The Miller 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 ...

given for ''outstanding research in any branch of the

earth sciences Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four sphere ...

''. The award consists of a gold-plated silver medal and is awarded every two years if there is a suitable candidate. In 1941, twelve friends of Willet Green Miller, FRSC (1867–1925), a distinguished

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

, and a guiding force in the development of the Ontario mining industry, subscribed funds to provide the Willet G. Miller Medal for geology.

Award winners

Source
Royal Society of Canada
*2022 - Donald B. Dingwell, FRSC *2022 -

Kimberly Strong Kimberly "Kim" E. Strong is an atmospheric physicist and the first woman to serve as chair of the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto. Her research involves studying stratospheric ozone chemistry, climate, and air quality using gr ...

, FRSC *2020 - Alfonso Mucci, FRSC *2020 -

Barbara Sherwood Lollar Barbara Sherwood Lollar, (born February 19, 1963) is a Canadian geologist and academic known for her research into billion-year-old water. She is currently a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto. In 2007, sh ...

, FRSC *2018 - Ann Gargett, FRSC *2018 -

Raymond A. Price Raymond Alexander Price, (born March 25, 1933) is a Canadian geologist. He has used his research on the structure and tectonics of North America’s lithosphere to produce extensive geological maps. He has also provided guidance for nuclear fue ...

, FRSC *2016 - , MRSC *2011 - Anthony E. Williams-Jones, FRSC *2009 - R. Paul Young, FRSC *2007 - Frederick John Longstaffe *2005 - Kurt Kyser, FRSC *2003 - Roger H. Mitchell, FRSC *2001 -

Robert L. Carroll Robert "Bob" Lynn Carroll (May 5, 1938 – April 8, 2020) was an American–Canadian vertebrate paleontologist who specialised in Paleozoic and Mesozoic amphibians and reptiles. Biography Carroll was an only child and grew up on a farm ne ...

, FRSC *1999 - Robert Kerrich *1997 -

Paul F. Hoffman Paul Felix Hoffman, FRSC, OC (born March 21, 1941) is a Canadian geologist and Sturgis Hooper Professor Emeritus of Geology at Harvard University. He specializes in the Precambrian era and is widely known for his research on Snowball Earth ...

*1995 - Hans J. Hofmann *1993 - Frank C. Hawthorne, FRSC *1991 -

Jan Veizer Ján Veizer (born 22 June 1941) is the Distinguished University Professor (emeritus) of Earth Sciences at the University of Ottawa and Institute for Geology, Mineralogy und Geophysics, of Bochum Ruhr University. He held the NSERC/Noranda/CIFAR I ...

, FRSC *1989 - William H. Mathews, FRSC *1987 - Harold Williams, FRSC *1985 - William S. Fyfe, FRSC *1983 - Donald F. Stott *1981 - Denis M. Shaw, FRSC *1979 - Edward T. Tozer *1977 - Allan M. Goodwin *1975 -

J. Ross Mackay John Ross Mackay, (偕約翰, December 31, 1915 – October 28, 2014) was a Canadian geographer. He is most noted for his explorations of permafrost phenomena in the western Canadian Arctic. His 40 plus years of study has enabled the building of ...

*1973 -

Raymond Thorsteinsson Raymond Thorsteinsson, (January 21, 1921 – April 23, 2012) was a Canadian geologist who focused on the geology of the high Arctic. He was a Fellow of The Arctic Institute of North America, primarily known for his contribution to the geo ...

*1971 - Robert W. Boyle *1969 - J.A. Jeletzky *1967 - Robert E. Folinsbee *1965 - R. J. W. Douglas, FRSC *1963 - Leonard G. Berry *1961 - William H. White *1959 - Loris S. Russell *1957 - James E. Gill *1955 -

John Tuzo Wilson John Tuzo Wilson (October 24, 1908 – April 15, 1993) was a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics. ''Plate tectonics'' is the scientific theory that the rigi ...

*1953 - Clifford H. Stockwell *1951 -

James Edwin Hawley James Edwin (Ed) Hawley (September 27, 1897 – April 20, 1965) was a Canadian geologist and distinguished Professor of Mineralogy at Queen's University. Biography Hawley was raised in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He earned both a Bachelor’ ...

*1949 - Hardy V. Ellsworth *1947 - Frank H. McLearn, FRSC *1945 - Morley E. Wilson, FRSC *1943 -

Norman Levi Bowen Norman Levi Bowen FRS (June 21, 1887 – September 11, 1956) was a Canadian geologist. Bowen "revolutionized experimental petrology and our understanding of mineral crystallization". Beginning geology students are familiar with Bowen's reaction ...

, FRSC

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