The Flavelle Medal is an award of the

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...

"for an outstanding contribution to biological science during the preceding ten years or for significant additions to a previous outstanding contribution to biological science". It is named in honour of

Joseph Wesley Flavelle Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle, 1st Baronet (February 15, 1858 – March 7, 1939) was a Canadians, Canadian businessman. Life and career Joseph Wesley Flavelle was born on February 15, 1858, in Peterborough, Ontario, Peterbough, Canada West, to John ...

and is awarded bi-annually. The award consists of a gold plated silver medal.

Recipients

Source
Royal Society of Canada
* 2022 - Graham Bell, FRSC * 2020 - Marla Sokolowski, FRSC * 2018 - Francis Plummer, FRSC * 2016 - * 2014 - Spencer Barrett, FRSC * 2012 - Siegfried Hekimi, FRSC * 2010 -

Kenneth B. Storey Kenneth B. Storey (born October 23, 1949) is a Canadian scientist whose work draws from a variety of fields including biochemistry and molecular biology. He is a Professor of Biology, Biochemistry and Chemistry at Carleton University in Ottawa, ...

, FRSC * 2008 -

John Smol John P. Smol, is a Canadian ecologist, limnologist and paleolimnologist who is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Biology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, where he also held the Canada Research Chair in Environmen ...

, FRSC * 2006 - Brett B. Finlay, FRSC * 2004 - Brian D. Sykes, FRSC * 2002 -

Lewis E. Kay Lewis Edward Kay, (born September 26, 1961) is a Canadian academic and biochemist known for his research in biochemistry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the studies of the structure and behaviour of proteins. He is a professor ...

* 2000 - David R. Jones, FRSC * 1998 -

Anthony Pawson Anthony James Pawson (18 October 1952 – 7 August 2013) was a British-born Canadian scientist whose research revolutionised the understanding of signal transduction, the molecular mechanisms by which cells respond to external cues, and how the ...

, FRSC * 1996 - Ian C.P. Smith, FRSC * 1994 - Robert J. Cedergren, MSRC * 1992 - Michael Smith, FRSC * 1990 - Peter W. Hochachka, FRSC * 1988 -

Robert Haynes Robert Hall Haynes, OC, FRSC (August 27, 1931 – December 22, 1998) was a Canadian geneticist and biophysicist. He was the Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Biology at York University. Haynes was best known for his contr ...

, FRSC * 1986 - G.H. Neil Towers, FRSC * 1984 - Robert G.E. Murray, FRSC * 1982 -

Clayton Oscar Person Clayton Oscar Person, (May 16, 1922 – September 1, 1990) was recognized internationally as an authority on the genetics of host-parasite relations. He was born and raised in Aylesbury, Saskatchewan, Canada and died in Vancouver, British Colu ...

, FRSC * 1980 - Gordon H. Dixon, FRSC * 1978 -

Louis Siminovitch Louis Siminovitch (May 1, 1920 – April 6, 2021) was a Canadian molecular biologist. He was a pioneer in human genetics, researcher into the genetic basis of muscular dystrophy and cystic fibrosis, and helped establish Ontario programs explor ...

, FRSC * 1976 - Michael Shaw, FRSC * 1974 - Juda Hirsh Quastel, FRSC * 1972 - Douglas Harold Copp, FRSC * 1970 - William Edwin Ricker, FRSC * 1968 -

Jacques Genest Jacques Genest (May 29, 1919 – January 5, 2018) was a Canadian physician and scientist. He founded the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) and was an emeritus professor at Universit ...

, MSRC * 1966 - Erich Baer, FRSC * 1965 - William Stewart Hoar, FRSC * 1964 - Gleb Krotkov, FRSC * 1963 - Robert James Rossiter, FRSC * 1962 - Frederick Ernest Joseph Fry, FRSC * 1961 - Charles Philippe Leblond, FRSC * 1960 -

Edmund Murton Walker Edmund Murton Walker (October 5, 1877 – February 14, 1969) was a Canadian entomologist. He described the genus '' Grylloblatta'' in 1914 which he then considered as a member of the Orthoptera and later placed it in a separate order Grylloblatt ...

, FRSC * 1959 -

Murray L. Barr Murray Llewellyn Barr (June 20, 1908 – May 4, 1995) was a Canadian physician and medical researcher who discovered with graduate student Ewart George Bertram, in 1948, an important cell structure, the "Barr body". Born in Belmont, Ontario, ...

, FRSC * 1958 - Allan Grant Lochhead, FRSC * 1957 - Thomas Wright M. Cameron, FRSC * 1956 - George Lyman Duff, FRSC * 1955 - Charles Samuel Hanes, FRSC * 1954 - David Alymer Scott, FRSC * 1953 - Everitt George Dunne Murray, FRSC * 1952 - Archibald G. Huntsman, FRSC * 1951 - Wilder G. Penfield, FRSC * 1950 -

Charles Herbert Best Charles Herbert Best (February 27, 1899 – March 31, 1978) was an American-Canadian medical scientist and one of the co-discoverers of insulin. Biography Born in West Pembroke, Maine on February 27, 1899 to Luella Fisher and Herbert Huestis ...

, FRSC * 1949 - W.P. Thompson, FRSC * 1948 - Margaret Newton, FRSC * 1947 -

Guilford Bevil Reed Guilford Bevil Reed (November 27, 1887 – February 21, 1955) was a Canadian medical researcher whose research involved diseases such as tuberculosis, gas gangrene, tetanus and rinderpest. Born in Port George, Nova Scotia, he received a B.S ...

, FRSC * 1946 -

William Rowan Field Marshal Sir William Shearman Rowan,England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 (18 June 1789 – 26 September 1879) was a British Army officer. He served in the Peninsular War and then the Hundred Days, fighting at the Battle of Waterloo and t ...

, FRSC * 1945 - Robert Boyd Thomson, FRSC * 1944 - Velyien Ewart Henderson, FRSC * 1943 - B.P. Babkin, FRSC * 1942 -

John Hubert Craigie John Hubert Craigie, (December 8, 1887 – February 26, 1989) was a Canadian plant pathologist. He is known for his "research and development of rust-resistant cereals which have been of vital significance to Canada as a cereal producing nati ...

, FRSC * 1941 - , FRSC * 1940 -

Robert William Boyle Robert William Boyle (October 2, 1883 – April 18, 1955) was a physicist and one of the most important early pioneers in the development of sonar. Boyle was born in 1883 at Carbonear in the Dominion of Newfoundland. Boyle left Newfoundland ...

, FRSC * 1939 - James Playfair McMurrich, FRSC * 1938 - W. Lash Miller, FRSC * 1937 - Frank D. Adams, FRSC * 1936 - J.B. Collip, FRSC * 1935 - Frank T. Shutt, FRSC * 1934 - Louis Vessot King, FRSC * 1933 -

Joseph Burr Tyrrell Joseph Burr Tyrrell, FRSC (November 1, 1858 – August 26, 1957) was a Canadian geologist, cartographer, and mining consultant. He discovered dinosaur (''Albertosaurus sarcophagus'') bones in Alberta's Badlands and coal around Drumheller in 1884 ...

, FRSC * 1932 -

John Stanley Plaskett John Stanley Plaskett (November 17, 1865 – October 17, 1941) was a Canadian astronomer. Career He worked as a machinist, and was offered a job as a mechanician at the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto, constructing appar ...

, FRSC * 1931 - Sir

Frederick Banting Sir Frederick Grant Banting (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian medical scientist, physician, painter, and Nobel laureate noted as the co-discoverer of insulin and its therapeutic potential. In 1923, Banting and J ...

, FRSC * 1930 - Archibald Byron Macallum, FRSC * 1929 -

Arthur Henry Reginald Buller Arthur Henry Reginald Buller, (19 August 1874 – 3 July 1944) was a British-Canadian mycologist. He is mainly known as a researcher of fungi and wheat rust. Academic career Born in Moseley, Birmingham, England, he was educated at Queen's C ...

, FRSC * 1928 -

Arthur Philemon Coleman Arthur Philemon Coleman (April 4, 1852 – February 26, 1939) was a Canadian geologist and academic. Biography Born in Lachute, Quebec, the son of Rev. Francis Coleman and Emmeline Maria Adams, he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1876 and Maste ...

, FRSC * 1927 - Sir Arthur G. Doughty, FRSC * 1926 - Sir John C. McLennan, FRSC * 1925 - Sir Charles E. Saunders, FRSC

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