Canada Medal

2025 Recipient - Prof Pieter Cullis

Pieter R. Cullis, PhD, FRSC, FRS, OBC, OC, Director, Nanomedicines Research Group, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia. Dr. Cullis and co-workers have been responsible for fundamental advances in the development of nanomedicines employing lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology for cancer therapies, gene therapies and vaccines. This work has contributed to five drugs that have received clinical approval by the FDA, the European EMA and Health Canada. Read more about Pieter Cullis on Wikipedia

Medal History

Since its formation 1902, SCI Canada has recognised achievements in the Canadian chemical industry and has presented awards to chemistry and chemical engineering students, in order to bolster the drive for innovation.

The Canada Medal was first awarded in 1940.

Presentation Details

The award shall normally be presented at the annual SCI Canada Awards Dinner, typically held in early April, where the winner will be expected to attend and deliver a short acceptance speech. The winner may be invited to present a lecture at this event.

2024 Recipient - Dr Allen Eaves

Allen Eaves, OC OBC MD PhD FRCPC, was the Founding Director of the Terry Fox Laboratory at the BC Cancer Agency for 25 years (1981-2006) and Head of Clinical Hematology at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Hospital for 18 years (1985-2003) where he focused on building one of Canada’s first bone marrow transplant programs. Currently Professor Emeritus of Hematology at UBC since 2006, he has devoted himself to building STEMCELL Technologies Inc, a company he founded in 1993 to provide novel and standardized tissue culture reagents and instruments for stemcell research, regenerative medicine and those doing research on cancer and other diseases. Read more about Allen Eaves on Wikipedia

2023 Recipient - Dr Paul Smith

Paul joined Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in 2021 as the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. Before that he was a member of the Xerox Senior Leadership Team and Vice President and Centre Director of Xerox Global Materials Research Centre from 2011 – 2021, responsible for the development of devices for IoT, CleanTech and 3D materials. Paul received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bath, UK and an MBA from the University of Toronto. He is particularly noted for his ability to bring diverse groups across industry and academia together for Canada’s benefit. He is a named inventor on 78 US Patents.

2022 Recipient - Robert B. Magee

The 2022 SCI Canada Awards Dinner recognised the achievements of Robert B. Magee, Chairman, Woodbridge.

Bob has been a catalyst to the establishment of very strong R&D (hiring from and promoting Canadian talents) capability to serve the business with innovated and differentiated products. He led local and national efforts to promote higher education and the preparation of the future generation to serve the Canadian industries.