Honours And Awards

The CNS and CNA jointly recognize outstanding contributions within the Canadian nuclear industry, and the Canadian nuclear research and academic communities, through several honours and awards.

The CNS and CNA would like to congratulate the 2025 Canadian Nuclear Achievement Awards recipients. The awards were presented during the 2025 CNS Annual Conference in Toronto, Ontario.

2026 CNS/CNA Honours and Awards Committee

Kamal Verma – Chair / Présidente

Ujjal Mondal – Co-Chair

Mohamed Younis – Co-Chair

Daniel Gammage

Natalie Cuttler (CNA)

Mohinder Grover

Guy Hotte

Derek Mullin

Ovidiu Nainer

Robert Walker

Doddy Kastanya

Aman Usmani

William (Bill) Kupferschmidt

For questions/queries, please contact:

Honours & Awards Chair: Kamal Verma (kdngverma@gmail.com)

Honours & Awards Co-Chair: Ujjal Mondal (Ujjal@rogers.com)

Honours & Awards Co-Chair: Mohamed Younis (mhyounis2018@gmail.com)

Submissions of Nominations

The Call for Nominations for the 2026 Canadian Nuclear Achievement Awards is now open.

This year’s recipients will be announced during the 45^th CNS Annual Conference to be held in Calgary, Alberta from June 14-17, 2026.

The deadline for submissions of nominations is March 13, 2026

Nominations for all of the above awards will be reviewed by the joint CNS/CNA Honours and Awards Committee.

Call for Nominations – for information related to the categories of awards and eligiblity criteria, please use the following document.

Any questions should be sent to: Kamal Verma (kdngverma@gmail.com), Ujjal Mondal (Ujjal@rogers.com) and Mohamed Younis (mhyounis2018@gmail.com)

This year the nomination package is to be completed online.

Click here to Submit your Nomination for 2026

Canadian Nuclear Achievement Awards Past Winners and Photos

The CNS and CNA would like to congratulate the Canadian Nuclear Achievement Awards recipients.

Official press release honouring the 2025 recipients, along with their citations, please click here.
Official press release honouring the 2024 recipients, along with their citations, please click here.
Official press release honouring the 2023 recipients, along with their citations, please click here.
Official press release honouring the 2022 recipients, along with their citations, please click here.
Official press release honouring the 2021 recipients, along with their citations, please click here.
Official press release honouring the 2020 recipients, along with their citations, please click here.