CNS-SCN Fellows

“CNS-SCN Fellow” is an exclusive professional distinction that recognizes exceptional service to both the Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) as well as the broader nutrition profession, both within Canada and globally. The CNS-SCN Fellow designation is an honour bestowed upon a CNS member by their peers in recognition for outstanding contributions to nutrition science and/or practice. 

2025 Fellows

Harold Aukema, PhD
Professor, University of Manitoba
St Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
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Guylaine Ferland, PhD
Professor, Université de Montréal
Montreal Heart Institute Research Centre
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Dan Ramdath, PhD
Associate Director, Guelph Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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2024 Fellows

Alison M. Duncan, PhD, RD, FDC
Professor
Human Health & Nutritional Sciences
University of Guelph
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Rhona Hanning, PhD, FDC
Professor Emeritus
School of Public Health Sciences
University of Waterloo
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Benoît Lamarche, PhD, FAHA
Professor
School of Nutrition
Université Laval
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William Yan, PhD
Scientist Emeritus, Health Products and Food Branch
Health Canada
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2023 Fellows

Johane Allard, FRCPC, MD 
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute
Toronto General Hospital
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James D. House, Ph.D

Professor
Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences                                                                     
University of Manitoba

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Deborah O'Connor, PhD, RD
Earle W. McHenry Professor and Chair
Department of Nutritional Sciences                                                                      
University of Toronto
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Angelo Tremblay, PhD
Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Université Laval
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2022 Fellows

Stephanie Ann Atkinson, PhD, DSc (honoris causa), FCAHS, FASN 
Professor 
Department of Pediatrics
McMaster University
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Catherine Field, RD, PhD
Professor
Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science
University of Alberta
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David W.L. Ma, PhD
Professor and Director
Guelph Family Health Study
University of Guelph
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Susan Whiting, PhD
Distinguished Professor Emerita, Nutrition
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
University of Saskatchewan
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2021 Fellows

Robert Bertolo, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Margaret E Brosnan, PhD
Professor Emerita
Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Valerie Tarasuk, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto
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2020 Fellows

Harvey Anderson, PhD
Professor, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Physiology
University of Toronto
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Tom Clandinin, PhD
Professor Emeritus
University of Alberta
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Terry Graham, PhD
Professor Emeritus
College of Biological Science
University of Guelph
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Leah Gramlich, MD, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Alberta
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Khush Jeejeebhoy , PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto
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David Jenkins, MD, PhD, DSc
Professor, Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine
University of Toronto
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Mary L’Abbé , PhD
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto
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Michael McBurney, PhD
Adjunct Professor
College of Biological Science
University of Guelph
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Janis Randall Simpson, PhD
Professor Emerita, Department of Family Relations & Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph
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Claude Roy, MD (posthumous)
Professor Emeritus, Université de Montréal / Gastroenterologist, CHU Sainte-Justine
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