Boyd Mori
Dr Boyd Mori is the 2023 recipient of the Entomological Society of Canada’s C. Gordon Hewitt Award. This award is given annually to an individual judged to have made an outstanding contribution to entomology in Canada, and who received their PhD within the preceding 12 years.
Boyd Mori completed his PhD under the supervision of Maya Evenden in 2014 at the University of Alberta. Following stints at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Washington State University, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Saskatoon, he was recruited back to the University of Alberta in 2019 as an assistant professor, where he holds an NSERC Industrial Research Chair in agricultural entomology. Dr Mori has 32 refereed publications, including 17 as first or corresponding author, focusing on the chemical ecology and integrated pest management of clover, fruit, canola, wheat, and quinoa pests.
Dr Mori is a strong proponent of entomological teaching and research to help train the next generation of entomologists and agricultural scientists. He has mentored graduate students at SLU, the University of Guelph, University of Saskatchewan, and the University of Alberta. At the University of Alberta, Dr Mori was recently recognized for his teaching with two student and staff-nominated teaching awards. He is known for his engaging scientific and extension presentations and is a two-time winner of the ESC’s President’s Prize for student presentations.
Dr Mori has held multiple service roles, including participation on the ESC’s Student and Early Professional Affairs Committee, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, and Membership Committee, as a Regional Director and a Student Representative to the ESC, and as (currently) vice president of the Entomological Society of Alberta.
Internationally, Dr Mori has been recognized for his contributions to entomology by the International Branch of the Entomological Society of America (Early Career Research and Leadership Award, 2018) and the Royal Entomological Society (Fellow, 2022).
Previous Winners
1975 R.P. Bodnaryk
1976 B.S. Heming
1977 J.H. Borden
1978 S.B. Mciver
1979 J.N. Mcneil
1980 H.V. Danks
1981 G.H. Gerber
1982 S.S. Tobe
1983 No Award
1984 No Award
1985 M.L. Winston
1986 No Award
1987 No Award
1988 G. Boivin
1989 S.A. Marshall
1990 B. Roitberg
1976 B.S. Heming
1977 J.H. Borden
1978 S.B. Mciver
1979 J.N. Mcneil
1980 H.V. Danks
1981 G.H. Gerber
1982 S.S. Tobe
1983 No Award
1984 No Award
1985 M.L. Winston
1986 No Award
1987 No Award
1988 G. Boivin
1989 S.A. Marshall
1990 B. Roitberg
1991 M. Isman
1992 D.L. Johnson
1993 S.M. Smith
1994 D.T.W. Quiring
1995 D. Langor
1996 T.J. Lysyk
1997 J. Brodeur
1998 No Award
1999 T. Wheeler
2000 K.D. Floate
2001 R.S. Bourchier
2002 No Award
2003 H. Proctor
2004 No Award
2005 D. Hegedus
2006 C. Buddle
1992 D.L. Johnson
1993 S.M. Smith
1994 D.T.W. Quiring
1995 D. Langor
1996 T.J. Lysyk
1997 J. Brodeur
1998 No Award
1999 T. Wheeler
2000 K.D. Floate
2001 R.S. Bourchier
2002 No Award
2003 H. Proctor
2004 No Award
2005 D. Hegedus
2006 C. Buddle
2007 M. Evenden
2008 No Award
2009 S. Van Laerhoven
2010 D. Huber
2011 K. Hillier
2012 B.J. Sinclair
2013 C. Cutler
2014 Patrice Bouchard
2015 Cory Sheffield
2016 Amro Zayed
2017 Tara Gariepy
2018 Rob Johns
2019 Zoe Lindo
2020 No Award
2021 Sheila Colla
2022 Paul Abram
2008 No Award
2009 S. Van Laerhoven
2010 D. Huber
2011 K. Hillier
2012 B.J. Sinclair
2013 C. Cutler
2014 Patrice Bouchard
2015 Cory Sheffield
2016 Amro Zayed
2017 Tara Gariepy
2018 Rob Johns
2019 Zoe Lindo
2020 No Award
2021 Sheila Colla
2022 Paul Abram
Rules
The C. Gordon Hewitt Award (referred to hereafter as the Hewitt Medal) shall be awarded annually by the Society, save when the Achievement Awards Committee or the Governing Board deem that no awards should be made.
Nominees for the C. Gordon Hewitt Award must have successfully defended their doctoral thesis in the 12 years ending on December 31 of the year in which the Award is received. Parental, compassionate or medical leave is not counted as part of the 12-year period; however, such periods must be identified in the letter from the nominator.
The recipients shall be judged to have made an outstanding contribution to entomology in Canada on the basis, not only of demonstrated competence, but also of one or more of the following criteria:
- Superior research accomplishment, either as a single contribution or as a series of associated endeavours, which may be in either entomology per se or a related field in which the results obtained are of great consequence for entomology in Canada;
- Meritorious contribution to entomological scholarship or literature, whether or not this be based upon the recipient’s own original research, and whether or not it be based upon predominantly Canadian material, providing that the contribution be identifiably Canadian in origin;
- Dedicated and fruitful service in the field of entomological education in Canada;
- Unusually valuable practical application of scientific or technological expertise to the credit of entomology in Canada;
- Special contributions in the fields of advisory, extension, industrial, or public relations work in or to the credit of entomology in Canada.
- Administrative activities leading to the achievements of others or to general advances in the science or prestige of entomology in Canada;
- Long and meritorious service to the Society, or to an Affiliate.
No more than one Hewitt Award shall be awarded each year, but, where circumstances warrant, more than one individual may be cited in connection with a single Award.
Recipients of the Awards need not be members of the Society, nor need they be domiciled in Canada, providing that their contribution be judged to have, or to have had, major impact on entomology in Canada.
The Award may be made on more than one occasion to the same individual or group of individuals, but only for distinctly different contributions to entomology in Canada.
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