{"id":279,"date":"2015-11-27T20:14:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T20:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/?page_id=279"},"modified":"2025-10-30T22:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:53:42","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Life Membership<\/strong>, 2022, The Wildlife Society, August.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ian McTaggart-Cowan Lifetime Achievement Award, 2025, Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society<\/li>\n<li>Stan Hodgkiss Canadian Outdoorsperson of the Year Award, 2023, Canadian Wildlife Federation<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Conservation Association Chair in Fisheries and Wildlife, 2022, 7-year renewal, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, March.<\/li>\n<li>Kristine Nordstrom Dedicated Service Award, 2022, Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society, March 17.<\/li>\n<li>J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Research, 2021, University of Alberta, Nov 18.<\/li>\n<li>Wilderness and Wildlife Defender\u2019s Award, 2019, Alberta Wilderness Association, Nov 23.<\/li>\n<li>Publication\u00a0of the Year Award (with Anne Loosen), 2019, Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society, March 16.<\/li>\n<li>Patron, American Society of Mammalogists, 2018, elected July 16.<\/li>\n<li>C. Hart Merriam Award, 2017, American Society of Mammalogists, 24 June.<\/li>\n<li>Special Recognition Service Award (with E Merrill), 2017, Alberta Chapter: The Wildlife Society, Lac la Biche, 11 March.<\/li>\n<li>Miroslaw Romanowski Medal, 2016, Royal Society of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, 18 November.<\/li>\n<li>ASTech Award, Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Science, 2014, Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Foundation.<\/li>\n<li>Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, Notified 2014 June; inducted 2014 November.<\/li>\n<li>President&#8217;s Award, 2014, Safari Club International.<\/li>\n<li>Emerald Award, 2013 Montane Research Program, Alberta, Edmonton.<\/li>\n<li>TWS Fellow, life-time award, 2012, The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.<\/li>\n<li>Best Wildlife Publication Award &#8220;Popular Category,&#8221; 2012, Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society.<\/li>\n<li>Killam Annual Professorship, 2011-12, University of Alberta.<\/li>\n<li>Publication of the Year Award, 2011, Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society.<\/li>\n<li>Award of Merit, 2010, Alberta Trappers Association.<\/li>\n<li>William Rowan Distinguished Service Award, 2008, The Wildlife Society.<\/li>\n<li>International Conservationist of the Year, 2007, Safari Club International Foundation, Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n<li>Erskine Fellowship, 1999, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand.<\/li>\n<li>Phi Kappa Phi, 1998, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.<\/li>\n<li>University Scholar Award, 1996, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.<\/li>\n<li>Chancellor&#8217;s Merit Award, 1996, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Scholar Award, 1994, Sigma Xi-University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chapter.<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Professorship, 1993, 1999 University of Wisconsin System, Madison.<\/li>\n<li>Vallier Chair of Ecology, 1993, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding Research Merit Award, 1993, College of Arts and Sciences, Univ. Wyoming.<\/li>\n<li>Fulbright Scholar to India, 1992, U.S. Educational Foundation in India, Bangalore.<\/li>\n<li>Senior Research Fellow, 1991-92, American Institute of Indian Studies, Bangalore.<\/li>\n<li>Kuehn Professorship Award, 1984-85, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wyoming.<\/li>\n<li>N.A.T.O. Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1982-83, National Science Foundation, Univ. Oxford, UK.<\/li>\n<li>Academy Exchange to Poland, 1982, National Academy of Sciences, Jagiellonian University.<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding Achievement Award, 1974, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life Membership, 2022, The Wildlife Society, August. &nbsp; Ian McTaggart-Cowan Lifetime Achievement Award, 2025, Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society Stan Hodgkiss Canadian Outdoorsperson of the Year Award, 2023, Canadian Wildlife Federation Alberta Conservation Association Chair in Fisheries and Wildlife,&hellip; <br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/awards\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-279","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1764,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions\/1764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/boyce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}