- 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)