The 2010 Canada Gairdner Award recipients

L to R: His Excellency Governor General David Johnston, Dr. John Dirks  (President and Scientific Director of the Gairdner Foundation) and Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell (Chair, Gairdner Foundation Board)

L to R: Minister John Milloy, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities ; 2009 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Jack Szostak ; Minister Glen Murray, Ministry of Research and Innovation and President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of British Columbia, Stephen Toope

Opera Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian

Dr. Calvin Stiller, 2010 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award recipient receiving his award from His Excellency David Johnston.

L to R:  John Dirks, Calvin Stiller, His Excellency Governor General David Johnston and Lorne Tyrrell

His Excellency David Johnston meeting former Chair of the Gairdner Foundation, Henry Friesen.

Calvin Stiller (2010 Canada Gairdner Wightman Award recipient) with President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Alberta, Indira Samarasekera

L to R: Pierre Chambon (2010 Canada Gairdner International Award recipient) with President of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Alain Beaudet