The Ramon John Hnatyshyn award is given to recognize outstanding contribution in law reform, legal scholarship and/or legal research.
If you have trouble in submitting your documentation online, please send your information along with the documents to awards@cba.org.
The deadline for nominations is December 16, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET.
Nomination procedure
- Nominations may be submitted by individuals.
- Each candidate requires a minimum of one letter of support, to a maximum of three, from active CBA members.
- Each nomination must include the candidate's curriculum vitae and a completed application form
Eligibility
- Candidates must be CBA members in good standing at the time of nomination
- Governance and Equity Committee and current Board members are not eligible for the Award
- No more than one award may be awarded per year
- No award need be granted in any one year.
- Groups are not acknowledged as candidates
- There are no posthumous awards
Selection process
Applications are reviewed by the CBA Award Selection Panel and recommendation made to the Governance and Equity Committee.
Prize
The winner is presented with an engraved bronze medallion designed by the Governor General's Office of Heraldry.
Award winners
|
Year |
Recipient(s) |
Location |
|---|---|---|
|
2026 |
Prof. Roderick J. Wood |
Edmonton, AB |
|
2025 |
Duncan Glaholt |
Toronto, ON |
|
2024 |
Naiomi Metallic |
Halifax, NS |
|
2023 |
Lara Khoury, Ad. E. |
Montreal, QC |
|
2022 |
Basile Chiasson |
Bathurst, NB |
|
2021 |
Prof. Albert Oosterhoff |
Burlington, ON |
|
2020 |
Jennifer Koshan |
Calgary, AB |
|
2018 |
W. Thomas Molloy |
Saskatoon, SK |
|
2016 |
Jane Bailey |
Ottawa, ON |
|
2015 |
Prof. Stephen Waddams |
Toronto, ON |
|
2013 |
Elizabeth Sheehy |
Ottawa, ON |
|
2012 |
Catherine Bell |
Edmonton, AB |
|
2011 |
Prof. Ronald C.C. Cuming |
Saskatoon, SK |
|
2010 |
Roderick A. Macdonald |
Montreal, QC |
|
2009 |
The Hon. Roy McMurtry, O.C., O.Ont., K.C. |
Toronto, ON |
|
2008 |
A. Alan Borovoy |
Toronto, ON |
|
2007 |
Justice John Gomery |
Quebec, QC |
|
2006 |
Prof. Constance Backhouse |
Ottawa, ON |
|
2005 |
J.P.S. McLaren |
Victoria, BC |
|
2004 |
Justice Jean-Louis Baudouin |
Montréal, QC |
|
2003 |
Peter W. Hogg, O.C., K.C. |
Toronto, ON |
|
2002 |
Albert J. McClean, K.C. |
Vancouver, BC |
|
2001 |
Judge Jean-Luc Dutil, L.C. |
Quebec, QC |
|
2000 |
The Hon. Lawrence Poitras, K.C. |
Montréal, QC |
|
1999 |
Ronald St. John Macdonald, O.C. |
Halifax, NS |
|
1998 |
The Hon. Charles Dubin, O.C., K.C., LL.D. |
Toronto, ON |
|
1997 |
The Hon. Gérald-A. Beaudoin, K.C., Senator |
Hull, QC |
|
1996 |
The Hon. Noel Herbert Alan Goodridge |
St. John's, NL |
|
1995 |
Dean Emeritus George F. Curtis, K.C. |
Vancouver, BC |
|
1994 |
Prof. Martin L. Friedland, O.C., K.C. |
Toronto, ON |
|
1993 |
Prof. Paul-André Crépeau, C.C., K.C. |
Montréal, QC |