This awards program, organized and administered by the Local Organizing Committee , is intended to help offset travel/lodging costs for students or postdocs giving an oral or poster presentation at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the CSZ.

The Award is given for the best student talk at the Annual Conference of the Society, and is intended to encourage and acknowledge excellence in scientific research and communication by students.

The Cas C. Lindsey Prize given by the IEE Section will be awarded for the best student presentation (oral or poster) within the fields of behaviour, ecology or evolution.

The Award is given for an oral research presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society, and is intended to encourage and acknowledge excellence in scientific research and communication by Post-Doctoral Fellows.

The purpose of this assistance program is to assist members of the Canadian society of Zoology who have natural caregiver functions (e.g., care of young children) and income that restricts their ability to attend the CSZ annual congresses. We will test this program at the 2019 Congress in Windsor with the intention of setting up a long-term program in the future.

This award is to assist post-doctoral fellows (PDFs) with expenses associated with attending the CSZ Annual Meeting.

The Award is given for the best oral presentation by a student on a topic in Comparative Morphology and Development at the Annual Meeting.

The H. I. Battle Award is given for the best student poster at the Annual Conference of the CSZ and is intended to encourage and acknowledge excellence in scientific research and communication by students.

The CPB section annually awards the George Holeton prize to the most outstanding student Poster presentation in our section.

This award recognizes the best student poster presentation in the PIE section at the CSZ Annual Meeting.

The R. G. “Bob” Boutilier New Investigator Award is to encourage and honor CSZ members within seven years of receiving their first academic or professional appointment. The individual must have made significant contributions to zoology (defined broadly) and to be considered a “rising star” in their field.

The Fry Medal is given to a Canadian Zoologist who has made an outstanding contribution to knowledge and understanding of an area in zoology, and who is expected to deliver a plenary lecture at the next annual conference.

This award is intended to encourage and stimulate increased public awareness of zoology through articles in the popular press that deal with environmental, biological or zoological issues. The article will have been published in any recognized newspaper or periodical available to the public.

This scholarship has been established as a memorial to Dr. Leo Margolis, an internationally preeminent parasitologist and a staunch supporter of the Canadian Society of Zoologists since its inception in 1961. The competition for the scholarship is open to any Canadian who is registered in a graduate studies program at a Canadian university at the time the scholarship is taken up and whose research is in the field of fisheries biology.

This award is intended to recognize excellence in public education about zoology.

This is an annual award, established by the Canadian Society of Zoologists to recognize the author of an outstanding Ph. D. Thesis in Zoology submitted to a Canadian University.

Honorary membership is offered by the CSZ to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to Zoology. Ordinarily, this individual’s contribution will have been to Zoology in Canada, and the individual will have had some relationship to the CSZ. Honorary membership is a lifetime appointment, is restricted to 20 living members, and is the highest honour the Society confers.

This Award recognizes members of the CSZ who have contributed enormously to the well being of zoology in Canada by working hard for the CSZ, often well beyond the call of duty, but in ways that are not currently recognized by other Society awards.

The Parasitism, Immunity and Environment (PIE) Section of the Canadian Society of Zoologists (CSZ) promotes study of the interrelationships at all levels among infectious agents, the response of animals to these agents, and the environment in which these relationships exist. The Wardle Award normally will be awarded annually for outstanding contributions to Canadian-based research on the fields of study promoted by the PIE Section.

Award for the best student research given as oral presentation during the annual conference in the area of parasitism, immunity and environment.