2008 SDH/SEMI Award for Outstanding Achievement
SDH/SEMI, the leading academic society in Canada in the field of digital humanities, has awarded its 2008 Award for Outstanding Achievement for Computing in the Arts and Humanities to Christian Vandendorpe of the Département de français at Université d’Ottawa. This award has been presented annually since 2003. Previous recipients include Willard McCarty, Jean-Claude Guédon, Ian Lancashire, Paul Fortier, Elaine Nardocchio, Susan Brown, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy of the Orlando Project and, most recently Jean-Guy Meunier. The award acknowledges those who have made a significant contribution to computing in the arts and humanities whether theoretical, applied, or in the area of community building. Vandendorpe was selected unanimously for his exceptional contributions to the field.