Award recipients
Since 1934, CPHA 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
- R. Stirling Ferguson 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
- Dr. John Hastings CPHA Student Award
- Population and Public Health Student Awards
R. D. Defries Award and Honorary Life Membership
* Denotes R.D. Defries Award recipient
| 2023 |
Cecilia Benoit, FRSC* |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 |
Louise Potvin* |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 |
Dr. Richard Massé* |
| 2017 |
Dr. Trevor Hancock* |
| 2016 | Dr. Lynn McIntyre* Ms. Lydia Drasic |
| 2015 | Dr. Ronald Labonté* Dr. William Osei Dr. Eric Young |
| 2014 | Dr. David Mowat* |
| 2013 | Dr. Patricia Martens* |
| 2011 | Dr. Richard Lessard* Réal Lacombe |
| 2010 | Dr. David Butler-Jones* Marie des Anges Loyer* Charlene Beynon Clyde Hertzman |
| 2009 | Dr. Richard Stanwick* 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
| 2022 | Pegeen Walsh |
| 2021 | Bernadette (Bernie) Pauly |
| 2020 | Kim Raine |
| 2018 | Dr. Billie Thurston |
| 2016 | Grand Chief Doug Kelly |
| 2015 | Dr. Jane Buxton Dr. Jacqueline Gahagan |
| 2014 | Dr. Jim Frankish |
| 2013 | Ruth Fox |
| 2012 | Doctors Nova Scotia [Organization] Patrick Murray [Individual] |
| 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 |
R. Stirling Ferguson Award
| 2019 | Dr. Peter Barss |
| 2018 | Dr. Jake Pauls |
| 2017 | Dr. Nancy Edwards |
| 2016 | iDAPT Centre for Rehabilitation Research,Toronto Rehabilitation Institute |
| 2015 | Linda Strobl |
Public Health Human Resources Award
| 2011 | Pan Canadian Task Force on Public Health Nutrition Practice Marie McCully Collier Jane Underwood |
| 2010 | Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors Claire Betker |
| 2009 | Dr. Jamie Hockin |
| 2008 | Dr. David L. Mowat |
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
| 2023 | Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh |
| 2022 | Regan Murray |
| 2021 | Anna Betty Achneepineskum |
| 2020 | Anna Taddio |
| 2019 | Erica Phipps |
| 2015 | The Alex Community Health Centre James Chauvin |
| 2014 | Connie Clement |
| 2013 | Janet MacLachlan |
| 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
| 2023 | Donald MacPherson |
| 2022 | Moms Stop the Harm |
| 2021 | Jennifer L. King, Gowling WLG Michael Finley, Gowling WLG Liane Langstaff, Gowling WLG |
| 2019 | Cindy Blackstock |
| 2017 | Hon. Dr. Terry Lake |
| 2015 | Libby Davies, MP |
| 2014 | Juliet Guichon |
| 2012 | Andrea Gonsalves, Stockwoods LLP Owen Rees, Stockwoods LLP Fredrick Schumann, Stockwoods LLP |
| 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
| 2013 | "Parenting in Peel" Facebook Page, Region of Peel Public Health |
| 2012 | Saskatoon Health Region, Primary Health Bus |
| 2011 | Four Directions Community Health Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan |
| 2010 | Ts'ewulhtun Health Centre |
Dr. John Hastings CPHA Student Award
| 2020 | Shannon Leung Heather Morris |
| 2019 | Manal Masud Richa Sharma |
| 2018 | Larisa Lotoski |
| 2017 | Safyer McKenzie-Sampson |
| 2016 | Genèvieve Jessiman-Perreault |
| 2015 | Lindsay P. Galway |
| 2014 | Laura Struik |
| 2013 | Jessie-Lee McIsaac |
| 2012 | Zaida Rahaman |
| 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
| 2015 | Masters | Catherine Dickson Heather Palis |
| PhD | Mustafa Andkhoie Sharon Yanicki |
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| 2014 | Masters | Kyla English Brian Condran |
| PhD | Megan Lefebvre Jessica Wu |
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| 2013 | Masters | Sarah Amber Chown Henok Abraha Amare |
| PhD | Laura Hilary Thompson Laila Rahman |
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| 2012 | Masters | Nicole T. Ruest Lorna Robin Sampson |
| PhD | Sherilee L. Harper Kimberly Munro |
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| 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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