| 2023 | Alanis Obomsawin | ||
| 2021 | André Singer | ||
| 2019 | Kim Longinotto | ||
| 2017 | Hugh Brody | ||
| 2015 | Jean Lydall | ||
| 2013 | David MacDougall | ||
| 2011 | Dai Vaughan | ||
| 2009 | Asen Balikci | ||
| 2007 | Colin Young | (Occasion of 1st Colin Young Lecture) | |
| 2004 | John Marshall | ||
| 1992 | Brian Moser | ||
| 1992 | Timothy Ash | ||
| 1990 | Ian Dunlop | ||