The Sandford Fleming Medal was instituted in 1982 by the

Royal Canadian Institute The Royal Canadian Institute for Science (RCIScience), known also as the Royal Canadian Institute, is a Canadian nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting the public with Canadian science. History The organization was formed in Toronto a ...

. It consists of the Sandford Fleming Medal with Citation. It is awarded annually to a Canadian who has made outstanding contributions to the public understanding of

science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

. It is named in honour of

Sandford Fleming Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18. He promoted worldwide standard time zones, a prime meridian ...

Awardees

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Royal Canadian Institute Science
*1982: David Suzuki *1983: Lydia Dotto *1984:

Lister Sinclair Lister Sheddon Sinclair, OC (January 9, 1921 – October 16, 2006) was a Canadian broadcaster, playwright and polymath. Early life Sinclair was born in Bombay, India, to Scottish parents. His father, William Sheddon Sinclair, was a chemical engi ...

*1985:

Helen Sawyer Hogg Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg (August 1, 1905 – January 28, 1993) was an American-Canadian astronomer who pioneered research into globular clusters and variable stars. She was the first female president of several astronomical organizations and a ...

*1986: Jay Ingram *1987: J. Tuzo Wilson *1988:

Fernand Seguin Fernand Seguin, (June 9, 1922 – June 19, 1988) was a Canadian biochemist, professor and host of science programs on radio and television. Honours * In 1977, he was awarded the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science. * In 197 ...

*1989: Fred Bruemmer *1990:

Joan Hollobon Joan Hollobon , (born 1920) is a Welsh-born Canadian writer and journalist best known for her progressive medical reporting for ''Globe and Mail''. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (2019) in recognition of her impact on the relation ...

and Marilyn Dunlop *1991:

Annabel Slaight Annabel Slaight (''nee'' Gerald) is a Canadian author and former elementary school teacher. She is the co-founder of OWL, Chickadee, and Chirp magazines and a former producer of OWL/TV. Early life and education Slaight was born and raised in To ...

*1992:

Terence Dickinson Terence Dickinson CM (born 10 November 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian amateur astronomer and accomplished astrophotographer who lives near Yarker, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of 14 astronomy books for both adults and children ...

*1993: Carol Gold *1994: Edward Struzik *1995: Eve Savory *1996: Derek York *1997: John R. Percy *1998: Sid Katz *1999: John Charles Polanyi *2000:

Ursula Martius Franklin Ursula Martius Franklin (16 September 1921 – 22 July 2016) was a German-Canadian metallurgist, research physicist, author, and educator who taught at the University of Toronto for more than 40 years.Lumley, Elizabeth (editor) (2008), ''Canadi ...

*2001:

Patterson Hume James Nairn Patterson "Pat" Hume (17 March 1923 – 9 May 2013) was a Canadian professor and science educator who has been called "Canada's pioneer of computer programming". He was a professor of Physics and of Computer Science at the Univers ...

*2002: Bob McDonald *2003: Robert Buckman *2004: M. Brock Fenton *2005: Joe Schwartz *2006:

Paul Fjeld Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

*2007: Peter Calamai *2008:

Henry Lickers Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...

*2009: David Schindler *2010: Paul Delaney *2011: John Dirks *2012: Robert Thirsk *2013:

Chris Hadfield Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, and musician. The first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space, he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also ser ...

*2014: Penny Park *2015: Molly Shoichet *2016: Ivan Semeniuk *2018:

John Smol John P. Smol, is a Canadian ecologist, limnologist and paleolimnologist who is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Biology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, where he also held the Canada Research Chair in Environmen ...

*2019:

Dan Falk Dan Falk (born 1966) is a Canadian science journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has written for ''The Globe and Mail'', the ''Toronto Star'', '' The Walrus'', ''Cottage Life'', ''SkyNews'', '' Astronomy'' and '' New Scientist'', and has co ...

*2020: Timothy Caulfield *2021: André Picard *2022 Dawn Bazely

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