To Robie W. Macdonald for major contributions toward understanding the pathways and interactions of contaminant chemistry in Canadian waters and specifically for his role as lead-author in the paper "Contaminants in the Canadian Arctic: 5 years of progress in understanding sources, occurrence and pathways" published in 2000 in The Science of the Total Environment, 254, pp. 93-234.

To Francis W. Zwiers for outstanding contributions in the field of statistical climatology, including the application of statistical methods to climate change detection and attribution, and specifically for his highly praised book with co-author Dr. Hans von Storch entitled "Statistical Analysis in Climate Research" published in 1999 by Cambridge University Press.

To Aldo Bellon for outstanding theoretical and operational contributions in the field of radar meteorology, and for his pioneering development and application of operational software and products for radar-based nowcasting systems.

To Adam H. Monahan for outstanding contributions to climate research through his highly rated doctoral thesis on "Nonlinear principal component analysis of climate data" and for publication of numerous first-author papers on climate variability.

To Stephen Déry for his outstanding doctoral thesis on "The role of blowing snow in the hydrometeorology of the Mackenzie River Basin" and his original and innovative contributions to the hydrometeorology of blowing snow and blizzards.

To Christopher (Chris) Wielki, University of Alberta

To Julie Sheremeto, York University
 

R. Ambury Stuart for innovative research and software development in the field of climate data analysis and applications including climate change impact studies and for leadership to the meteorological private sector in Canada.