To encourage students in their effort toward excellence, in 1996 the Society instituted a prize for the best student presentation at the annual meeting. Originally there were two prizes of $200 each: both awarded by the Board Of Directors. Now there are more prizes. The Board awards pairs of prizes. In each pair one is for the best poster and one is for the best oral presentation. In addition the Graduate Students’ Council (the GSC) awards two such pairs of awards.
Recipients to date have been:
| 2024 | Oral (Winner) [Board] | Felix Thiel | Queen’s University |
| 2024 | Oral (Honourable Mention) [Board] | Raelyn Sullivan | University of British Columbia |
| 2024 | Oral (Honourable Mention) [Board] | Blake Ledger | McMaster University |
| 2024 | Oral (Honourable Mention) [Board] | Margaret Ridder | University of Alberta |
| 2024 | Oral (Honourable Mention) [Board] | Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier | McMaster University |
| 2024 | Poster (Winner) [Board] | Jennifer Laing | McMaster University |
| 2024 | Poster (Runner Up) [Board] | Ayush Pandhi | University of Toronto |
| 2024 | Oral (Winner) [GSC] | Darshak Patel | University of Waterloo |
| 2024 | Oral (Winner) [GSC] | Michael Radica | Université de Montréal |
| 2024 | Poster (Winner) [GSC] | Padraic Odesse | McMaster University |
| 2024 | Poster (Winner) [GSC] | Emma Jarvis | University of Toronto |
| 2023 | Oral (Winner) [Board] | Stefan Pelletier | Université de Montréal |
| 2023 | Oral (Winner) [Board] | Demet Kirmizibayrak | UBC |
| 2023 | Poster (Winner) [Board] | Xiaoyi Ma | University of Toronto |
| 2023 | Poster (Runner Up) [Board] | Alice Curtin | MGill University |
| 2023 | Poster (Runner Up) [Board] | Alan Knee | UBC |
| 2023 | Oral (Winner) [GSC] | Alice Curtin | McGill University |
| 2023 | Oral (Winner) [GSC] | Veronika Dornan | McMaster University |
| 2023 | Poster (Winner) [GSC] | Lauren Foster | McMaster University |
| 2023 | Poster (Winner) [GSC] | Kate Hartman | McMaster University |
| 2018 – 2022 | Unavailable | ||
| 2017 | Oral | Gwendolyn Eadie & Anna Ordog (tie) | McMaster University & University of Calgary |
| 2017 | Poster | Megan Tannock | Western University |
| 2016 | Oral | Fraser Evans | McMaster University |
| 2016 | Poster | Nicholas Fantin | Queen’s University |
| 2015 | Oral | Paolo Turri | University of Victoria |
| 2015 | Poster | Alexandre Fortier | Université de Montréal |
| 2014 | Oral | Alexandre Alarie | Université Laval |
| 2014 | Poster | Cynthia Genest-Beaulieu | Université de Montréal |
| 2013 | Oral | Yashar Hezaveh | McGill University |
| 2013 | Poster | Arash Bahramian | University of Alberta |
| 2012 | Oral | Annie Hou | McMaster University |
| 2012 | Poster | Megan Engel | University of Alberta |
| 2011 | Oral | Tara Parkin | McMaster University |
| 2011 | Poster | Rachel Ward | McMaster University |
| 2011 | Honourable Mention | Patrick Rogers | McMaster University |
| 2011 | Honourable Mention | Jesse Rogerson | York University |
| 2011 | Honourable Mention | Brendan Sinnott | McMaster University |
| 2010 | Oral | Lisa Glass | University of Victoria |
| 2010 | Poster | Michael Palmer | Saint Mary’s University |
| 2009 | Oral | Anne Archibald | McGill University |
| 2009 | Poster | Sandie Bouchard | Université de Montréal |
| 2009 | Honourable Mention | Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay | Université de Montréal |
| 2009 | Honourable Mention | Sarah Nickerson | McMaster University |
| 2008 | Oral | Gurtina Besla | Harvard University |
| 2008 | Poster | Sarah Malek | University of Western Ontario |
| 2007 | Oral | Wesley Fraser | University of Victoria |
| 2007 | Poster | Meghan McGill | University of Western Ontario |
| 2006 | Oral | Alexandra Pope | University of British Columbia |
| 2006 | Poster | Chris Cameron | University of British Columbia |
| 2005 | Oral | Soko Matsumura | McMaster University |
| 2005 | Poster | Douglas McNeil | Queen’s University |
| 2004 | Oral | Douglas McNeil | Queen’s University |
| 2004 | Poster | Margaret Milne | University of Victoria |
| 2004 | Oral (radio) | Kevin Douglas | University of Calgary |
| 2004 | Poster (radio) | Margaret Livingstone | McGill University |
| 2003 | Oral | Jasonjot Kalirai | University of British Columbia |
| 2003 | Poster | Chris Cameron | University of British Columbia |
| 2002 | Oral | Ryan Ransom | York University |
| 2002 | Poster | Jasonjot Kalirai | University of British Columbia |
| 2001 | Oral | Brenda Matthews | McMaster University |
| 2001 | Poster | Bruno Letarte | Université de Montréal |
| 2000 | Oral | Glen Petitpas | McMaster University |
| 2000 | Poster | Jasonjot Kalirai | University of British Columbia |
| 1999 | Oral | Steve Shorlin | University of Western Ontario |
| 1999 | Poster | Glen Petitpas | McMaster University |
| 1998 | Oral | Sébastien Lépine | Université de Montréal |
| 1998 | Poster | Mario Lelièvre | Université Laval |
| 1997 | Francois Chagnon | University of British Columbia | |
| 1996 | Brenda Matthews | University of Calgary |