The Founders’ Award was established on CILT’s 10th Anniversary in 1995 to recognize the significant contribution of individuals who both exemplify and have advanced IL philosophy in the spirit of its founders.
Recipients of the Founders’ Award are:
| Jacques LeBlanc | 2024 |
| David C. Onley | 2023 |
| Meenu Sikand | 2022 |
| Donald Barrie | 2021 |
| Meghan Hines | 2020 |
| Ing Wong-Ward | 2019 |
| Cathy Samuelson | 2018 |
| Judi Fisher | 2017 |
| Fran Odette | 2016 |
| Susan DeLaurier | 2015 |
| Hazel Self | 2014 |
| Don Peuramaki and Bill McQueen | 2013 |
| Ian Parker | 2012 |
| Michael Mathieson | 2011 |
| Vic Willi | 2010 |
| Jane Staub | 2009 |
| Tracy Odell | 2008 |
| Marcia Rioux | 2007 |
| Catherine Frazee | 2006 |
| David Lepofsky | 2005 |
| Warner Clarke | 2004 |
| Audrey King | 2003 |
| Harry Beatty | 2002 |
| Judith Alexandra Snow | 2001 |
| Gary Woodill | 2000 |
| Traci Walters | 1999 |
| Frank Wagner | 1998 |
| Ron McInnes | 1997 |
| Karen Yoshida | 1996 |
| Sandra Carpenter | 1995 |
