Celebrating the 2025 AMS History of Healthcare Award Recipients

AMS Healthcare is delighted to recognize the eight scholars awarded in 2025 through our Research Grants, Doctoral Research Awards, and Post-Doctoral Fellowships. Together, they represent the next generation of leaders advancing Canada’s understanding of the history of health, disease, and medicine.

Since 2015, more than 80 historians have been supported through this program, which invests in both emerging and established voices. This year’s awards—Post-Doctoral Fellowships ($70,000), Doctoral Research Awards ($25,000), and Project Grants (up to $20,000)—provide the resources needed to pursue original scholarship, expand teaching, and engage the public in conversations about the history of healthcare.

The 2025 recipients were selected by an external expert panel for the quality, innovation, and impact of their proposals. Their projects promise to generate new insights into the forces that have shaped healthcare in Canada, while offering perspectives that remain deeply relevant to today’s challenges.

For more than five decades, AMS has been proud to champion this important field, working with partners to broaden research, amplify public engagement, and ensure the history of healthcare continues to inform policy and practice.

Looking ahead, applications for the 2026 awards will open on January 14, 2026, with over $500,000 in funding available. Learn more about the program here