The recipient of the CAIMS Arthur Beaumont Distinguished Service Award for 2016 is Prof. Sharene Bungay from the Department of Computer Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland, for her outstanding service to CAIMS as a Board Member from July 2009 to June 2011, CAIMS Secretary from July 2011 to June 2015 and Co-Chair of the CAIMS Annual Meeting in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in 2010.