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Scholarship & Award Winners


Canadian Law Library Review Feature Article Award

Canadian Law Library Review Student Article Award

Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship

Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing

Michael Silverstein Prize

Gisèle Laprise Prize

CALL Education Reserve Fund Grant

CALL Research Grant 

Diana M. Priestly Memorial Scholarship 

James D. Lang Memorial Scholarship

Janine Miller Fellowship

Northern Exposure to Leadership Grant

Nancy McCormack Emerging Leader Award

Canadian Law Library Review Feature Article Award

  • 1989 - Sue Beugin, “Servicing the Private Law Library: Calgary’s Experience” (1989) 14:5 Canadian Association of Law Libraries Newsletter / Bulletin 180
  • 1990 - Neil Campbell, "Statues that Interpret Statutes" (1990) 15:1 Can L L 4
  • 1992 - Vivienne Denton, "Staff Organization in Law Firm Libraries" (1992) 17:3 Can L L 80.
  • 1993 - Olga Kizlyk-Scarpari, "History of Law Reporting in Alberta, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon" (1993) 18:5 Can L L 223.
  • 1994 - Guy Tanguay and Daniel Boyer, "Annals of Quebec Case Law Reporting” (1994) 19:5 Can L L 186
  • 1995 - Jules Larivière, “La publication des décisions des tribunaux fédéraux canadiens: un aperçu historique” (1995) 20:1 Can L L 12.
  • 1996 - Anne Matthewman “Law Reporting in Ontario (1996) 21:2 Can L L 7.
  • 1997 - Shu Huang, "Upgrading Information Services with DB/Textworks" (1997) 22:5 Can L L 204
  • 1998 - Ginette Thèriault, “Liability for Negligent Misrepresentation” (1998) 23:5 Can L L 205.
  • 1999 - Thomas R. French, “Selected Sources for Locating U.S. Government Law and Law Related Information on the World Wide Web” (1999) 24:4 Can L L 149
  • 2001 - Wendy Hubley & Micheline Beaulieu, “Locating Canadian Orders in Council” (2001) 26:1 Can L L 8 & (2001) 26:3 Can L L 83
  • 2002 -Thea Schmidt & Susan Caird, "B.C. Rules of Court" (2002) 27:5 Can L L 218
  • 2003 - Nicholas Pengelley, “I Google, Therefore I Am” (2003) 28:2 Can L L 66
  • 2004 - Ann Rae, "Preserving Canada's Law Collections: Is it Time for a National Strategy?" (2004) 29:1 Can L Libr rev 16
  • 2005 - Pamela Seguin, “Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse” (2005) 30:2 Can L Libr Rev 80
  • 2006 - Shannon McSheffrey, "Law French: An Introduction for Lawyers, Law Librarians, and Law Students" (2006) 31:4 Can L Libr Rev 192
  • 2007  - Susan Barker, “Law Reporting in England and the United States: History, Controversy and Access to Justice” (2007) 32:4 Can L Libr Rev178
  • 2008 - Ken Whiteway: "The Origins of the English Court of Appeal" (2008) 32:2 Can L Libr Rev 309
  • 2009 - Kirsten Wurmann, “The Role and Impact of Librarians in the History and Development of Public Legal Education in Canada” (2009) 34:2 Can L Libr Rev61
  • 2011 - Muriel St. John, “Academic Law Libraries and Self-Represented Litigants” (2010) 35:2 Can L Libr Rev 58
  • 2012 - Neil Campbell, "Legal Research and The Exclusionary Rule" (2011) 36:4 Can L Libr Rev 158
  • 2013 - J. Thornhill, "Judicial Judgements: A Template" (2012) 37:1 Can L Libr Rev 22                                                                                                                                          
  • 2016 - Rex Shoyama, "Citations to Wikipedia in Canadian Law Journal and Law Review Articles" (2015) 39:2 Can L Libr Rev pp.11-15
  • 2017 - Mark Phillips, “Charting Law’s Cosmos: Toward a Crowdsourced Citator” (2016) 40:2 Can L Libr Rev 13
  • 2018 - Elizabeth Bruton, “Time Traveling: Intent Behind Regulations” (2017)
  • 2018 - Jessica Stuart, Aboriginal Rights & Treaty Research in Canada
  • 2019 – Not awarded
  • 2020 – Amy Kaufman,
  • 2021 - Mila Bozic Erkic & Sonia Smith, “Does a Wellness Collection Have a Place at a Law Library?” (2020) 45:1 Can L Libr Rev
  • 2022 - Alexi Fox, “The Law Librarian’s Role in Reconciliation” (2021) 46:2 Can L Libr Rev

Canadian Law Library Review Student Article Award

  • Sara Klein, “Ethics and Law Librarianship: Current Issues and Progressive Horizons” (2017) 42:3 Can Libr Rev pp. 9
  • 2018 - Sara Klein, Ethics and Law Librarianship: Current Issues and Progressive Horizons
  • 2019 – Not awarded
  • 2020 – Lynie Awywen, “What’s Race Got to Do with It? Law Librarians, Race, and the Reference Desk.”
  • 2021 - Kenya Hewitt , “Implicit Bias and Diversity in Law Libraries” (2020) 45:1 Can L Libr Rev
  • 2022 - Alexi Fox, “The Law Librarian’s Role in Reconciliation” (2021) 46:2 Can L Libr Rev

Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship

  • Janine Miller (2001)
  • Denis LeMay (2003)
  • Suzan Hebditch (2003)
  • Mary Mitchell (2004)
  • Judy Ginsberg (2006)
  • John Eaton (2006)
  • Mona Pearce (2007)
  • Peta Bates (2009)
  • Ted Tjaden (2010)
  • Barbara Campbell (2012)
  • Nancy McCormack (2014)
  • Rosalie Fox (2015)
  • Sandra Wilkins (2016)
  • Shaunna Mireau (2017)
  • Margo Jeske (2018)
  • Louise Hamel (2019)
  • Teresa Gleave (2021)
  • Daniel Boyer (2022)

Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing

The following publishers are previous recipients of the Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing:

  • 1999 — Insight Press, for its InConference CD-ROM product.
  • 2000 — Quicklaw Inc., for its American caselaw and legislation databases
  • 2001 — Canada Law Book, for multiple publications and in recognition of its longevity and lasting contribution to the Canadian legal landscape
  • 2002 — Irwin Law, for its Essentials of Canadian Law series
  • 2003 — Carswell, for its eCarswell platform
  • 2004 — Éditions Yvon Blais, for its Common Law en poche series
  • 2005 — Canadian Legal Information Institute [CanLII], for its internet-based collection of primary sources of Canadian law
  • 2006 — La société québécoise d’information juridique [SOQUIJ], for its AZIMUT database
  • 2007 — Maritime Law Book
  • 2008 — Not presented
  • 2009 — Slaw.ca
  • 2010 — Nova Scotia Barristers' Society-Library & Information Services, for the Nova Scotia Annotated Civil Procedure Rules
  • 2011 — Not presented
  • 2012 — Centre d'accès à l'information juridique (CAIJ), for JuriBistroMD UNIK
  • 2013 — Canadian Yearbook of International Law (UBC Press)
  • 2014 – LexisNexis, for JurisClasseur Québec 
  • 2015 – University of Toronto Press, for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History book series
  • 2016 – Carswell, for WestlawNext Canada
  • 2017 – Not presented
  • 2018 – Emond Publications, for the “Criminal Law Series”
  • 2019 – Not presented
  • 2021 - CanLII for The CanLII Manual to British Columbia Civil Litigation
  • 2022 - LexisNexis for The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Canadian Law

Michael Silverstein Prize

The following publishers are previous recipients of the Michael Silverstein Prize:

  • 2017 - Erica Anderson and Susan Barker, “Cinderella at the Ball: Legislative intent in Canadian courts”
  • 2018 – Nancy McCormack, published works in the Australian Law Librarian 
  • 2019 – Not presented
  • 2020 – Nadine Hoffman (to be updated)
  • 2021 – Not presented

Gisèle Laprise Prize

The following publishers are previous recipients of the Gisèle Laprise Prize:

  • 2017 - Clare Mauro Researching Québec Law: Insights for Common Law Practitioners.
  • 2017 - Marc Leger, for his body of work
  • 2018 – Not awarded
  • 2019 – Not awarded
  • 2020 – Not awarded
  • 2021 – Not awarded
  • 2022 – Not awarded

CALL Education Reserve Fund Grant 

  • Louise Tsang (1998)
  • Mona Pearce (1998)
  • Ted Tjaden (2000)
  • Siromi Fernando (2000)
  • Barbara Burrows (2000)
  • Anne Matthewman (2003)
  • Mark Lewis (2003)
  • Karen MacLaurin (2004)
  • Rick Leech (2004)
  • Greg Wurzer (2006)
  • Sonia Poulin (2006)
  • Janine Miller (2006)
  • Rick Leech (2006)
  • Serena Ableson (2006)
  • Caroline Hyslop (2008)
  • Tanya Davis (2009)
  • Mark Lewis (2009)
  • Mary Mitchell (2010) 
  • Jacquelyn DeGreeve (2010)
  • Karen Sawatzky (2011)
  • Jennifer Thornhill (2011)
  • Allan Chan (2011)
  • Julia Miller (2012)
  • Brenda Lauritzen (2012)
  • Kim Clarke (2013)
  • Katherine Laundy (2014)
  • Linda Aiken (2014)
  • Veronika Kollbrand (2016)
  • Natalie Wing (2016)
  • Sarah Sutherland (2017)
  • Hannah Steeves (2018)
  • Louise Cooke (2018)
  • Julie Wettstein (2020)
  • Not awarded (2022)

CALL Research Grant 

  • 1998 - Ted Tjaden: For a study of the education of law librarians in Canada
  • 1998 - Ann Rae: For a preservation feasibility study
  • 1999 - Jane Parkinson: "Fine Wine in Dusty Bottles? A Study of the Age of Cited Decisions" in Canadian Law Libraries 27 (Summer 2002) 63-66 and "The Labels on the Bottles: Or, Where to Find Cited Cases" in Canadian Law Libraries 28 (Summer 2003) 62-64.
  • 1999 - Jann Lynne George: For a survey of Supreme Court of Canada practice on citation of authorities in section 1 of Charter of Rights and Freedoms decisions since 1982
  • 2001 - Tim Knight: For a survey on the future of KF Modified classification scheme in Canadian law libraries. The results have been published as "The Future of KF Modified in Canadian Law Libraries: A Research Report" in Canadian Law Libraries 27 (Spring 2002) 20-31.
  • 2002 - Greg Wurzer, Rhonda O'Neill and Aleksandra Zivanovic: "Electronic Citators: Their Accuracy and Efficiency."
  • 2004 - Simone Clermont: To continue her work on her bibliography of Common Law Materials Written in French.
  • 2005 - Michael Lines: Thesaurus of Civil Justice Terminology - Sources, Data Collection and Technology
  • 2006 - Sonia Poulin: Comparative Review of Academic Legal Research Collections in Canada and Abroad
  • 2006 - Nancy McCormack: Beyond Print - Media Collections for Law Published as "Beyond Print - A Survey of Educational and Documentary Film Collections in Canadian Law Libraries" Canadian Law Library Review 32 (Autumn 2007) 184-190
  • 2007 - Kirsten Wurmann: The Role and Impact of Librarians in the History and Development of Public Legal Education in Canada
  • 2008 - John Papadopoulos: Canadian Current Index to Legal Periodicals
  • 2008 - Nancy McCormack and Nicole Eva: The Pursuit of Happiness: Job Satisfaction in Canadian Law Libraries
  • 2009 - Mary Hemmings: Legal Visual Semiotics: Eighteenth Century Satirical Prints as Primary Sources
  • 2010 -  David Michels: Assessing Legal Research Skills within the Information Literacy Framework
  • 2012 -  Kim Nayyer: Resource-Sharing Options for Canadian Law Libraries
  • 2013 -  Tim Knight and Sarah Sutherland: Exploring the Linked Data Application of KF Modified Classification
  • 2014 - Greg Wurzer: Early English Law Reporting and the Beginnings of the Use of Precedence and Headnotes in English Law Reports
  • 2016 - Sooin Kim: The Open Access Impact on Legal Scholarship
  • 2018 – Megan Siu
  • 2019 – Not awarded
  • 2020 – Not awarded
  • 2021 – Hannah Steeves
  • 2022 – Not awarded

Diana M. Priestly Memorial Scholarship 

  • Mary Tastad (1987)
  • Cynthia Ryan (1988)
  • Anna Holeton (1989)
  • Alison Fowles (1990)
  • Diane Wollard (1991)
  • Karen Reschke (1992)
  • Ginette Theriault (1993)
  • Lynda Roberts (1995)
  • Sandra Wilkins (1995)
  • Kimberly Clarke (1996)
  • Jennifer Gray (1997)
  • Eric Leduc (1998)
  • Heather Ritchie (1999)
  • Ann Marie Melvie (2000)
  • Terri Badiou (2001)
  • Kate Green (2002)
  • Clare Mauro (2003)
  • April Brousseau (2004)
  • Catherine Cotter (2005)
  • Amy Kaufman (2006)
  • Nadège Arsa (2007)
  • Shannon McSheffrey (2008)
  • George Tsiakos (2009) 
  • Catherine Joudrey (2010) 
  • Stéphanie Pham-Dang (2011) 
  • Sandra Geddes (2012)
  • Sarah Richmond (2013)
  • Veronika Kollbrand (2014)
  • Lynn Marshall (2016)
  • Ilana Luther (2017)
  • Michelle Terriss (2018)
  • Nancy Li (2019)
  • Carole Aippersbach (2020)
  • Jonathan Bowie (2021)
  • Andria Huculak (2022)

James D. Lang Memorial Scholarship 

  • Shawn Whatley (1999/2000)
  • Louise Tsang (1999/2000)
  • Jane Taylor (1999/2000)
  • Joan Rataic-Lang (1999/2000)
  • Barbara Burrows (2000/01)
  • Rick Leech (2001/02)
  • John Eaton (2001/02)
  • Susan Crysler (2001/02)
  • Sonia Poulin (2002/03)
  • Nancy McCormack (2002/03)
  • Mark Lewis (2002/03)
  • Jennifer Bettger (2002/03)
  • Jane Parkinson (2003/04)
  • Yoko Beriault (2003/04)
  • Phyllis Thornton (2004/05)
  • Lynda Roberts (2004/05)
  • Beth Millard (2004/05)
  • Michael Lines (2004/05)
  • Brenda Carbone (2004/05)
  • Sarah Leyenaar (2005/06)
  • Beth Millard (2006/07)
  • Mary Hemmings (2006/07)
  • Martha Foote (2006/07)
  • Louise Berman (2006/07)
  • Cecilia Tellis (2007)
  • Annette Demers (2007)
  • Sharon Wang (2008)
  • Tim Knight (2008)
  • Sandra Wilkins (2009)
  • Mary Mitchell (2010)
  • Leslie Taylor (2010)
  • Ian McDonald (2010)
  • Jennifer Adams (2010)
  • Tim Knight (2011)
  • Allan Chan (2011)
  • Tom French (2011)
  • Wendy Reynolds (2011)
  • Shabira Tamachi (2011)
  • Susannah Tredwell (2012)
  • Amy Kaufman (2012)
  • Liana Giovando (2012)
  • Catherine Cotter (2013)
  • Jennifer Adams (2013)
  • Susannah Tredwell (2013)
  • Katie Thomas (2014)
  • Bronwyn Guiton (2014)
  • Mary-Jo Mustoe (2014)
  • Jennifer Adams (2014)
  • Amy Kaufman (2015)
  • Natalie Wing (2015)
  • Leah Strudwick (2016)
  • Ilana Newman (2018)
  • Yemisi Dina (2018)
  • Stef Alexandru (2018)
  • Hannah Steeves (2019)
  • Rebecca Tomlinson (2021)

Janine Miller Fellowship

  • Yemisi Dina (2012)
  • Rosalie Fox (2013)
  • No applicants (2014)
  • No applicants (2015)
  • No applicants (2016)
  • No applicants (2017)
  • Margo Jeske (2018)
  • Not awarded (2019) 
  • Not awarded (2020)
  • Not awarded (2021)
  • Not awarded (2022)

Northern Exposure to Leadership Grant

  • Caron Rollins (1996)
  • Mary Jane Parsons (1997)
  • Tim Knight (1999)
  • Louise Tsang (2000)
  • Donna Sikorsky (2002)
  • Serena Abelson (2004)
  • Mark Lewis (2005)
  • Erica Anderson (2007)
  • Susan Jones (2009)
  • Jennifer Walker (2010)
  • Catherine Cotter (2011)
  • Carolyn Petrie (2015)
  • Eve Leung (2016)
  • Not awarded (2017)
  • Not awarded (2018)
  • Not awarded (2019)
  • Not awarded (2020)
  • Not awarded (2021) 

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Nancy McCormack Emerging Leader Award (since 2022)

·  Hannah Steeves (2022)

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