Several GRDI scientists received awards and prizes to recognize the excellence of their research
2015-2016
Public Service Award of Excellence for 2016 – Scientific Contribution
- Cathryn L. Abbott (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
- Sabah Bidawid (Health Canada)
- Guillaume Bilodeau (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
- Patrice Bouchard (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
- Nathalie Corneau (Health Canada)
- Robert Foottit (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
- Morag Graham (Public Health Agency of Canada)
- Siegfried Janz (National Research Council)
- André Lévesque (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
- James Macklin (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
- Franco Pagott (Health Canada)
- Michael Rott (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
- Edward Topp (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
- Gary Van Domselaar (Public Health Agency of Canada)
- Teodor Veres (National Research Council)
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral Award
- Sean Walkowiak (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Let's Talk Science - Significant Contribution to Science Outreach Award
- Sean Walkowiak (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Gold Harvest Award 2015 for First Canadian Biofungicide for Controlling Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat
- George Fedak (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Golden Harvest Team Award for Brassica Genome Sequencing
- Isobel Parki (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Plant Pathology Society of Alberta 2015 Annual Meeting - Best Technical Oral Presentation
- Ravinder Goyal (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) (tied)
Plant Pathology Society of Alberta 2015 Annual Meeting - Best Student Oral Presentation
- Anas Eranthodi, PhD student in Nora Foroud's laboratory (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Plant Pathology Society of Alberta 2015 Annual Meeting - Graduate Student Scholarship
- Anas Eranthodi, PhD student in Nora Foroud's laboratory (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Science Branch Recognition Program 2016 - Partnership/Collaboration for their contribution to the QIS project
- Guillaume Bilodeau (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
- Marie-José Côté (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
- Margaret Neuspiel (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
- Delano James (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
- Michael Rott (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
Cox Fisheries Scientist in Residence Award - Dalhousie University
- Ian Bradbury (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
Environmental Science & Technology best scientific articles second runner up award 2015 in the field of Environmental Science
- Doug Crump (Environment and Climate Change Canada) (out of 1500 papers)
University of Saskatchewan - First Place Platform Presentation and Third Place Thesis Award for Acute effects of exposure to oil sands-influenced sediments on the early life stages of Xenopus laevis
- Bruce Pauli (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Society of Toxicology's Risk Assessment Specialty Section 2015 top five paper award
- in the category 'Advancing the Science of Risk Assessment' for a technical guidance for risk assessors using genomics, and
- for a case study on the use of genomics in the risk assessment of benzo[a]pyrene
- Carole Yauk and team (Health Canada)
Health Canada Deputy Minister's Award of Excellence in the category of Science
- Sabah Bidawid and Nathalie Corneau (Health Canada)
Health Products and Food Branch Assistant Deputy Minister's Award for Excellence in the category of Science
- Sabah Bidawid and Nathalie Corneau (Health Canada)
Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Annual General Meeting 2015 - Best Oral Communication for a presentation on the EpiQuant framework
- Benjamin Hetman (Public Health Agency of Canada)
Public Health Agency of Canada Research Merit for work on the Salmonella In Silico Typing Resource
- Catherine Yoshida (Public Health Agency of Canada)
- Peter Kruczkiewicz (Public Health Agency of Canada)
- John Nash (Public Health Agency of Canada)
- Eduardo Taboada (Public Health Agency of Canada)
2014-2015
Entomological Society of Canada - C. Gordon Hewitt Award given annually for an early career scientist for contributions to entomology
- Patrice Bouchard (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Water Environment Association of Ontario Exemplary Biosolids Management Award
- Ed Topp (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Genetic Toxicology Association EMGS Emerging Science Award for Best Student Poster Prize at the Annual Meeting, Newark, Delaware, US
- Carole Yauk and team (Health Canada)
Health Canada Deputy Minister's Award of Excellence in the category of Science
- Genevieve Bondy (Health Canada)
Health Products and Food Branch Assistant Deputy Minister's Award for Excellencein the category of Science
- Genevieve Bondy (Health Canada)
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Science Award - Nomination for Best Paper
- Gary Van Domselaar (Public Health Agency of Canada)
- Charles Shepard (Public Health Agency of Canada)
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases James H Nakano Citation for Best Paper
- Gary Van Domselaar (Public Health Agency of Canada)
2013-2014
Farm Credit Canada Rosemary Davis Award for leadership in agriculture through innovation, creativity and a passion for the success of the industry
- Sylvie Cloutier (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Journal of In Vitro Cell Development and Biology - Appreciation of Associate Editorship Award
- Mark Jordan (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
University of Saskatchewan - Graduate Thesis Award for top PhD in the Life Sciences
- Mathew Links (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
University of Saskatchewan - Governor General's academic gold medal for top PhD
- Mathew Links (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Mycological Society of America – Election as Fellow
- Scott Redhead (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Natural Science and Engineering Research Council Graduate Scholarship
- Karen Dunmall (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
W. Garfield Weston Scholarship
- Karen Dunmall (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
J. Frances Allen Scholarship
- Karen Dunmall (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch Assistant Deputy Minister's Award for Excellence in the category of Leadership
- Carole Yauk (Health Canada)
Health Canada Deputy Minister's Award for Excellence in the category of Leadership
- Carole Yauk (Health Canada)
Society of Toxicology - Top 10 Toxicity Risk Assessment Abstracts (Phoenix AZ, March 2014)
- Carole Yauk (Health Canada)
Health Canada Research Forum – Best Poster (Ottawa, Dec. 2013)
- Carole Yauk (Health Canada)
International Conference on Environmental Mutagens – Best Poster (Brazil, Nov. 2013)
- Carole Yauk (Health Canada)
IUFRO Scientific Achievement Award in recognition of scientific achievements in the field of forest pathology
- Richard Hamelin (Natural Resources Canada)