The Canadian Award in Telecommunications recognizes distinguished contributions made by an individual in Canada to research in the field of telecommunications and related areas. The award is normally made every two years at the Biennial Symposium on Communications (held at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario), or at the Canadian Workshop on Information Theory. The recipient of the award is chosen by a committee, based on nominations from individual researchers.

Past recipients of the Canadian Awards in Telecommunication research have been:

Year	aaaa	Recipient's Name
2004		Tho Le-Ngoc, McGill University “For significant contributions to satellite and terrestrial wireless communications” Award Announcement The Award will be presented at the Twenty-Second Biennial Symposium on Communications being held in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, June 1 - 3, 2004. The 2004 selection committee were: Professor En-hui Yang, (Chair), University of Waterloo Professors John Cartledge, Queen's University Professor Jon Mark, University of Waterloo Professor Vijay Bhargava, University of British Columbia Award Ceremony Videos (pop-up windows, requires Windows Media Player installed): Part 1 - Intorduction: Play 500k (high quality) Part 2 - Technical talk: Play 500k (high quality)
2003		Pas S. Pasupathy, University of Toronto The 2003 selection committee were: Professor C. N. Georghiades (Chair), Texas A&M University Professors I. F. Blake, University of Toronto Professor H. T. Mouftah, Queen's University Professor N. D. Georganas, University of Ottawa Award Ceremony Picture Gallery (opens in a new window) Award Ceremony Videos (pop-up windows, requires Windows Media Player installed): Part 1 - Award Presentation: Play 100k (low quality) / Play 300k (high quality) Part 2 - Dr Pasupathy's technical talk: Play 100k (low quality) / Play 300k (high quality)
2000		Jon W. Mark, University of Waterloo The 2000 selection committee were: Professors F. Alajaji (Chair), Queen's University Professors V. Bhargava, University of Victoria Professors S. Blostein, Queen's University Professors J. F. Hayes, Concordia University
1999		Ian F. Blake, University of Toronto The 1999 selection committee were: Professors Frank Kschischang (Chair), University of Toronto
1996		Jeremiah F. Hayes, Concordia University
1994		Lorne L. Campbell, Queen's University
1992		Simon Haykin, McMaster University
1990		R. de Buda (deceased), McMaster University	Photo courtesy of Pas S. Pasupathy

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