Sandford Fleming Medal

Science communication award

The Sandford Fleming Medal was instituted in 1982 by the Royal Canadian Institute for Science (RCIScience). It consists of the Sandford Fleming Medal with Citation. It is named in honour of Sandford Fleming and awarded annually "to an individual working in Canada who has made outstanding contributions to science communication."^[1]

Awardees

The full list of awardees is on the RCIScience web site.^[1]

1982: David Suzuki
1983: Lydia Dotto
1984: Lister Sinclair
1985: Helen Sawyer Hogg
1986: Jay Ingram
1987: J. Tuzo Wilson
1988: Fernand Seguin
1989: Fred Bruemmer
1990: Joan Hollobon and Marilyn Dunlop
1991: Annabel Slaight
1992: Terence Dickinson
1993: Carol Gold
1994: Edward Struzik
1995: Eve Savory
1996: Derek York
1997: John R. Percy
1998: Sid Katz
1999: John Charles Polanyi
2000: Ursula Martius Franklin
2001: Patterson Hume
2002: Bob McDonald
2003: Robert Buckman
2004: M. Brock Fenton
2005: Joe Schwartz
2006: Paul Fjeld
2007: Peter Calamai
2008: Henry Lickers
2009: David Schindler
2010: Paul Delaney
2011: John Dirks
2012: Robert Thirsk
2013: Chris Hadfield
2014: Penny Park
2015: Molly Shoichet
2016: Ivan Semeniuk
2018: John Smol
2019: Dan Falk
2020: Timothy Caulfield
2021: André Picard
2022 Dawn Bazely^[2]
2023 Terry Collins^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Sandford Fleming Medal & Citation". Royal Canadian Institute for Science. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ "Dr. Dawn Bazely Winner of the 2022 Fleming Medal for Excellence in Science Communication". Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^ "RCIScience recognizes the unsung heroes of science communication". Royal Canadian Institute for Science. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.