O. Wishart, Ontario |
| 1971 | Dr. Milton H.
Brown, Ontario Dr. A. Roger Foley, Quebec* Dr. Jules Gilbert, Ontario Dr. Leonard A. Miller, Ontario Major Alexander D. O’Hara, Ontario |
| 1970 | Miss Josephine
DeBrincat, Manitoba Dr. Gaylord W. Anderson, Minnesota Dr. John Nielson Brown Crawford, Ottawa |
| 1969 | Dr. Charles J.W.
Beckwith, Nova Scotia Mr. R. Donald McKay, Nova Scotia Miss Jean Leask, Ontario* |
| 1968 | Dr. Morley R.
Elliott, British Columbia Dr. James M. Mather, British Columbia Miss Trenna G. Hunter, British Columbia |
| 1967 | Miss Dorothy M. Percy, Ontario |
| 1966 | Dr. Albert E.
Berry, Ontario Dr. Jean Gregoire, Quebec Dr. A. Groulx, Quebec Dr. J. Arthur Melanson, New Brunswick Mr. Christian Smith, Saskatchewan Dr. G.D.W. Cameron, Ontario* |
| 1965 | Dr. Harry
Knowlton Brown, Ontario Miss Blanche A. Emerson, Alberta Dr. George M. Little, Alberta Mr. John T. Marshall, British Columbia Dr. Ashbury Sommerville, Alberta |
| 1964 | Dr. Robert D.
Defries, Ontario Dr. Allan R. Morton, Nova Scotia |
| 1963 | Dr. Gregoire Fere
Amyot, British Columbia Dr. Charles R. Donovan, Manitoba Dr. George J. Wherrett, Ontario |
| 1962 | Dr. Jonas E.
Salk, Pennsylvania Miss Edna L. Moore, Ontario Dr. Clarence M. Hincks, Ontario Dr. Neil E. McKinnon, Ontario Dr. Peter Moloney, Ontario |
| 1961 | Dr. Arthur
Chegwin, Saskatchewan Dr. R.G. Ferguson, Saskatchewan Dr. James M. Mackintosh, England Dr. George R. Walton, Saskatchewan Miss Dorothy M. Hopkins, Saskatchewan |
| 1960 | Dr. Russell J.
Collins, New Brunswick Miss Eunice Dyke, Ontario Miss Mona Wilson, Prince Edward Island |
| 1959 | Dr. J.A. Bauduin,
Quebec Dr. J.T. Phair, Ontario |
| 1958 | Dr. G. Brock
Chisholm, British Columbia Dr. M.G. Candau, Switzerland Dr. W.G. Smillie, Vermont |
| 1957 | Dr. E.G.D.
Murray, Ontario Dr. Fraser Brockington, England Miss Florence Emory, Ontario Dr. Frederick W. Jackson, Manitoba |
| 1956 | Dr. Roy Fraser,
Nova Scotia Miss Margaret E. MacKenzie, Nova Scotia Dr. John J. MacRitchie, Nova Scotia Dr. Mac Harvey McGrady, Quebec Dr. Freeman O’Neil, Nova Scotia Dr. Joseph P. Richard, New Brunswick |
| 1955 | Dr. Allan Coats
Rankin, Alberta Dr. Robert M. Shaw, Alberta |
| 1952 | Dr. Malcolm R.
Bow, Alberta Miss E. Russell, Manitoba |
| 1948 | Dr. P.S.
Campbell, Nova Scotia Dr. Arthur Wilson, British Columbia Sir Allen Daley, England |
| 1947 | Miss Elizabeth
Smellie, Ontario Sir William Jameson, England |
| 1942 | Dr. William
Warwick, New Brunswick Dr. George Dana Porter, Ontario |
| 1940 | Dr. E.W.
Montgomery, Manitoba Honourable J.M. Uhrich, Saskatchewan |
| 1939 | Sir Arthur
MacNalty, England Dr. A.J. Douglas, Manitoba Dr. John Knox McLeod, Nova Scotia Dr. John J. Cameron, Nova Scotia |
| 1938 | Dr. Saraphim
Boucher, Quebec Dr. Alphonse Lessard, Quebec Dr. H.E. Young, British Columbia |
| 1937 | Dr. John A.
Ferrell, New York Dr. George F. Buchan, England Dr. Helen MacMurchy, Ontario |
| 1936 | Dr. Walter H.
Brown, California Dr. A.J. Chelsey, Minnesota Dr. J.W.S. McCullough, Ontario Mr. E.S. McPhail, Ontario |
| 1935 | Dr. H.S.
Cummings, Washington, DC Dr. H.W. Hill, Ontario Dr. M. Stuart Fraser, Manitoba |
| 1934 | Dr. Elizear
Pelletier, Quebec Dr. John A. Amyot, Ontario Dr. J.D. Page, Quebec Dr. Charles A. Hodgetts, Ontario |
Ron Draper Health Promotion Award
| 2011 | Nancy Hall |
| 2010 | Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition |
| 2009 | Ken Kyle |
| 2008 | Smoke Free Kings |
| 2007 | Sharon Martin Community Health Fund (VCH SMART Fund) |
| 2006 | Government of British Columbia, Population Health and Wellness |
| 2005 | Reg Warren, Ontario |
| 2004 | Region Heart Health Coalitions, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 2003 | Calgary Urban Project Society, Alberta |
| 2002 | Peggy Edwards, Ontario |
| 2001 | James Irvine, Saskatchewan |
| 2000 | Jean Goodwill, Saskatchewan |
| 1999 | Judy Cook,
Manitoba Centre for Health Promotion |
| 1998 | Réseau québecoise de Villes et Villages en santé, Québec |
| 1997 | North End Community Health Centre, Nova Scotia |
Public Health Human Resources Award
Janssen-Ortho Inc. Award
| 2005 | Carla Jane Troy, Ontario |
| 2004 | Catherine Donovan, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 2003 | Ron de Burger, Ontario |
| 2001 | Joan Feather, Saskatchewan |
| 2000 | Paul Hasselback, British Columbia |
| 1999 | Marjorie Willison, Nova Scotia |
| 1998 | Dr. Réal Lacombe, Quebec |
| 1996 | Dr. Stephen J.
Corber, Ontario Ms. Rita Stern, British Columbia |
| 1991 | Mr. Russ Kisby, Ontario |
| 1990 | Dr. Cope Schwenger, Ontario |
| 1988 | Dr. Kathryn A. Wotton, Manitoba |
| 1986 | Dr. Robert B. McClure |
| 1985 | Miss Kathleen Mary Lutley (“Jo”), Manitoba |
| 1984 | Dr. Boyd Suttie, Ontario |
| 1982 | Dr. Otto Schaefer, Alberta |
| 1981 | Dr. Bill Bavington, Newfoundland |
| 1980 | Dr. Sandy Sutherland, Ontario |
| 1978 | Dr. David Clarke, British Columbia |
| 1976 | Mrs. Geneva Lewis, Nova Scotia |
| 1975 | Dr. John E.G. Hastings, Ontario |
| 1974 | Dr. David Sackett, Nova Scotia |
| 1973 | Professor Samuel Wolfe, Quebec |
Certificate of Merit
| 2011 | Michel O’Neill |
| 2010 | Anna
Banerji Betty Burcher Dexter Harvey |
| 2009 | Les Hagen Sue Hicks |
| 2008 | Deborah Gordon-El-Bihbety |
| 2007 | Mary Bush |
| 2006 | Douglas
Wilson David Patterson (posthumously) |
| 2005 | Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, Ontario |
| 2004 | City of Toronto,
Ontario Jorge Segovia, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 2003 | Nechi Training, Research, and Health Promotions, Alberta |
| 2002 | A. Les McDonald,
Ontario Tobacco Action Yellowknife, Northwest Territories |
| 2001 | Alberta Tobacco
Reduction Alliance, Alberta Murray McQuigge, Ontario |
| 2000 | Aventis Pasteur
Limited, Ontario Campaign 2000, Ontario |
| 1999 | Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg, Inc., Manitoba |
| 1998 | Dr. Christine Colin, Quebec |
| 1997 | Ms Lynn Vivian-Book, Newfoundland |
| 1996 | Wendy Cukier and Heidi Rathjen, Coalition for Gun Control |
| 1994 | Mr. Ron Labonte,
Ontario Mr. Michael Phaire, Alberta Dr. Maggi Hodgson, Alberta |
| 1993 | Dr. Lamont Sweet, Prince Edward Island |
| 1992 | Ms. Anne Skuba,
Manitoba Mr. Victor Lachance, Ontario Mr. Neil Collishaw, Geneva, Switzerland |
Sanofi Pasteur International Award
| 2006 | Neil Collishaw |
| 2005 | Dr. Bruce Aylward, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2004 | Linda Ross, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| 2002 | Ilona Kickbusch, Washington, DC |
CPHA International Award
| 2011 | Theresa W.
Gyorkos Jerry M. Spiegel |
| 2010 | Ronald Labonté |
| 2009 | Dr. Paulo Buss |
| 2007 | Margaret Hilson |
CPHA National Public Hero Award
| 2011 | Kathleen Ruff |
| 2010 | Rob
Cunningham Louis Gauvin Gar Mahood |
| 2009 | Monique Bégin |
| 2007 | Heather Crowe (posthumous) |
| 2006 | Phillip
Owen Senator Larry Campbell |
| 2005 | André Picard |
CPHA-Amgen Award for Innovation in Family Health
| 2011 | Four Directions Community Health Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan |
| 2010 | Ts’ewulhtun Health Centre |
Dr. John Hastings CPHA Student Award
| 2011 | Daniel Fuller |
| 2010 | Angela Mashford-Pringle |
| 2009 | Mariane Pâquet |
| 2008 | Ms. Brenda Currie |
| 2007 | Kate Bassil |
| 2006 | Chantelle A.M. Richmond |
| 2005 | Renée Larocque |
| 2004 | Cameron D. Norman |
| 2002 | Karen M. Tofflemire |
Population and Public Health Student Awards
| 2011 | Masters | Rebecca North Mary Vu |
| PhD | Alain
Girard Miranda Elliott |
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| 2010 | Masters | Lisa Nobel Dorian Watts |
| PhD | Ananya
Banerjee Kate Zinszer |
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| 2009 | Masters | Ms. Ashley Heaslip Ms. Tamara Cohen |
| PhD | Ms.
Jennifer Cushon Ms. Amanda Sheppard |
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| 2008 | Masters | Ms. Jessica Reid Ms. Elizabeth Estey |
| PhD | Mr. Brian
Evoy Ms. Pamela Cameron |
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| 2007 | Masters | Shira Goldenberg Katrina Plamondon |
| PhD | Randall
Fransoo Laura Rosella |
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| 2006 | Masters | Karen Roberts Laura Nimmon Marie-Jo Ouimet |
| PhD | Dawn
Smith Cat Tuong Nguyen |
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| 2005 | Masters | Margaret Broughton Helen Oliver |
| PhD | Dana
Wilson Prithwish De Eleanor Boyle |
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| 2004 | Alice Chen Jena Webb Sarah Viehbeck Sharon Yanicki |
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NCCPH Knowledge Translation Graduate Student Awards
| 2011 | Sherilee
Harper Fleur MacQueen Smith Meghan Winters |
| 2010 | Fabian
Besner Kora DeBeck Erica Pufall |