Award of Merit

Generously sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada Charitable Foundation

The study of Canada fosters an understanding of ourselves, illuminating the diversity of the Canadian experience. Those who have contributed to this on-going project deserve high praise. To acknowledge contributions to the development of Canadian studies in Canada, the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) created the Award of Merit.

Since 1983, the Award of Merit is given annually to a person, group, or organization who has continuously and significantly contributed to the development and/or dissemination of knowledge about Canada. Nominees may include researchers, teachers, administrators, project teams, companies, organizations, writers, editors, and members of the media. Nominees must be residents of Canada; members of the ACS Board of Directors are eligible only two years after the end of their term.

Recipients receive a prize of $500 and are invited to the ACS annual banquet to be presented with a certificate by the President of the Association in acknowledgement of their accomplishments.

To nominate an individual, group or organization for the 2012 Award of Merit, nominators should send a letter introducing the nominee, the nominee's curriculum vitae, and at least 3 letters of support. The nomination deadline is August 31, 2012. The recipient for 2011 will be presented with the Award of Merit on April 17, 2012 at an ACS event in Ottawa, Ontario.

Please send your nominations to:

Award of Merit Committee
Association for Canadian Studies
1822-A Sherbrooke W
Montreal (Québec) Canada H3H 1E4

Award of Merit Recipients

1983 James E. Page and Betty Ward
1984 Thomas H.B. Symons and Ronald Sutherland
1985 William Prouty
1986 Maurice Lemire, Mel Hurtig and David Mattison
1987 Roméo Arbour, Douglas Lochhead, Laurent Mailhot and Jean-Louis Major
1988 Michael Bliss, Louis-Edmond Hamelin, R. Cole Harris, Marguerite Maillet, The Capilano Review and Double Hook Books
1989 Francess G. Halpenny, Jean Hamelin and the teams of the Dictionary of Canadian Biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
1990 R. Douglas Francis and Antoine Sirois
1991 Robin Mathews and Paul Aubin
1992 John Wadland
1993 André Vanasse
1994 Lawrence McCann
1995 Barbara Thompson Godard
1996 Robert F. Keith and Béatrice Kowaliczko
1997 Colin Howell
1998 Helmut Kallmann and Gilles Potvin
1999 Alberta Elder's Cree Dictionary Project Team
2000 William H. New
2001 Desmond Morton
2002 John Fielding & Thomas Dickson Mansfield
2003 Carole Sue Bailey & Kathy Dolby
2004 Society for Educational Visits and Exchanges in Canada (SEVEC)
2005 Ian E. Wilson
2006 Victor Rabinovitch, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation  
2007 Chad Gaffield, President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2008 Professor Desmond Morton, McGill University
2009 Professor Jody Berland, York University
2010 Hector Mackenzie, senior Historian, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada