CIA President’s Award
Established in 1998, the CIA President’s Award recognizes individuals who have made a significant impact on actuarial practice in Canada. Recipients are selected by the CIA President for their passion, their dedication to the actuarial profession and their commitment to the CIA’s vision of financial security for all Canadians.
2026 recipient
The 2026 President’s Award was presented to Michel St-Germain in recognition of his sustained impact on pension policy and actuarial practice in Canada.
Over a 40-year career in pension consulting, Michel has earned wide respect for his technical expertise and sound judgment, influencing pension plan sponsors, regulators and policymakers in shaping Canada’s retirement systems.
His contributions include decades of volunteer service with the CIA, where he has played a key role in advancing pension policy and regulatory approaches. Known for his persistence and long-term perspective, he has helped drive meaningful progress on complex public-policy issues.
Michel served as CIA President in 2020-21, guiding the Institute and its members through the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. His work reflects a strong commitment to the public interest and to strengthening the profession’s impact in Canada.
President’s Award Recipients
| 2026 | Michel St-Germain |
| 2025 | Michel Simard |
| 2023 | Steve Bocking, Marie-Andrée Boucher, Sarah Chevalier, Simon Guénette, Satnam MacLean, Cynthia Potts, Les Rehbeli |
| 2022 | André Choquet, Gaetano Geretto, Catherine Jacques-Brissette, Karen Lockridge |
| 2021 | Claude Castonguay (posthumously) |
| 2020 | Yvon Charest |
| 2019 | Jean-Claude Ménard |
| 2018 | David Hart |
| 2017 | Jacques Tremblay, Lynn Blackburn |
| 2016 | Brian Burnell |
| 2015 | Robert Brown, Jim Christie, Micheline Dionne, Michael Hale, A. David Pelletier, Nancy Yake |
| 2012 | Nicholas Bauer |
| 2007 | Jean-Louis Massé |
| 2006 | Allan Brender |
| 2005 | Claude Lamoureux |
| 2004 | Rick Neugebauer |
| 2003 | Kenneth Clark, James Paterson |
| 2002 | Yves Guérard |
| 2001 | Hugh White |
| 2000 | Morris Chambers |
| 1999 | Rob Dowsett |
| 1998 | Paul McCrossan |