The Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health, valued at $50,000 CAD, was offered by McGill University to a Canadian academic whose research contributed to understanding how factors such as physical activity, nutrition, fitness, or psychosocial context can influence personal health and well-being.
2019 Winner: Dr. Kerry S. Courneya
$50,000 award recognizes a trailblazing researcher who put exercise front and centre in cancer treatment
Montreal - April 1, 2019
McGill University, in association with Manulife and the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Kerry S. Courneya, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer at the University of Alberta and pioneer in the field of physical activity (PA) and cancer survivorship, is the winner of the 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.
In the press
- CBC Homerun, April 30, 2019
- The McGill Reporter, April 1, 2019
- McGill announces 2019 Prize winner
- McGill annonce le lauréat 2019
2018 Winner: Dr. Jean-Pierre Després
Photo: Richard Payette, President and CEO of Manulife Québec; Louis Arseneault, Vice-Principal (Communications and External Relations) of McGill University; Jean-Pierre Després, Professor of Kinesiology at Université Laval and winner of 2018 Manulife Prize; Professor Laurette Dubé, Chair and Scientific Director of the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics at the Desautels Faculty of Management
$50,000 award recognizes research pioneer who screened for abdominal obesity and acted to prevent it
Montreal - March 22, 2018 McGill University, in association with Manulife and the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Jean-Pierre Després, Professor at the Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval and pioneer in developing screening techniques for visceral obesity, is the winner of the 2018 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.
In the press
- McGill announces Dr. Jean-Pierre Després as the 2018 Winner of the Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health
- McGill annonce que le docteur Jean-Pierre Després est le lauréat 2018 du Prix Manuvie 2018 pour la promotion d’une santé active
History: 2011-2016
The Bloomberg Manulife Prize was founded in May 2011 by Toronto-based investment manager Lawrence S. Bloomberg and corporate sponsor Manulife Financial. Motivated by a strong common desire to improve our lifestyle choices, the founding partners joined forces to create an influential prize that will have the power to bring real and lasting change to the way we live. To accomplish this goal, they decided to recognize and support the researchers who are already having a profound impact on the health and well-being of their fellow citizens.
Researchers across McGill, and especially researchers from the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics, have a long tradition of ground-breaking work that promotes health and physical activity among people of all ages, as well as innovative research that is improving the quality of life for those suffering from chronic ailments.
