Media Advisory - Governor General to Award 2015 Killam Prizes to Top Canadian Scholars

OTTAWA, May 8, 2015 /CNW/ - His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will present the 2015 Killam Prizes to five eminent Canadian scholars during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 6:00 p.m.

The Canada Council for the Arts, which administers the Killam Program, announced the names of the 2015 laureates in April: 

David Bentley  – Humanities, Western University
Vijay K. Bhargava – Engineering, University of British Columbia
Victoria Kaspi – Natural Sciences, McGill University
Donald J. Savoie – Social Sciences, Université de Moncton
D. Lorne Tyrrell – Health Sciences, University of Alberta

The Governor General, along with George T. H. Cooper, Managing Trustee of the Killam Trusts, and Simon Brault, Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts, will deliver brief remarks.

About the Killam Prizes
The Canada Council Killam Prizes were inaugurated in 1981 with a donation made by Mrs. Dorothy J. Killam in memory of her husband, Izaak Walton Killam. The prizes were created to honour eminent Canadian scholars and scientists actively engaged in research, whether in industry, government agencies or universities. The Killam Program at the Canada Council also includes the Killam Research Fellowships, which support scholars engaged in research projects of outstanding merit in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering and interdisciplinary studies within these fields. For more information on the Killam Program, please visit killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca.

Media wishing to cover this event are asked to confirm their attendance with the
Rideau Hall Press Office and must arrive at the Princess Anne entrance
no later than 5:45 p.m. on the day of the ceremony.

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SOURCE Government House

Media information: Dominique Collin, Rideau Hall Press Office, 613-993-2569, [email protected]; Mireille Allaire, Canada Council for the Arts, 1-800-263-5588 or 613-566-4414, ext. 5226, [email protected]