The William Dawson Scholar award recognizes a scholar developing into an outstanding and original researcher of world-class caliber who is poised to become a leader in his or her field. The award is similar to that of a Canada Research Chair Tier 2. William Dawson Scholars must be nominated as tenure-track assistant or associate professors. The award is for a five-year term, renewable once upon performance review. An associate professor who is promoted to full professor during their first term as a William Dawson Scholar is eligible for renewal. The current William Dawson Scholars are listed below.
Additional information can be found on the Internal Awards webpage.
2026 cohort
- Pouya Bashivan
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Physiology
2nd term · 2026–2031 - Megan Bradley
Faculty of Arts · Department of Political Science
2nd term · 2026–2031 - Jonathon Campbell
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Medicine
1st term · 2026–2031 - Bassam El-Khoury
Faculty of Education · Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
2nd term · 2026–2031 - Ziv Gan-Or
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
2nd term · 2026–2031 - Robert Nason
Desautels Faculty of Management
2nd term · 2026–2031 - Tatiana Ogourtsova
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · School of Physical & Occupational Therapy
1st term · 2026–2031 - Kristy Robinson
Faculty of Education · Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
1st term · 2026–2031 - Fiona Soper
Faculty of Science · Department of Biology
1st term · 2026–2031 - Pia Wintermark
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Pediatrics
2nd term · 2026–2031 - Tim Xie
Faculty of Engineering · Department of Civil Engineering
1st term · 2026–2031
2025 cohort
- Omar Farahat
Faculty of Law · Faculty of Law
1st term · 2025–2030 - Blane Harvey
Faculty of Education · Department of Integrated Studies in Education
2nd term · 2025–2030 - Anna Kim
Desautels Faculty of Management · Desautels Faculty Affairs
1st term · 2025–2030 - Joseph Levitan
Faculty of Education · Department of Integrated Studies in Education
1st term · 2025–2030 - Adrian Liu
Faculty of Science · Department of Physics
2nd term · 2025–2030 - Nagissa Mahmoudi
Faculty of Science · Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
1st term · 2025–2030 - Milica Miocevic
Faculty of Science · Department of Psychology
2nd term · 2025–2030 - Eve-Marie Quintin
Faculty of Education · Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
2nd term · 2025–2030 - Elsa Vasseur
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences · Department of Animal Science
2nd term · 2025–2030 - Dennis Wendt
Faculty of Education · Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
1st term · 2025–2030 - Elizabeth Zimmermann
Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences · Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences
1st term · 2025–2030
2024 cohort
- Angelica Galante
Faculty of Education · Department of Integrated Studies in Education
1st term · 2024–2030 - Eric Hehman
Faculty of Science · Department of Psychology
2nd term · 2024–2029 - Marie Manikis
Faculty of Law · Faculty of Law
2nd term · 2024–2029 - Georgios Mitsis
Faculty of Engineering · Department of Bioengineering
2nd term · 2024–2029 - Sara Knox
Faculty of Science · Department of Geography
1st term · 2024–2029 - Juan Serpa
Desautels Faculty of Management
2nd term · 2024–2029 - Yaoyao Zhao
Faculty of Engineering · Department of Mechanical Engineering
2nd term · 2024–2029
2023 cohort
- Udunna Anazodo
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
1st term · 2023–2028 - Dorian Bandy
Schulich School of Music · Department of Performance
1st term · 2023–2028 - Julia Burnier
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology
1st term · 2023–2028 - Igor Cestari
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences · Institute of Parasitology
1st term · 2023–2028 - Tyler Churchward-Venne
Faculty of Education · Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
2nd term · 2023–2028 - Peter Douglas
Faculty of Science · Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
1st term · 2023–2028 - James Forbes
Faculty of Engineering · Department of Mechanical Engineering
2nd term · 2023–2028 - Kristian Filion
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Medicine
2nd term · 2023–2028 - Robert Hasegawa
Schulich School of Music · Department of Music Research
2nd term · 2023–2028 - Kristy Ironside
Faculty of Arts · Department of History and Classical Studies
1st term · 2023–2029 - Arkady Khoutorsky
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Anesthesia
2nd term · 2023–2028 - Rachel Langevin
Faculty of Education · Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology
1st term · 2023–2028 - Jinhyuk Lee
Faculty of Engineering · Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
1st term · 2023–2028 - Timothy O'Donnell
Faculty of Arts · Department of Linguistics
2nd term · 2023–2028 - Natalie Reznikov
Faculty of Engineering · Department of Bioengineering
1st term · 2023–2028 - Paul Sabatini
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Medicine
1st term · 2023–2028 - Jun Song
Faculty of Engineering · Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
2nd term · 2023–2028 - Lijun Sun
Faculty of Engineering · Department of Civil Engineering
1st term · 2023–2028
2022 cohort
- Wendell Adjetey
Faculty of Arts · Department of History and Classical Studies
1st term · 2022–2027 - Laurent Azoulay
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
2nd term · 2022–2027 - Jill Baumgartner
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy
2nd term · 2022–2027 - Regine Debrosse
Faculty of Arts · School of Social Work
1st term · 2022–2027 - Lindsay Duncan
Faculty of Education · Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
2nd term · 2022–2027 - David Labbé
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences · Department of Surgery
1st term · 2022–2027 - Marc-Andre Legaré
Faculty of Science · Department of Chemistry
1st term · 2022–2027 - Gunter Mussbacher
Faculty of Engineering · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2nd term · 2022–2027
2021 cohort
- Hillary Kaell
Faculty of Arts · Department of Anthropology
1st term · 2021–2027