2023
Prize for Groups
Winner
Runners-up
Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Winner
- Mathieu Lavigne, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science
Runners-up
- Wahéhshon Whitebean, PhD candidate, Department of Integrated Studies in Education
- Catherine Scott, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Natural Resource Sciences
Prize for Emerging Researchers
Winner
- Alexandra Ketchum, Faculty Lecturer, Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Runners-up
- Kristy Ironside, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies
- Sabrina Jafralie, Faculty Lecturer, Department of Integrated Studies in Education
Prize for Established Academics
Winner
- Maria Popova, Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair, Department of Political Science
Runners-up:
- Andrew Gonzalez, Full Professor and Liber Ero Chair in Conservation Biology, Department of Biology
- Donald Vinh, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Changemaker Prize
You cannot apply for the Changemaker prize. It is awarded, on an occasional basis, to individuals whose dedication to sharing their knowledge with the media and the public has had a major impact on society.
Winner
- Sébastien Jodoin, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Health and the Environment
2022
Prize for Groups
Winner
Runners-up
Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Winner
- Stephanie Zito, PhD candidate, Educational and Counseling Psychology
Runners-up
- Alexandre Grant, MSc student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Anaïs Remili, PhD candidate, Department of Natural Resource Sciences
Prize for Emerging Researchers
Winner
- Jesse Papenburg, Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics
Runners-up
- Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies
- Ananya Banerjee, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
Prize for Established Academics
Winner
- Daniel Béland, James McGill Professor, Department of Political Science and Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
Runners-up
- Parisa Ariya, Full Professor, Departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Chemistry
- Catherine Hankins, Full Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
- Taylor Owen, Associate Professor, Max Bell School of Public Policy
Changemaker Prize
You cannot apply for the Changemaker prize. It is awarded, on an occasional basis, to individuals whose dedication to sharing their knowledge with the media and the public has had a major impact on society.
Winner
- Cindy Blackstock, Full Professor, School of Social Work
2021
Prize for Collaboration
Winner
Runners-up
Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Winner
- Susan Mintzberg, PhD candidate, School of Social Work
Runners-up
- Emily Choy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Natural Resource Sciences
- Ada McVean, MSc student, Department of Chemistry
Prize for Emerging Researchers
Winner
- Debra Thompson, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Runners-up
- Nicole Basta, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health
- Tina Montreuil, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology
Prize for Established Academics
Winner
- Donald Sheppard, Full Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Runners-up
- Parisa Ariya, Full Professor Departments of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Chemistry
- Jérôme Waldispuhl, Associate Professor, School of Computer Science
Changemaker Prize
You cannot apply for the Changemaker prize. It is awarded, on an occasional basis, to individuals whose dedication to sharing their knowledge with the media and the public has had a major impact on society.
Winner
- Matthew Oughton, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
2020
Prize for Collaboration
Winner
Runners-up
Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Winner
- Morgan Crowley, PhD Candidate, Department of Natural Resource Sciences
Runners-up
- Suncica Avlijas PhD candidate and Christophe Benjamin, MSc student, Department of Biology
- Paris Marx, MA student, Department of Geography
Prize for Emerging Researchers
Winner
- David Wachsmuth, Assistant Professor, School of Urban Planning
Runners-up
- Sébastien Betermier, Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management
- Blane Harvey, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education
Prize for Established Academics
Winner
- Gabriella Gobbi, Full Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Runners-up
- Daniel Béland, James McGill Professor, Department of Political Science and Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
- Sarah Moser, Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Changemaker Prize
You cannot apply for the Changemaker Prize. It is awarded, on an occasional basis, to individuals whose dedication to sharing their knowledge with the media and the public has had a major impact on society.
Winner
- Robert Leckey, Samuel Gale Chair and Dean, Faculty of Law
2019
Prize for Academic Staff
Winner
- Madhukar Pai, Full Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and Director, McGill Global Health Programs and McGill International TB Centre
Runners-up
- Lynn Kozak, Associate Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies
- Audrey Moores, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
- Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Prize for Graduate Students, Research Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows
Winner
- J. Mauricio Gaona, PhD candidate, Faculty of Law
Runners-up
- Marianne Falardeau-Côté, PhD candidate, Department of Natural Resource Sciences
- Jay Olson, PhD candidate, Department of Psychiatry
- Rackeb Tesfaye, PhD candidate, Department of Psychiatry
Special Recognitions
The jury was impressed by number of groups at McGill engaging directly with public to share knowledge and excitement of learning. Two groups and three individuals attracted special attention this year.
Students Groups
Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
- Kha Han Lisa Dang, PhD candidate, Department of Physics,
- Alexandra Gellé, PhD candidate, Department of Chemistry
- Allyson Menzies, PhD candidate, Department of Natural Resource Sciences
Academic Staff
- David Bird, Professor Emeritus, Department of Natural Resource Sciences
2018
Winners
- Catherine Potvin, Full Professor, Department of Biology
- Tina Gruosso, Research Associate, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology
- Vanessa Sung, PhD candidate, Department of Biochemistry
Runners-up
Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
- Jean-François Bélanger, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science
Melanie Doucet, PhD candidate, School of Social Work - Fernanda Pérez Gay Juárez, PhD candidate, Integrated Program in Neuroscience
- Sofia Misenheimer, MA Student, Department of Art History & Communication Studies
Academic Staff
- Ahmed El-Geneidy, Associate Professor, School of Urban Planning
- Richard Gold, James McGill Professor, Faculty of Law
- Robert Whitley, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Prize for Outstanding Achievement
- Karl Moore, Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management
- Joe Schwarcz, Director, McGill Office for Science and Society
Special Recognitions
2017
Winners
Academic Staff
- Alain Brunet, Full Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
- Jennifer Bracewell, PhD student, Department of Anthropology
