- 2020 – Not yet awarded.
- 2019 – Dr. Graeme Luke, McMaster University
- 2018 – Dr. Andrea Damascelli, University of British Columbia
- 2017 – Yong Baek Kim, University of Toronto
- 2016 – Carlos Silva, Université de Montréal
- 2015 – Dr. John Page, University of Manitoba
- 2014 – Ian Affleck, University of British Columbia
- 2013 – James Forrest & Kari Dalnoki-Veress, University of Waterloo and McMaster University respectively
- 2012 – Dr. Douglas Bonn, University of British Columbia
- 2011 – Bruce D. Gaulin, McMaster University
- 2010 – Gordon W. Semenoff, University of British Columbia
- 2009 – Michel Gingras, University of Waterloo
- 2008 – Jess Brewer, University of British Columbia
- 2006 – Hong Guo, McGill University
- 2005 – David Lockwood, National Research Council of Canada
- 2004 – Michael Thewalt, Simon Fraser University
- 2003 – Louis Taillefer, University of Sherbrooke
- 2002 – Pawel Hawrylak, National Research Council
- 2001 – Mark Sutton, McGill University
- 2000 – Thomas Timusk, McMaster University
- 1999 – Walter N. Hardy, University of British Columbia (Inaugural Winner)