Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law

The Ramon John Hnatyshyn award is given to recognize outstanding contribution in law reform, legal scholarship and/or legal research.

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NOMINATION PROCEDURE

  • Nominations may be submitted by individuals.
  • Each candidate requires a minimum of one letter of support, to a maximum of three, from active CBA members.
  • Each nomination must include the candidate's curriculum vitae and a completed application form

ELIGIBILITY

  • Candidates must be CBA members in good standing at the time of nomination
  • Governance and Equality Committee and current Board members are not eligible for the Award
  • No more than one award may be awarded per year
  • No award need be granted in any one year.
  • Groups are not acknowledged as candidates
  • There are no posthumous awards

SELECTION PROCESS

Applications are reviewed by the CBA Award Selection Panel and recommendation made to the Governance and Equality Committee.

DEADLINE

The deadline for nominations is February 17, 2025 at 8 pm.

PRIZE

The winner is presented with an engraved bronze medallion designed by the Governor General's Office of Heraldry.

Award Winners

  • 2024 - Naiomi Metallic (Halifax, NS)
  • 2023 - Lara Khoury, Ad. E. (Montreal, QC)
  • 2022 - Basile Chiasson (Bathurst, NB)
  • 2021 - Prof. Albert Oosterhoff (Burlington, ON)
  • 2020 - Jennifer Koshan (Calgary, AB)
  • 2019 - No award given
  • 2018 - W. Thomas Molloy (Saskatoon, SK)
  • 2017 - No award given
  • 2016 - Jane Bailey (Ottawa, ON)
  • 2015 - Professor Stephen Waddams (Toronto, ON)
  • 2014 - No award given
  • 2013 - Elizabeth Sheehy (Ottawa, ON)
  • 2012 - Catherine Bell (Edmonton, AB)
  • 2011 - Professor Ronald C.C. Cuming (Saskatoon, SK)
  • 2010 - Roderick A. Macdonald (Montreal, QC)
  • 2009 - The Honourable Roy McMurtry, O.C., O.Ont., K.C., (Toronto, ON)
  • 2008 - A. Alan Borovoy (Toronto, ON)
  • 2007 - Justice John Gomery (Quebec, QC)
  • 2006 - Professor Constance Backhouse (Ottawa, ON)
  • 2005 - J.P.S. McLaren (Victoria, BC)
  • 2004 - Justice Jean-Louis Baudouin (MontrĂ©al, QC)
  • 2003 - Peter W. Hogg, O.C., K.C., (Toronto, ON)
  • 2002 - Albert J. McClean K.C., (Vancouver, BC)
  • 2001 - Judge Jean-Luc Dutil, L.C., (Quebec, QC)
  • 2000 - The Honorable Lawrence Poitras, K.C., (MontrĂ©al, QC)
  • 1999 - Ronald St. John Macdonald O.C. (Halifax, NS)
  • 1998 - The Honourable Charles Dubin, O.C., K.C., LL.D, (Toronto, ON)
  • 1997 - The Honourable GĂ©rald-A. Beaudoin, K.C., SĂ©nateur, (Hull, QC)
  • 1996 - The Honourable Noel Herbert Alan Goodridge, (St. John's, NL)
  • 1995 - Dean Emeritus George F. Curtis, K.C., (Vancouver, BC)
  • 1994 - Professor Martin L. Friedland, O.C., K.C., (Toronto, ON)
  • 1993 - Professeur Paul-AndrĂ© CrĂ©peau, C.C., K.C., (MontrĂ©al, QC)