Canadian Society of Zoologists
Parasitism, Immunity & Environment
(PIE Section)
Description
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 fields of study promoted by the PIE Section.
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"Canadian-based research" is understood to be research done by a Canadian, and/or research conducted in Canada.
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"Outstanding contribution" is understood normally to have been on that has had significant cumulative impact on the field over an extended period. However, it may be interpreted as a single highly meritorious breakthrough.
Robert Arnold Wardle
THE WARDLE AWARD
The deadline is October 1st 2023 for the 2023 R.A. Wardle Award
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The Selection Committee for the 2023 R.A. Wardle Award as per the Award Terms of Reference:
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Chair/Coordinator of Recognition Committee: Emily Jenkins (University of Saskatchewan) emily.jenkins@usask.ca
46th Recipient: Kayla King (University of Oxford)
45nd Recipient: Shelley Adamo (Dalhousie University)
44th Recipient: Cameron Goater (University of Lethbridge)
RECIPIENTS OF THE WARDLE AWARD
44th Recipient
Dr. Cameron Goater
University of Lethbridge
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Wardle Lecture Title:
Fascination with Manipulation: A Zoologist’s March with the Zombie Ants
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Windsor University
May 2019
43rd Recipient
Dr. John Gilleard
University of Calgary
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Wardle Lecture Title:
Exploring the molecular genetics of drug resistance in parasitic nematodes
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Memorial University
May 2018
42nd Recipient
Dr. Carl Lowenberger
Simon Fraser University
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Wardle Lecture Title:
In the belly of the Beast: What factors determine which insect vectors transmit which parasites? The journey continues...
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University of Manitoba
May 18, 2017
41st Recipient
Martin Olivier
McGill University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Trekking in Host-Parasite Interaction: An Exciting Journey... / Marche Parmi les interactions Hôtes-Parasites : Un Voyage Remplit d'Extase..."
London, Ontario
May 2016
40th Recipient
Brian Dixon
University of Waterloo
Wardle Lecture Title:
"From Parasites to Immunity and the Environment and Back Again / Aller des parasites à l'immunité et à l'environnement, et s'en revenir"
Calgary, Alberta
May 2015
39th Recipient
Mark R. Forbes
Carleton University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Through the looking glass and beyond: Studies of parasitism, immunity and ecology of dragonflies."
Montreal, Quebec
May 2014
Photo: Janet Koprivnikar (L) introduced Mark Forbes (C), and Brian Dixon, Chair of the PIE Section presented the award.
38th Recipient
Derek M. McKay
University of Calgary
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Health lessons from the study of host-parasite interactions / Les lessons sur la santé tirées de l'étude des interactions hôtes-parasites"
May 2013
Photo: (L-R) Spencer Greenwood, Chair of the PIE Section, Derek McKay, Mike Belosevic.
37th Recipient
Allen W. Shostak
University of Alberta
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Enchanted by the 'charasmatic microfauna' / Séduit par la « microfaune charismatique »"
May 2012
Photo: (L-R) Dave Marcogliese, Al Shostak, Lucy Lee (Chair of PIE Section).
36th Recipient
J. Daniel McLaughlin
Concordia University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Digenea, Diverstiy and DNA / Digenea, diversité et ADN."
May 2011
Photo: L - Todd Smith, Chair of Parasitology Section, R - Dan McLaughlin)
Photo: Mick Burt introduces Dan McLaughlin.
35th Recipient
David Marcogliese
Environment Canada
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Parasites: Problematic pests or beneficial bioindicators? Perspectives from a parasitologist's life cycle"
Toronto, Ontario
May 2009
Photo: (L-R) Dan McLaughlin (introducer), Dave Marcogliese, Al Shostak (Section Chair), Michael Cardinal-Aucoin (Special Presentation)
Photo: Following the Wardle Lecture, Michael Cardinal-Aucoin sand an original song, "An Atlas of Parasitology", composed in honour of the occasion.
34th Recipient
Andre Buret
University of Calgary
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Giardia: From mechanisms of disease to novel therapeutic strategies for gut health."
Halifax, Nova Scotia
May 2008
Photo: Dr. Buret (L) receives the award from Dr. Shostak.
33rd Recipient
Robert Poulin
University of Otago
Wardle Lecture Title:
"The evolution of parasite lfie cycles and of one man's career: going full circle!"
Montreal, Quebec
May 2007
Photo: Dr. Poulin (L) receives the award from Dr. Faubert.
32nd Recipient
Marilyn E. Scott
McGill University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Host-parasite population dynamics - a taste of genes, diet, sex and drugs."
Edmonton, Alberta
May 2006
Photo: Dr. McLaughlin presents the awards to Dr. Scott.
31st Recipient
Kris Chadee
McGill University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Do we really know how Entamoeba histolytica invades the gut?"
Kingston, Ontario
May 2005
Photo: Dr. Colwell (L) presents the award to Dr. Chadee.
30th Recipient
Terry W. Pearson
University of Victoria
Wardle Lecture Title:
"One hundred years of sleeping sickness - the long journey of the African trypanosome."
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
May 2004
Photo: Dr. Pearson (L) receives the award from Dr. Colwell.
29th Recipient
Albert O. Bush
Brandon University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Parasitologists, parasites and parasitism."
Waterloo, Ontario
May 2003
28th Recipient
Miodrag Melosevic
University of Alberta
Wardle Lecture Title:
"How hosts respond to parasites."
Lethbridge, Alberta
May 2002
Photo: Dr. Belosevic after receiving the Wardle Medal and scroll.
27th Recipient
Daniel R. Brooks
University of Toronto
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Parasites, the Biodiversity Crisis and the Taxonomic Impediment"
Sudbury, Ontario
May 2001
26th Recipient
Mary A. Fernando
University of Guelph
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Alterations in the host cell induced by eimerian infections."
St. Andrews, New Brunswick
May 2000
Photo: (L-R) C. H. Fernando, Mary Fernando, John Barta (Chair of Section).
25th Recipient
Roger Prichard
McGill University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"At the mercy of the worms: Genetic diversity and antihelminthic resistance / À la merci des parasites: Diversité génétique et résistance anthelminthique."
Ottawa, Ontario
May 1999
Photo: Dr. Prichard receives the Wardle Scroll from Dr. Khan
Photo: Dr. Prichard receives the Wardle Medal from Dr. Anderson.
24th Recipient
Murray Lankester
Lakehead University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"They were the best of times and..."
Kelowna, British Columbia
May 1998
Photo: Dr. Murray Fallis (R) recipient of the first Wardle Award in 1975, presents the 1998 Wardle Medal to Dr. Lankester (C). Dr. Rasul Khan (L) presented Dr. Lankester with the Wardle scroll.
Photo: Dr. Rasul Khan (L), Chair of the Section, presents the Wardle Scroll to Dr. Lankester.
Photo: Mrs. Lankester, Dr. Khan, Dr. Lankester, Dr. Fallis, Dr. Prestwood, Dr. Annie Brestwood of University of Georgia introduced Dr. Lankester.
23rd Recipient
Dean Befus
University of Alberta
Wardle Lecture Title:
"From worms to allergic inflammation, neuroimmunology and wheeze."
London, Ontario
May 1997
Photo: Dr. Dean Befus receiving the 1997 Wardle Award. Dr. Mike Belosevic (r), Chair of the Section, introduced Dr. Befus and presented the award.
22nd Recipient
R. A. Khan
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Marine parasites as biomarkers: fact or fiction."
St. John's Newfoundland
May 1996
Photo: Dr. Rasul A. Khan (R) receiving the 1996 Wardle Award. Dr. Sherwin Desser (L) introduced Dr. Kahn. Dr. Susan Bower (C), Chair of the Section, presented the award.
21st Recipient
P. T. K. Woo
University of Guelph
Wardle Lecture Title:
"A tale of my two loves: Trypanosoma and Cryptobia."
Rimouski, Quebec
May 1995
Photo: Dr. Patrick Woo receiving the 1995 Wardle Award. Dr. Susan Bower (R) introduced Dr. Woo. Dr. Barbara MacKinnon (L), Chair of the Section, presented the award.
20th Recipient
M. Beverley-Burton
University of Guelph
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Worms and the Woman: the Nearctic immigrants."
Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 1994
Photo: Dr. Mary Beverley-Burton receiving the 1994 Wardle Award. Dr. John Webster (R) introduced Dr. Beverley-Burton. Dr. J. Richard Arthur (L), Chair of the Section, presented the award.
19th Recipient
H. Arai
University of Calgary
Wardle Lecture Title:
"The making of a parasitologist: a career revisited."
Guelph, Ontario
May 1993
18th Recipient
K. Wright
University of Toronto
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Nematodes - electron microscopy - frustration."
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
May 1992
17th Recipient
J. Webster
Simon Fraser University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Nematodes - the good, the bad, and the sylvan."
Thunder Bay, Ontario
May 1991
16th Recipient
S. S. Desser
University of Toronto
Wardle Lecture Title:
"And Mother Nature smiles."
Burnaby, British Columbia
May 1990
15th Recipient
G. F. Bennett
Memorial University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Avian blood parasites from an entomologist's perspective."
North York, Ontario
May 1989
14th Recipient
R. C. Anderson
University of Guelph
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Nematodes, how did they become parasitic?"
Halifax, Nova Scotia
May 1988
13th Recipient
G. Faubert
McGill University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Immunological aspects of the host-parasite relationship in giardiasis."
Montreal, Quebec
May 1987
12th Recipient
J. C. Holmes
University of Alberta
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Parasites and parasitologists: conforntation and cooperation."
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
May 1986
11th Recipient
M. D. B. Burt
University of New Brunswick
Wardle Lecture Title:
"the evolution of cestodes."
London, Ontario
June 1985
10th Recipient
D. Mettrick
University of Toronto
Wardle Lecture Title:
"An holistic approach to experimental parasitology."
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
May 1984
9th Recipient
T. K. R. Bourns
University of Western Ontario
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Transitions in zoology and how to transish."
Ottawa, Ontario
May 1983
8th Recipient
L. Margolis
Pacific Biological Station
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Pacific salmon and their parasites: a century of study?"
Vancouver, British Columbia
May 1982
7th Recipient
R. S. Freeman
University of Toronto
Wardle Lecture Title:
"How did tapeworms get that way?"
Waterloo, Ontario
May 1981
6th Recipient
H. E. Welch
University of Manitoba
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Entomorphic nematodes."
Banff, Alberta
May 1980
5th Recipient
E. Meerovitch
McGill University
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Trichinella - facts, speculations and possibilities."
Laval, Quebec
May 1979
4th Recipient
J. R. Adams
University of British Columbia
Wardle Lecture Title:
"The timing of parasitic transmission: What is the role of hormones?"
London, Ontario
May 1978
3rd Recipient
Z. Kabata
Pacific Biological Station
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Evolution and systematics of parasitic Copepoda."
Victoria, British Columbia
May 1977
2nd Recipient
G. Lubinsky
University of Manitoba
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Clones of metacestodes, hormones and cytostatic agents."
Regina, Saskatchewan,
June 1976
1st Recipient
A. M. Fallis
University of Toronto
Wardle Lecture Title:
"Is Socrates right?"
Guelph, Ontario
June 1975
Description
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 fields of study promoted by the PIE Section.
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"Canadian-based research" is understood to be research done by a Canadian, and/or research conducted in Canada.
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"Outstanding contribution" is understood normally to have been on that has had significant cumulative impact on the field over an extended period. However, it may be interpreted as a single highly meritorious breakthrough.
TERMS OF REFERENCE
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Etymology
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Named in honor of Robert Arnold Wardle.
Frequency
A maximum of one award per year. There is no obligation to make an award every year.
Eligibility
Any person who satisfies the Description may be nominated. A nominee is not required to be a member of the PIE Section or of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, although the Recognition Committee may consider membership status during their deliberations. No one shall receive the Wardle Award more than once.
Award
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The Awardee will receive a scroll and medal (the “Wardle Medal”)
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The Awardee shall present a lecture (the “Robert Arnold Wardle Invitational Lecture”) that normally will be given at the Annual Conference of the CSZ or other such meeting sanctioned by the PIE Section as may be promulgated to include this event
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The Wardle Award does not include a monetary prize, although the PIE Section may authorize a modest reimbursement of expenses to the Awardee the extent of which may be determined by Section finances
Application/Nomination Procedures
A complete nomination package should be sent electronically to the Chair of the Recognition Committee and shall include:
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A letter from the nominator (can be a self-nomination) that includes the rationale for the nomination and a statement that the nominee has agreed to present the Wardle Lecture if selected
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A curriculum vitae of the nominee
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At least three, but no more than 5, letters of support for the nomination. The chair may request, but is under no obligation to follow-up on letters that are not submitted by a given deadline (Chair will specify each year).
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An unsuccessful nomination may be resubmitted the following year with an update of the CV and the original letters of support; after that a new nomination package is required.
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Selection Procedure
The Award shall be adjudicated by the Wardle Award Committee of the PIE Section, which normally shall comprise a non-voting Chair (normally, the Vice-chair or Chair-elect of the PIE section) and three voting members who are recent Wardle Award recipients and who normally will serve a rotating 3-year term.
The Committee of the PIE Section shall seek nominations from the membership of the PIE Section but shall accept and consider all duly made nominations. The Committee shall evaluate all nominees fairly with respect to the spirit of these Terms. The Committee may adopt any procedures they deem appropriate to facilitate their deliberations.
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After due deliberations, the Committee shall attempt to come to a consensus, but in any case a majority vote shall prevail. The Committee shall forward the name of the recipient to the Chair of the PIE Section, normally at least 5 months prior to the date of the lecture, but at least 2 weeks before the announced time of the annual November/December meeting of CSZ Council. The Chair of the Section shall invite the successful candidate and inform unsuccessful candidates of the results.
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The Recognition Committee shall endeavor to have the name of a backup candidate ready for forwarding to the Chair of the Section in the event that the first candidate is not able to accept.
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The Chair of the Recognition Committee shall ensure that:
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Deliberations commence in a timely manner so as to leave adequate time for the selection process.
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A list of members of the PIE Section is available for Committee members. This list may be obtained from the Secretary of the CSZ.
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A list of previous Wardle award recipients is available for Committee members.
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The goals of the PIE Section are considered in their broad sense and are reinforced by the selection of the Awardee.
Nomination Deadline
Normally, October 1 each year. The Chair may accept late nominations but shall do so only if the Committee will have sufficient time to fairly evaluate nominations and reach a timely decision.