Sponsored by the Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs (CCUCC), the Clara Benson Award is presented to recognize a woman who has made a distinguished contribution to chemistry while working in Canada.

Link to CSC award page

Clara Benson Award Winners

2024 - Jennifer Murphy

2023 - Karine Auclair

2022 - Dongling Ma

2021 - Joelle Pelletier

2020 - Alison Thompson

2019 - Diane Beauchemin

2018 - Brigitte Guérin

2017 - Ann English

2016 - Yunjie Xu

2015 - Laurel Schafer

2014 - Hélène Lebel

2013 - Jillian M. Buriak

2012 - Rina Carlini

2011 - Cathleen Crudden 

2010 - Parisa Ariya

2009 - Molly Shoichet 

2008 - Cornelia Bohne 

2007 - Michèlle Auger

2006 - Françoise Winnik 

2005 - Mary Fairhurst 

2004 - Eugenia Kumacheva 

2003 - Soledade C. Pedras 

2002 - Kim M. Baines 

2001 - Sharon G. Roscoe 

2000 - Caroline Preston 

1999 - No award

1998 - Suzanne Fortier 

1997 - M. Palcic

1996 - Margaret Back 

1995 - H. M. Tosine

1994 - Penny W. Codding

1993 - Viola Birss