Ottawa, ON – The Royal Society of Canada’s Academy of Science has announced the recipients of its 2015 medals and awards, who are being recognized for their outstanding achievements in research and scholarship. The winners were recently announced – they will be presented with their awards on Friday, November 27, 2015 at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria.
“The 2015 group of RSC award winners…is a testament to the multidisciplinary strength of Canadian talent,” said Graham Bell, president of the Royal Society of Canada. “These prestigious awards within the Canadian scholarly community serve as a reminder that the Royal Society of Canada recognizes and celebrates research, scholarship and the arts in all their variety of expression.”
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The McLaughlin Medal was won by Julio Montaner, Department of Medicine, the University of British Columbia. Dr. Montaner is a professor of medicine and head of the division of AIDS at UBC, and director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Healthcare. The architect of the UN 90-90-90 strategy aimed at ending the AIDS pandemic by 2030, he is a determined and passionate visionary whose life’s work has directly contributed to the increased survival and dignity of people living with HIV in Canada and the world.