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This award was established to provide national recognition to outstanding Canadian Microbiologists and to provide a historical record of them and their achievements. The award is presented annually at the Annual General Meeting and consists of a plaque and $1,500.00 honorarium. This award is sponsored by Roche Diagnostics. We are now accepting nominations for the 2008 Roche Diagnostics award. The nominations deadline is March
20, 2008. A nomination form is available below.
This award is given to stimulate and recognize new researchers in the microbiological sciences. The award comprises $1,500.00 and an inscribed scroll. More information about the award and the nominations process is available in the attached document. We are now accepting nominations for the 2008 Fisher Scientific award - the deadline for nominations March
20, 2008.
Canadian Graduate Student Microbiologist of the Year
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University nominations are reviewed and ranked by a 5-member International Scientific Committee. The award consists of a quality gold coin from the Royal Canadian Mint, travel, accommodation, and registration to the annual meeting and a banquet ticket. Further details are published in the CSM Newsletter. The Gold Medal competition is made possible by the generous financial support of Cangene Corporation. We are now accepting nominations for the 2008 Canadian Graduate Student Microbiologist of the Year award. The nominations deadline is
March 20, 2008. Information about the award and a nomination form (in PDF and Word format) is available at the link below.
| CSM Student Award, Cedarlane Student Award and the CCM Student Award |
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These awards are presented to the three top students presenting papers at the Annual General Meeting. Each award consists of a plaque, a $500.00 cash prize and a banquet ticket. As well, a small travel bursary is available to assist students competing for this award. These awards are sponsored by the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Cedarlane Laboratories, the Triosyn Research, and the Canadian College of Microbiologists. The CCM award also includes a 1 year free membership in the CCM.
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2007 Cangene Gold Metal Award:
Canadian Graduate
Student Microbiologist of the Year Award
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Catherine Paradis-Bleau |
Catherine Paradis-Bleau’s undergraduate
college degree in science (B.Sc.) was completed at the Université de
Sherbrooke with a major in microbiology (1998-2001). As part of her
education, she participated in three training periods in the field of
microbiology; the first two at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada in the
city of Lennoxville and the third one at Health Canada in the city of
Longueuil. During these training periods, she worked to find a way to
increase the antibiotic susceptibility of antibiotic resistant strains
of Staphylococcus aureus causing mastitis infections in cows and also
worked on a project to improve the microbiological quality of water
and food. She then enrolled in the Université Laval in Quebec City for
graduate studies in the microbiology-immunology program with Dr. Roger
Levesque. As a masters-degree student, she principally worked on
analyzing the bacterial cell division proteins FtsZ and FtsA from the
perspective of identifying potent inhibitors as possible antibacterial
agents (2002-2003). She then pursued her Ph.D. studies in the
laboratory of Dr. Levesque and started a new project on phage-encoded
lysis proteins. She concentrated her efforts on characterizing the
antibacterial potential of the endolysin enzyme from the Pseudomonas
aeruginosa phage φKZ. Another project involved identifying inhibitors
of essential bacterial cell wall biosynthesis enzymes (2003-2007).
During her graduate studies, she received a NSERC Scholarship for her
M.Sc. studies and a FRSQ Scholarship for her Ph.D. studies. Her Ph. D.
work resulted in ten scientific papers on which she is the first
author. She wrote seven primary scientific papers and three reviews.
She also received outstanding evaluations from all four of her thesis
committee members. At the moment, five of these scientific papers have
been published in the scientific journals “FEMS Microbiology Letters”,
“Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry”, “Peptides”, “Protein Engineering,
Design and Selection”, and “Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy” The
other five papers will be soon published or submitted to the
scientific journals “Proteins”, “Journal of Antibacterial
Chemotherapy”, “Natural Products Report”, “Current Opinion in
Microbiology” and “Molecular Microbiology”. She also has a co-authored
paper published in the “Journal of Electronic Microscopy” and will
have another co-authored paper published in the “Journal of Biological
Chemistry”. She has given three oral presentations as a guest speaker
and 22 poster presentations. She received the Fondation Germain des
Prés Student travel grant award in 2003 to present her work at the
national Canadian Bacterial Disease Network meeting in Banff, the
ACCEM Student travel grant award in 2005 to present her work at the
General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology in Atlanta.
She was fortunate to have many opportunities to attend scientific
meetings in the cities of Atlanta, Boston, Banff, Calgary, Laval and
Quebec. She won an award for her poster presentation in 2003 from the
Faculty of Medicine of the Université Laval, an award for her oral
presentation at the Centre de Recherché sur la Fonction, la Structure
et l'Ingénierie des Protéines (CREFSIP) symposium in 2005, an award
for my oral presentation at the Faculty of Medicine of the Université
Laval in 2005 and an award for my poster presentation at the CREFSIP
symposium in 2006. She also participated in a public scientific
educational event in 2005 and in voluntary work at Expo Sciences Bell
as a judge for the regional finals in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Finally,
she assisted two B.Sc. trainees and a Masters student. She has now
moved to Boston to start her postdoctoral studies at Harvard Medical
School under the supervision of Dr. Gerald B. Pier. She has received
an FRSQfunded postdoctoral fellowship for her work in the field of
bacterial pathogenesis and immunity. Her main project is directed
towards understanding how the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator
participates in innate immunity to P. aeruginosa lung infection and
how this impacts the course of cystic fibrosis. |
2007 Roche Diagnostics-CSM Award
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Jo-Anne Dillon |
Jo-Anne Dillon completed
her undergraduate training at the University of Toronto and holds
graduate degrees from Queen’s University. After completing
postdoctoral studies with Dr. Charles C. Brinton Jr at the University
of Pittsburgh, Dr Dillon returned to Canada and established and
directed first, the Molecular Biology and Antimicrobials Division and
subsequently, the National Laboratory for Sexually Transmitted
Diseases, at Health Canada. She was recruited to the University of
Ottawa as Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and
Immunology where she subsequently became the Inaugural Director of the
Centre for Research in Biopharmaceuticals and Biotechnology. Professor
Dillon joined the University of Saskatchewan in September of 2004 as
Dean of the College of Arts and Science. She is also a Professor in
the Department of Biology and a member of the Vaccine and Infectious
Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr Dillon is
the author of numerous publications and co-authored one of the first
texts on recombinant DNA methods. Her research interests include the
mechanisms and molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance,
bacterial cell division and the biology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Many
undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, now
spread across Canada and other countries, have contributed to and
enriched this research. Dr Dillon has held leadership roles in a
number of national and international organizations, including the
Canadian Society of Microbiologists, for which she was the first
female President. |
2007 Fisher Scientific Award
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Fiona Brinkman |
Fiona Brinkman is an
Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and
Biochemistry at Simon Fraser University. Before initiating her
research program at Simon Fraser in 2001, she completed her Ph.D.
under the guidance of Dr. Jo-Anne Dillon at the University of Ottawa,
and underwent postdoctoral training with the mentorship of Dr. Bob
Hancock at the University of British Columbia. Originally trained as a
microbiologist, she developed her computational skills to become an
early expert in Pathogen Bioinformatics. She has developed PSORTb, the
world's
most precise predictor of cell-surface and secreted bacterial proteins
which may represent suitable drug or diagnostic targets, gained
insight into the evolution of prokaryotic genomic islands, and
achieved early international recognition as the coordinator of the
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Community Annotation Project involving over 70
researchers from 11 countries. She has been Director of Bioinformatics
for two Genome Canada Pathogenomics Projects and she is on the
Scientific Advisory Boards for two US bacterial bioinformatics
database initiatives. She is a Michael Smith Foundation for Health
Research Scholar and Canadian Institutes of Health Research New
Investigator who has received a number of awards, including the Young
Innovator award from the Innovation and Science Council of BC, and a
TR100 award from MIT for being one of the “top 100 of the world’s
young innovators in science and technology”. |
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The Roche Diagnostic CSM Award
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Year |
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First
Name |
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Surname |
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1963 |
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R.G.E. |
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Murray |
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1965 |
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J.H. |
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Quastel |
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1966 |
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J.J.R. |
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Campbell |
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1967 |
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C.F. |
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Robinow |
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1968 |
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B.D. |
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Sanwal |
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1969 |
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J. |
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de Repentigny |
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1970 |
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N.E. |
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Gibbons |
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1971 |
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J.F. |
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Morgan |
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1972 |
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A. |
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Frappier |
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1973 |
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R.A. |
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MacLeod |
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1975 |
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A.J. |
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Rhodes |
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1976 |
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L.C. |
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Vining |
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1977 |
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P.C. |
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Fitzjames |
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1978 |
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S. |
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Sonea |
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1979 |
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J. |
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Child |
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1979 |
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T. |
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LaRue |
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1979 |
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W. |
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Kurz |
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1980 |
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J. |
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Costerton |
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1981 |
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R. |
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Knowles |
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1983 |
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K.-J. |
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Cheng |
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1984 |
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V. |
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Pavilanis |
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1985 |
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D.W. |
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Westlake |
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1986 |
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A. |
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Hurst |
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1987 |
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R.E.W. |
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Hancock |
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1988 |
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L. |
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Bryan |
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1989 |
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Dr. G.D. |
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Sprott |
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1990 |
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Dr. Lorne Allan |
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Babiuk |
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1991 |
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Dr. Malcolm B. |
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Perry |
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1992 |
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Prof. D.J. |
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Kushner |
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1993 |
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Dr. Trevor J. |
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Trust |
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1994 |
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Terrence |
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Beveridge |
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1995 |
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Dr. Diane |
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Taylor |
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1996 |
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Ken |
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Sanderson |
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1997 |
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Dr. Julian |
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Davies |
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1998 |
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Dr. Dieter |
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Kluepfel |
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1999 |
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Donald E. |
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Woods |
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2000 |
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Cecil |
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Forsberg |
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2001 |
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Dr. Peter C. |
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Loewen |
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2002 |
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Dr. Pierre |
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Talbot |
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2003 |
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Dr. Chris |
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Whitfield |
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2004 |
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Dr. Gerrit |
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Voordouw |
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2005 |
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Dr. Carlton |
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Gyles |
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2006 |
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Dr. Joseph |
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Lam |
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2007 |
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Jo-Anne |
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Dillon |
The Fisher Award
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Year |
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First
Name |
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Surname |
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1990 |
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Dr. Reggie Y.C. |
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Lo |
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1991 |
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Dr. B.
Brett |
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Finlay |
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1992 |
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no
award |
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1993 |
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Dr.
Mario |
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Jacques |
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1994 |
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Michael
F. |
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Hynes |
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1995 |
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J.R. |
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Lawrence |
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1996 |
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Dr.
Keith |
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Poole |
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1997 |
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Dr.
Richard |
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Belanger |
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1998 |
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no
award |
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1999 |
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no
award |
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2000 |
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Michael
G. |
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Surette |
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2001 |
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Dr.
Marcelo |
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Gottschalk |
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2002 |
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Dr. Roberta |
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Fulthorpe |
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2003 |
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Dr. Francois |
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Jean |
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2004 |
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Dr. Lyle |
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Whyte |
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2005 |
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Dr. Charles M. |
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Dozois |
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2006 |
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Dr. David |
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Heinrichs |
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2007 |
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Fiona |
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Brinkman |
Canadian Graduate Student Microbiologist of the Year
The Gold Award
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Year
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First
Name
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Surname
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University
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1997
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Dana J.
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Philpott
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University of Toronto
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1998
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Janine
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Bossé
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University of Guelph
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1999
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Lisa D.
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Collins
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University of Ottawa
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2000
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Jolyne
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Drummelsmith
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University of Guelph
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2001
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Jeremy A.
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Yethon
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University of Guelph
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2002
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Danika
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Goosney
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University of British Columbia
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2003
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Sean |
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Connell |
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University of Alberta |
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2004
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Trevor |
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Lawley |
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Acadia University |
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2005
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Matthew |
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Gilmour |
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University of Alberta |
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2006
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Dawn |
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Bowdish |
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University of British Columbia |
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2007 |
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Catherine |
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Paradis-Bleau |
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Université Laval |
Cedarlane Student Award
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Year
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First
Name
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Surname
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University
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1996
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David
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Chow
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University of Guelph
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1997
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Benoit
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Barbeau
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Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie
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1998
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Paul Antony
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Amor
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University of Guelph
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1999
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Vincent
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Martin
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University of British Columbia
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2000
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Kelly
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Rice
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University of Toronto
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2002
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David
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Allen
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Dalhousie University
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2003
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Sonia |
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Bary |
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Queen's University |
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2004
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Casey |
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Hubert |
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University of Calgary |
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2005
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Valerio |
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Matias |
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University of Guelph |
CCM Student Award
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Year
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First
Name
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Surname
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University
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1995
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Joanna
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Brooke
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University of Western
Ontario
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1996
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Carl
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Gagnon
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Institut Armand-Frappier
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1997
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Kate
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Billingsley
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University of Waterloo
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1998
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Ian C.
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Schoenhofen
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University of Regina
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1999
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David
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Alexander
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McGill University
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2000
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Margot Faye
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Hiltz
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Dalhousie University
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2002
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Ahmed
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El Zoeiby
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Université Laval
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2003
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Stacy |
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Tom-Yew |
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University of British Columbia |
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2004
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Joel |
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Wedge |
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University of Guelph |
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2005
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Anne |
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Eisenhower |
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McGill University |
CSM/CBDN Student Award
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Year
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First
Name
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Surname
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University
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1995
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Michael
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Mitsch
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University of Calgary
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1995
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Tim
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Karnaucho
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University of Ottawa
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1996
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Lesia
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Harachuc
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The University of
Manitoba
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1996
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Lateef
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O. Adewoye
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University of Manitoba
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1997
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Isabelle
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Turcot
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Queen's University
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1998
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Kerrn
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Yat-Fai Yau
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University of Guelph
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1999
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Jason
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Correia
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Queen's University
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2000
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Gregory
James
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Newton
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University of Guelph
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2002
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Maria
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Dowdeswell
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University of Saskatchewan
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2003
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Jean-Nicolas |
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Gagnon |
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McGill University |
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2004
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Wayne |
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Miller |
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University of Guelph |
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2005
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Wook |
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Kim |
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University of Calgary |
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