Awards

The Government of Canada has honored a former ACQS President, Robert Schwartzwald, and a former editor of Québec Studies, Karen L. Gould, with the Governor General’s Award for International Canadian Studies.

The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States has awarded its highest honor, the Donner Medal, to former ACQS executive board members Mary Jean Green, Richard Beach†, Jeanne Kissner†, and Karen L. Gould, and to ACQS member Myrna Delson-Karan†.

The International Council for Canadian Studies presented its Certificate of Merit to former ACQS executive board member and Québec Studies editor Jane Moss.

The Conseil supérieur de la langue française has named former Québec Studies editor Marc V. Levine, ACQS members Myrna Delson-Karan†, Ginette Adamson, and Samia Spencer, and former ACQS executive board member and Québec Studies editor Jane Moss to the Ordre des francophones d’Amérique.

The Conseil supérieur de la langue française has also awarded the Prix du 3-Juillet-1608 to the American Council for Québec Studies in 2005 for exemplary contributions to expanding awareness of North American French language and culture. The prize came with a sculpture entitled “Semis” by artist Sylvia Safdie that is currently on display at the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine.

Prix d’excellence en études québécoises

The Prix d’excellence en études québécoises (known as the Prix du Québec until 2022) honors US based non-Canadian scholars for outstanding scholarship and service in the area of Québec studies. The award is made by the ACQS executive board in consultation with the Government of Québec at the Biennial Conference of the ACQS.

Past Winners:

• • Dr. Jeanne Kissner† – 1994
    Dr. Robert Gill – 1996
    Dr. Martin Lubin – 1998
    Dr. Mary Jean Green – 2000
    Dr. Jane Moss – 2002
    Dr. Joseph LeMay – 2004
    Dr. Émile J. Talbot† – 2006
    Dr. Robert K. Whelan – 2008
    Dr. Roseanna L. Dufault – 2010
    Dr. Leslie Choquette – 2012
    Dr. Patrick Coleman – 2014
  • Dr. Kevin J. Christiano – 2016
  • Dr. Miléna Santoro – 2018
  • Dr. David Massell – 2022
  • Dr. Amy J. Ransom – 2024

Distinguished Service Award

The Distinguished Service Award is given periodically to an individual for meritorious contributions to the field of Québec studies. The award is not restricted by citizenship or academic affiliation. The award is made by the ACQS executive board.

Past Winners:

• • Dr. Robert Schwartzwald – 2006
    Dr. Raymond J. Pelletier† – 2012
    Dr. Samuel Fisher – 2014
    Dr. Jane Moss – 2018
    Dr. Amy B. Reid – 2022
    Dr. Charles R. Batson – 2024
    Dr. Mark P. Richard – 2024