| 1978 | John K. Morton, University of Waterloo |
| 1979 | Paul R. Gorham, University of Alberta |
| 1980 | |
| 1981 | Janet R. Stein, University of British Columbia |
| 1982 | |
| 1983 | Roy L. Taylor, University of British Columbia |
| 1984 | Jennifer M. Walker-Shay, University of Manitoba |
| 1985 | Sylvia Taylor, University of British Columbia |
| 1986 | Dianne Fahselt, University of Western Ontario |
| 1987 | William I. Illman, Carleton University |
| 1988 | Luis Oliveira, University of British Columbia |
| 1989 | Iain E.P. Taylor, University of British Columbia |
| 1990 | Taylor A. Steeves, University of Saskatchewan |
| 1991 | Keith Winterhalder, Laurentian University |
| 1992 | |
| 1993 | Irwin M. Brodo, Canadian Museum of Nature |
| 1994 | |
| 1995 | Luc Brouillet, Université de Montréal |
| 1996 | Joe F. Gerrath, University of Guelph |
| 1997 | Jean Gerrath, University of Northern Iowa |
| 1998 | Christian Lacroix, University of Prince Edward Island |
| 1999 | Vipen Sawhney, University of Saskatchewan |
| 2000 | Paul Cavers, University of Western Ontario |
| 2001 | Hugues Massicotte, University of Northern British Columbia |
| 2002 | |
| 2003 | Geraldine Allen, University of Victoria |
| 2004 | Albert Legault, Université de Sherbrooke (Emeritus) |
| 2005 | Paul Catling, Agriculture & Agrifood, Ottawa |
| 2006 | Usher Posluszny, University of Guelph |
| 2007 | Christine Maxwell, Trent University |
| 2008 | Doug Larson, University of Guelph |
| 2009 | Liette Vasseur, Brock University |
| 2011 | Martin Dubé, Université de Moncton |
| 2012 | Marian Munro, Nova Scotia Museum |
| 2013 | Roger Evans, Acadia University |
| 2014 | Jane Young, University of Northern British Columbia |
| 2015 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | Frédérique Guinel, Wilfrid Laurier University |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2020 | Timothy Dickinson, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) & University of Toronto |
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| 2022 | Selvadurai Dayanadan, Concordia University |
| 2023 | John Markham, University of Manitoba |
