Governor General to Honour Laureates of the 2010 Killam Prizes
OTTAWA—His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will present the 2010 Killam Prizes to five accomplished Canadian researchers during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, on :
Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at 6 p.m.
The Canada Council for the Arts, which administers the Killam Program, announced the names of the 2010 laureates earlier this year:
The Governor General, along with Mr. George T. H. Cooper, Managing Trustee of the Killam Trusts, Mr. Joseph L. Rotman, Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts, and Mr. Simon Brault, Vice-Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts, will deliver brief remarks.
About the Killam Prizes
The Killam Prizes are awarded annually for the outstanding career achievements of Canadian researchers in health sciences, engineering, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.
It was Mrs. Killam’s desire that those selected to receive scholarships:
“Be likely to contribute to the advancement of learning or to win distinction in a profession. A Killam scholar should not be a one-sided person. . . Special distinction of intellect should be founded upon sound character.”
The University of Calgary Killam Pre-Doctoral Scholarships are provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies.
The Killam Pre-Doctoral Scholarship and Prize Programmes were established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the Will of his wife, Dorothy Johnston Killam, and through gifts made during her lifetime. The primary purpose is to support advanced education and research at five selected Canadian universities and the Canada Council for the Arts.
They were inaugurated in 1981 through a donation by Mrs. Dorothy J. Killam, in memory of her husband, Izaak Walton Killam. The prizes were created to honour eminent Canadian scholars and scientists actively engaged in research, whether in industry, government agencies or universities.
2010 Killam Prizes
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Trustees: http://www.killamtrusts.ca/trustees.asp
Woman of Killam 2010:
Professor Ellen Bialystok, York University, Social Sciences
York University introduces Dr. Bialystok:
“Dr. Bialystok, a Distinguished Research Professor in York’s Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, is known internationally for her research on language, bilingualism and cognitive development. She received the award this morning from the Canada Council for the Arts, which administers the Killam Program.
One of the most important research prizes in the world, the $100,000 Killam Prize is annually awarded to five eminent Canadian scholars for their distinction in health sciences, engineering, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences. Bialystok was recognized for her work in the social sciences category. “
Read more here: http://health.blog.yorku.ca/2010/04/13/dr-ellen-bialystok-wins-killam-prize/
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For more information on the Killam program, please visit www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/killam.
The awards presentation will be open to media.
Those interested in covering this event are asked to contact the Rideau Hall Press Office.
The Canadian Council for the Arts: http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/imagegallery/ou129155782721867032.htm
Killam @ U.B.C.: http://dell-9xrbjk1.grad.ubc.ca/?tid=261
Killam Awards 2010 – December 14, 2010
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