Among the two winners are researchers working on battery technology.
A sociologist who specialises in equity issues in education and employment, as well as a renowned cardiologist who has expanded our understanding of the societal and biologic causes of heart disease, are among five Canadian researchers who have been awarded $100,000 each for their contributions to their respective fields.
Today, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the recipients of this year’s Killam Prize.
The career honours are given out each year to academics who have excelled in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, and engineering.
Carl E. James, the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community, and Diaspora at York University in Toronto, is among the 2022 awardees for his studies on how to establish a more equitable society and his multidisciplinary work on identity, race, class, gender, racialization, and immigration.
Salim Yusuf, a cardiologist and epidemiologist at Hamilton’s McMaster University, has been recognised for his work in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Francoise Baylis, a Dalhousie University ethicist, is being recognised in Halifax for her contributions to studies on assisted human reproduction, transplantation, deep brain stimulation, and genetic enhancement.
Geoffrey Ozin, a University of Toronto nanochemistry expert whose work inspired the development of lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells; and Jeff Dahn, a Dalhousie physics professor who is recognised as a pioneer in battery technology used in power tools and electric vehicles, are also honoured.
A committee of their peers chooses the Killam Prize recipients. Previous recipients have included Victoria Kaspi, the late Mark Wainberg, and Nobel laureate Arthur McDonald.
The Killam Trusts, which were established in 1965, are worth around $500 million, including nearly $70 million from the Canada Council.
Dorothy Killam donated the programme in honour of her late husband, Canadian entrepreneur Izaak Walton Killam.
