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2014 winners of the Distinguished Academics Awards

Meet the winners and learn how their work is making an impact in the non-academic world, demonstrating the vitality of university-based research and scholarly activity.

The Distinguished Academics Awards promote the value of university research in advancing the public good. Nominees hail from various institutions and disciplines, often working in very different domains—yet they’re united by a passion for meaningful research that fuels our economy, democracy, and intellectual life.

WINNERS

  • Early in Career Award

    Dr. Matias Margulis

    University of Northern British Columbia

    Dr. Margulis is being recognized for his outstanding work in engaging policy makers and the general public in vital discussions around global food security.

  • Ehor Boyanowsky Academic of the Year Award

    Dr. Michael Prince

    University of Victoria

    Dr. Prince is being recognized for applying his considerable skills in public policy research and as a public intellectual to assist the Canadian disability community in advocating for its needs.

  • Paz Buttedahl Career Achievement Award

    Dr. Ann Dale

    Royal Roads University

    Dr. Dale is being recognized for her career-long commitment, as a civil servant and as an academic, to developing policies and tools to help build sustainable communities.