Killam Trusts | Publications

This Lecture series, which has now become a regular feature in the Killam calendar, has two objectives: to stimulate public support for research at the pre-doctoral and post-doctoral levels at Canadian universities, and to encourage other wealthy Canadians to follow the example of Izaak Walton Killam and Dorothy Johnston Killam in endowing research with private resources.

The Killam Annual Lectures for the following years are available on-line. Printed copies can be requested from the Killam Trusts Office.

2009 Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green

SIR ALBERT AYNSLEY-GREEN was appointed in 2005 as the first Children’s Commissioner for England. He previously served as National Clinical Director for Children, Chair of the Children’s Task Force at the UK Department of Health, and Nuffield Professor of Child Health at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and at the Institute of Child Health, University College, London. He is also a former Executive Director on the Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust Board and Clinical, then University Lecturer and Fellow of Green College at Oxford University. Sir Al was knighted in June, 2006 for his services to children and young people.

"Improving the lives and Health of Children and Young People:
How Research from Listening to their Voices should Inform Politics, Policies, Practices and Public Attitudes."

Dr. Schindler is Killam Memorial Chair and Professor of Ecology at the University of Alberta. His research on the effects of phosphorous and acid rain on lake chemistry was influential in leading to restrictions in phosphorous content in detergents and changes to air quality legislation throughout Canada. The recipient of many prizes and awards, including the Canada Council Killam Prize in 2003, Dr. Schindler is the only Canadian to have received the Stockhom Water Prize 1991, as well as the Volvo International Environment Prize in 1988. He holds honourary doctorates from four universites and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2004.

“THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN MAKING SOUND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.”

Dr. Nicholson became the inaugural president of the Council of Canadian Academies in February, 2006. He has served in numerous posts in government, business, science, and higher education. Before assuming his current position, he was Deputy Chief of Staff, Policy in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. He was also the founding Chair of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences and was the founding Chair of the Members of the Canada Foundation for Innovation as well as of the Millennium Scholarship Foundation. Dr. Nicholson is a Member of the Order of Canada.

“MORE DATA BUT LESS INSIGHT – THE NEW IMPERATIVE
OF QUANTITATIVE LITERACY.”

Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine at the Université de Montréal and an Officer of the Order of . She is a Professor at the Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Public Law Research (C.R.D.P.). She is also the Director of HumGen, the International Database on the Legal, Social, and Ethical Aspects of HUMan GENetics. In April 2005, Dr. Knoppers was elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS).

Biotechnology: The Human as Biological Resource?

2005 Hon. Kenneth Prewitt, Ph.D

Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, Columbia University, Former Director of the United States Census Bureau, President of the Social Science Research Council, Senior Vice President of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Director of the National Opinion Research Center.

“Investing in Higher Education: The Responsibility of the University”

2005 Hon. Bob Rae, P.C., O.C., O.Ont., Q.C.

Partner at Goodmans, Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto and Senior Fellow of Massey College. Former Premier of Ontario.

“Convincing the Public and Governments to do More: The Case for Higher Education”

Former Paediatician-in-Chief, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children in Halifax; Founding Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary; Former President, University of Calgary; Former Chairman and CEO, Connaught Laboratories Ltd., President, W.A. Cochrane & Associates, Inc.

"The Challenges of Educating the Next Generation of the Professoriate" FAIRMONT NEWFOUNDLAND, ST. JOHN'S

President, Princeton University; Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
"The Challenges of Educating the Next Generation of the Professoriate"
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER

President And Vice-Chancellor, The University of British Columbia; Director, Canadian Genetic Diseases Network; Director, Protein Engineering Network Centre of Excellence (PENCE); Member, Canada Foundation For Innovation; Board Member, Advisory Council on Science And Technology; Member, Member, Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
"Building A Civil Society: A New Role For The Human Sciences"
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CANADA, OTTAWA.

President Emeritus, University of Toronto; Chair, the Canada Foundation for Innovation; Chair, Torstar Corporation; Chair, Alcan Aluminum Ltd.; Vice-chair, NPS/Allelix Bio-Pharmeceuticals Inc.
"Higher Education in the Higher Education Economy: Towards A Public Research Contract"
MONTREAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, MONTREAL

Prichard-Wilson Professor of Law and Public Policy and President Emeritus, University of Toronto; Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School
"Federal Support for Higher Education and Research in Canada; The New Paradigm"
ST. BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE, WINNIPEG

Chairman, The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences; Chairman, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenberg; Chairman, Canadian Swedish Business Association; Former President and CEO, L.M. Ericsson AB; Former President and CEO, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
"University Research as a Driving Force for the Development of a Modern Nation in the Next Millenium"
PIER 21, HALIFAX

University Killam Professor, and Peter Wall Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology, University of British Columbia; Director, Genome Sequence Centre, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre; Career Investigator, Medical Research Council of Canada Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, 1993
"Science and Society in the Forthcoming Millennium"
HYATT REGENCY HOTEL, VANCOUVER

Partner, Bennett Jones Verchere; Corporate Director; Former Premier of Alberta; Chancellor, Queen's University
"The Economic and Employment Impact of Research in Canada"
READING ROOM, HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, OTTAWA

Director, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University
"Government Policy and University Science: Starving the Golden Goose"
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY

Chair, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research; Former Principal, McGill University
"Research at Canadian Universities and the Knowledge Based Society"
HART HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

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