2009- Anthony Farrell, UBC

2008- Jeremy Mc Neil, University of Western Ontario

2007- Nancy M Sherwood (Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria BC). The evolution of brain hormones that control reproduction: Genomics to the rescue. L’évolution des hormones cérébrales contrôlant la reproduction : la génomique à la rescousse

2006- Richard E. Peter Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Neuroendocrine control systems in the goldfish. Systèmes de contrôle neuroendocrine chez le poisson rouge.

2005 - John Youson, University of Toronto, Scarborough. "A life of research with fishes of ancient lineage - Une vie de recherche sur des lignées anciennes de poissons"

2004- Thomas W. Moon, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa. Fish metabolism: the good, the bad and the ugly. Le métabolisme des poissons: le bon, le mauvais et l'effrayant

2003-  William K. Milsom, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia. Adaptive Trends in Respiratory Control: A Comparative Perspective / Tendances adaptatives du contrôle respiratoire: une étude comparative

2002- Boutilier, Robert G., Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. Mechanisms of cell survival in hypoxia and hypothermia. / Méchanismes de survie cellulaire dans l’hypoxie et l’hypothermie.

2001- F.W.H. Beamish, Burapha University, Axioms and Anecdotes of a Zoologist. / Axiomes et anecdotes d’un zoologiste.

2000- John Philips, UBC. Pumps, Peptides and Pests

1999 - Chris M. Wood, McMaster University. Physiology Of The Lake Magadi Tilapia, A Fish Adapted To One Of The Most Extreme Aquatic Environments On Earth

1998 - Geoffrey J. Eales, University of Manitoba. Thyroxine - hormone or vitamin?

1997 - Harold Atwood, Toronto. Adaptation in the nervous system.

1996 - Charles Krebs, UBC. Vertebrate community dynamics in the Yukon boreal forest.

1995 - Peter Hochachka, UBC. Regulated metabolic suppression in surviving oxygen lack: a conceptual mirror to Fry's "scope for activity"

1994 - Brian Hall, Dalhousie. Development and evolution of the vertebrate skeleton.

1993 - David Randall, UBC. Fish gas transfer: conflicts and compromise in design.

1992 - Dave R. Jones, UBC. Cardiovascular dynamics of the alligator

1991 - Roger Downer, Waterloo. Exciting insects and other biological diversions.

1990 - William C. Leggett, McGill. Understanding variations in fish distribution and abundance; is the answer blowing in the wind?

1989 - G.O. Mackie, Victoria. Aggregates or integrates? Aspects of communication in animal communities

1988 - Denis Chitty, UBC. Beautiful hypotheses and ugly facts.

1987 - K. G. Davey, York. Blood, guts, sex and affairs of the heart in insects.

1986 - D. R. Idler, Memorial. Fish hormones: my personal experiences.

1985 - J. R Brett, Pacific Biological Station. Production energetics of a population of sockeye salmon, Onchorhynchus nerka.

1984 - No award.

1983 - W. E. Ricker, Pacific Biological Station. How to draw a straight line.

1982 - F. J. Rigler, Toronto. (No lecture given because of illness.)

1981 - K. Ronald, Guelph. Life and death of a seal. Published in Science 215:928-933,1982, in collaboration with J.L. Dougan under the title "The ice lover: biology of the harp seal (Phoca groenlandica)."

1980 - D. M. Ross. Illusion and reality in comparative physiology. Published in Can. J. Zool. 59:2151-2158, 1981.

1979 - M. J. Dunbar, McGill. The blunting of Occam's razor, or to hell with parsimony. Published in Can. J. Zool. 58:123-128, 1980.

1978 - P. A. Larkin, UBC. Maybe you can't get there from here: A foreshortened history of research in relation to management of Pacific salmon. Published in J. Fish Res. Board Can. 36:98-106, 1979.

1977 - H. I. Battle, Western Ontario. A saga of zoology in Canada.

1976 - I. McTaggart-Cowan, UBC. The sociology of carnivores related to their use of resources.

1975 - F. R Hayes, Dalhousie. Quantitative and aesthetic factors in the definition of an ideal environment. Published in Can. J. Zool. 54:809-815, 1976.

1974 - W. S. Hoar, UBC. Smolt transformation: evolution, behavior and physiology. Published in J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 33:1233-1252, 1976.