The Distinguished James McGill Professor award recognizes a late-career scholar's sustained scholarship of world-class caliber and international leadership, similar to that of a Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 1. Nominees for these awards include current James McGill Professors who have held the award for two seven-year terms and have maintained an outstanding research record, and CRC Tier 1 Chairholders who have completed two seven-year terms. The award continues until retirement at which time Distinguished James McGill Professors who are granted Emeritus status may carry the title Emeritus Distinguished James McGill Professor. The current Distinguished James McGill Professors are listed below.
Additional information can be found on the Internal Awards webpage.
2026 cohort
- Bruce A. Arndtsen
Science · Chemistry
2026 - Parisa A. Ariya
Science · Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
2026 - Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos
Engineering · Mining and Materials Engineering
2026 - Allan Hepburn
Arts · English
2026 - Gerhard Multhaup
Medicine and Health Sciences · Pharmacology and Therapeutics
2026 - Marc D. Pell
Medicine and Health Sciences · Communication Sciences and Disorders
2026 - Nikolas Provatas
Science · Physics
2026 - Hanadi Sleiman
Science · Chemistry
2026 - Jennifer Welsh
Arts · Political Science
2026 - David Wright
Arts · History and Classical Studies
2026
2025 cohort
- Robert Brandenberger
Science · Physics
2025 - Gwyn Campbell
Arts · History and Classical Studies
2025 - Isabelle Daunais
Arts · Littératures de langue française
2025 - Christian Genest
Science · Mathematics and Statistics
2025 - Richard Gold
Law · Law
2025 - Geza Joos
Engineering · Electrical and Computer Engineering
2025 - Gregory M. Lathrop
Medicine and Health Sciences · Human Genetics
2025 - Stephen McAdams
Schulich School of Music · Music Research
2025 - Heidi McBride
Medicine and Health Sciences · Neurology and Neurosurgery
2025 - Silvia Vidal
Medicine and Health Sciences · Human Genetics
2025
2024 cohort
- Michal Abrahamowicz
Medicine and Health Sciences · Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
2024 - Luc Devroye
Science · Computer Science
2024 - Philippe Gros
Medicine and Health Sciences · Biochemistry
2024 - Niky Kamran
Science · Mathematics and Statistics
2024 - Laurence J. Kirmayer
Medicine and Health Sciences · Psychiatry
2024 - C.-J. Li
Science · Chemistry
2024 - John Orlowski
Medicine and Health Sciences · Physiology
2024 - Caroline Palmer
Science · Psychology
2024 - T. V. Paul
Arts · Political Science
2024 - Eric A. Shoubridge
Medicine and Health Sciences · Human Genetics
2024
2023 cohort
- Douglas Arnold
Medicine and Health Sciences · Neurology and Neurosurgery
2023 - Russell Davidson
Arts · Economics
2023 - Alan C. Evans
Medicine and Health Sciences · Neurology and Neurosurgery
2023 - Eduardo Franco
Medicine and Health Sciences · Oncology
2023 - William Foulkes
Medicine and Health Sciences · Medicine
2023 - Jeffrey Mogil
Science · Psychology
2023 - Alejandro Rey
Engineering · Chemical Engineering
2023 - Nahum Sonenberg
Medicine and Health Sciences · Biochemistry
2023 - Wayne Sossin
Medicine and Health Sciences · Neurology and Neurosurgery
2023 - Bernard Robaire
Medicine and Health Sciences · Pharmacology and Therapeutics
2023
2022 cohort
- Gregory L. Dudek
Science · Computer Science
2022 - Chandra A. Madramootoo
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences · Bioresource Engineering
2022 - Michalakis Petrides
Medicine and Health Sciences · Neurology and Neurosurgery
2022 - Louise Pilote
Medicine and Health Sciences · Medicine
2022 - Stephane Richard
Medicine and Health Sciences · Medicine
2022 - Gordon W. Roberts
Engineering · Electrical and Computer Engineering
2022 - Rima Rozen
Medicine and Health Sciences · Human Genetics
2022 - Stefano Stifani
Medicine and Health Sciences · Neurology and Neurosurgery
2022 - Wieslaw Woszczyk
Schulich School of Music · Music Research
2022
2021 cohort
- Bruno Giros
Medicine and Health Sciences · Psychiatry
2021 - Gergely Lukacs
Medicine and Health Sciences · Physiology
2021 - Luc Mongeau
Engineering · Mechanical Engineering
2021 - Peter Scott McPherson
Medicine and Health Sciences · Neurology and Neurosurgery
2021 - Tho Le-Ngoc
Engineering · Electrical and Computer Engineering
2021 - Stephen Yue
Engineering · Mining and Materials Engineering
2021 - Xin Zhao
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences · Animal Science
2021
2020 cohort
- Shari Baum
Medicine and Health Sciences · Communication Sciences and Disorders
2020 - Peter Grutter
Science · Physics
2020 - Victoria Kaspi
Science · Physics
2020 - Leonard Levin
Medicine and Health Sciences · Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
2020 - Martin Lepage
Medicine and Health Sciences · Psychiatry
2020 - Dieter Reinhardt
Medicine and Health Sciences · Anatomy and Cell Biology
2020 - Guy Rouleau
Medicine and Health Sciences · Neurology and Neurosurgery
2020 - Ernesto Schiffrin
Medicine and Health Sciences · Medicine
2020 - Robyn Tamblyn
Medicine and Health Sciences · Medicine
2020
2019 cohort
- Peter Caines
Engineering · Electrical and Computer Engineering
2019 - Henri Darmon
Science · Mathematics and Statistics
2019 - Charles Gale
Science · Physics
2019 - Pengfei Guan
Science · Mathematics and Statistics
2019 - Sabah Hussain
Medicine and Health Sciences · Medicine
2019 - Mindy Levin
Medicine and Health Sciences · Physical and Occupational Therapy
2019 - Claudia Mitchell
Education · Integrated Studies in Education
2019 - Donald Smith
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences · Plant Science
2019 - Samy Suissa
Medicine and Health Sciences · Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
2019
2018 cohort
- Charles W. Bourque
Medicine and Health Sciences · Neurology and Neurosurgery
2018 - Masad J. Damha
Science · Chemistry
2018 - Hong Guo
Science · Physics
2018 - Erwin Schurr
Medicine and Health Sciences · Medicine
2018 - Michel Tremblay
Medicine and Health Sciences · Biochemistry
2018
2017 cohort
- Shiv Prasher
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences · Bioresource Engineering
2017