The Sandford Fleming Medal
Since 1982, RCI has awarded the Sandford Fleming Medal and Citation annually to a Canadian who has made outstanding contributions to the public understanding of science.
1997: John R. Percy
Astronomer, teacher, writer, and communicator with a strong interest in astronomy education at all levels: past President of RCI.
1995: Eve Savory
1994: Edward Struzik
Communicator of science through journalism and photography with a special focus on Canada’s North.
1993: Carol Gold
Teacher, author of popular books on astronomy, frequent contributor to magazines, newspapers and radio programmes.
1992: Terence Dickinson
Author of childrens’ books and contributor to television programmes conveying the message that science is fun.
1991: Annabel Slaight
Author and publisher of childrens’ books and magazines, producer of films; co-founder of Young Naturalist Foundation.
1990: Joan Hollobon and Marilyn Dunlop
Science writers and authors of books on medical subjects for lay readers.
National television environment specialist concerned with health care, scientific developments and space exploration.
1996: Derek York
Physicist, teacher, writer, contributor of articles on popular science to magazines and national newspapers; in 1995 was appointed the J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics at U of T.
1989: Fred Bruemmer
Perceptive recorder in prose and pictures of native people and animals in the Canadian Arctic.
