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The
Manning Innovation Awards
are awarded by the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation to recognize and encourage
innovation
in Canada. By means of a nomination, Canadian resident citizens, who have demonstrated recent innovative talent in developing and successfully marketing a new concept, process or procedure, may be eligible for a Principal Award ($100,000), Award of Distinction ($25,000), or Innovation Award (2 at $10,000).
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The Manning Innovation Awards have been granted since 1982. The awards were the idea of David Mitchell, former
CEO
of
Alberta Energy Company
(a predecessor of the company now called
Encana
). The awards are named for former Alberta Premier
Ernest Manning
. As of 2012, almost 250 people have received Manning Awards
[2]
and almost $4,500,000
[
citation needed
]
has been awarded
[3]
[4]
Since 1992, the foundation has also handed out the Young Canadian Innovation Awards, honoring exceptional student projects from the
Canada-Wide Science Fair
.
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The first winner of the Principal Award in 1982 was
Phil Gold
for his discovery of
carcinoembryonic antigen
, now widely used for cancer blood testing. Other notable winners include cardiology researcher
Adolfo J. de Bold
(1986) for his discovery of the heart hormone
atrial natriuretic peptide
(ANP); endocrinologist
Jean Dussault
(1988) for developing a test for
congenital hypothyroidism
; biologist
Yoshio Masui
(1990) for work on
cell division
; physicist
Kenneth O. Hill
(1995) for his work on
photosensitivity
in
optical fiber
; engineer
James McEwen
(1997), inventor of the
microprocessor
-controlled
automatic tourniquet system
for surgeries; and educational technologist
Murray Goldberg
(2004) for his development of the
WebCT
course management system.
The Young Canadian Award Program
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The Young Canadian Program, introduced in 1992, recognizes eight innovative projects selected by a team of judges at the annual
Canada-Wide Science Fair
. Each project receives $500, which is presented at the Science Fair award ceremonies. A further judging process then selects four projects from the eight to receive $4,000 Manning Young Canadian Innovation Awards at the annual awards dinner.
References
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- ^
"Manning Innovation Awards"
.
marsdd.com
. 2011.
- ^
Lee Rickwood,
"No limits on Manning Awards for tech innovation"
,
Calgary Herald
, October 30, 2012.
- ^
Bill Kaufman,
"Late Calgary oilman mourned"
,
Calgary Sun
, August 17, 2010.
- ^
"Manning Awards head to Toronto"
,
Toronto Star
, September 12, 2007.
- ^
Gwyn Morgan, "Manning Award Laureates on the Cutting Edge",
The Globe and Mail
, February 8, 2010. Copy available
here
.
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