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Provost awards 32 professors with Â鶹AV and Dawson Chairs

Named awards are among Â鶹AV’s highest honours that recognize research excellence and leadership strengths of talented Professors across range of disciplines

Canada is routinely ranked among the world’s most innovative countries, and this consistency is driven by the country’s significant investments in research. In 2000, the Canadian government launched the Canada Research Chair Program to make Canada one of the world’s top countries in R&D. In parallel, Â鶹AV launched its own series of awards that recognize the excellence of its researchers, as well as their leadership at the international level.

These awards are the James Â鶹AV Professor (JMP) awards and the William Dawson Scholar (WDS) awards. These are complemented by the Distinguished James Â鶹AV Professors (DJMP) awards for late-career researchers – Â鶹AV’s highest honour – which were created in 2017. This year, the Office of the Provost and Vice Principal, which administers these awards, has selected a total of 32 Professors to be honoured in these categories.

The awardees are:

  • Distinguished James Â鶹AV Professors – 10 honorees:
    • Professor Shari Baum (School of Communication Sciences and Disorders)
    • Professor (Department of Physics)
    • Professor Vicky Kaspi (Department of Physics)
    • Professor Leonard Levin (Department of Ophthalmology)
    • Professor Morag Park (Department of Oncology)
    • Professor Dieter Reinhardt (Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology)
    • Professor Christine Ross (Department of Art History & Communication Studies)
    • Professor Guy Rouleau (Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery)
    • Professor (Department of Medicine)
    • Professor Robyn Tamblyn (Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health)
  • James Â鶹AV Professors – 4 honorees:
    • Professor (Department of Psychiatry)
    • Professor Joann Whalen (Department of Natural Resource Science)
    • Professor (Department of Mathematics and Statistics)
    • Professor Robert Wisnovsky (Institute of Islamic Studies)
  • William Dawson Scholars – 18 honorees:

Both the JMP and WDS awards come with an annual salary supplement and an annual research allowance not exceeding $25,000. The Distinguished James Â鶹AV Professor award provides for a $10,000 academic stipend or a $15,000 research grant allowance. DJMPs have held James Â鶹AV Professorships for two seven-year terms while maintaining an outstanding research record, or who have held a Canada Research Chairs (Tier 1) for two seven-year terms. DJMP awardees hold the distinction until retirement, and those granted Emeritus status retain the title.

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