Recognition and distinctions

Lucille Teasdale's work has not gone unnoticed in Canada, as many people have put forward her name to honour her in different manners. Dr. Lucille was also recognized in Italy, as was her husband Piero Corti.

Honours reflected in the toponymy and in institutions

• Lucille-Teasdale Park, Montréal, QC (1999)

• Lucille-Teasdale Park, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC

• Lucille-Teasdale Boulevard, Terrebonne (Lachenaie), QC

• Lucille-Teasdale Street, Québec, QC (2006)

• Lucille-Teasdale Street, Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, QC

• École secondaire Lucille-Teasdale du Centre de Services Scolaires des Milles-Îles, Blainville, QC (2001)

• École internationale Lucille-Teasdale | Une école de la commission scolaire Marie-Victorin, Brossard, QC (2013)

• École primaire | Lucille-Teasdale | Centre de Services Scolaires de Montréal, Montréal (Côte-des-Neiges Ward), QC

• Centre Intégré de Santé et des Services Sociaux Lucille-Teasdale, Montréal, QC, which has a foundation unrelated to the Teasdale-Corti Foundation

Prizes and distinctions

• Missione del Medico - Angelo De Gasperis Prize from Milan's Carlo Erba Foundation (1972)

• Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by decree of the President (1981)

• Premio della Bontà Notte di Natale Angelo Motta Prize from the Pro Juventute Don Gnocchi Foundation in Milan (1983)

• Ambrogino d’Oro Prize from the municipality of Milan (1984)

• Paul Harris Fellow recognition from the Italian Rotary International Club (1986)

• Sasakawa Health Prize of the World Health Organisation (1986)

• Frederick Newton Gisborn Starr Prize from the Canadian Medical Association (1987)

• Award from the Italian chapter of the International Medical Women Association (1990)

• Order of Canada, as a member (1991)

• Cuore Amico Prize from Italy (1993)

• Appointed Honorary Consultant by Uganda's Ministry of Health and Makerere University's senate (1995)

• Ordre national du Québec, as a grand officer (1995)

• Prix d’Excellence pour la Cause Africaine from CICA New York (1995)

• Velan Prize from the Montreal Rotary Club (1995)

• Professionalità Prize from Milan's Rotary Club

• Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (1995)

• Mentionned in the Premio Antonio Feltrinelli prize awarded to St. Mary's Hospital Lacor by the Accademia dei Lincei (1995)

• Honoris Causa Doctorate from the University of Montréal (1996)

Posthumus honours

• Premio Speciale Cuore d'Oro, from Premio della Bontà Motta, Notte di Natale, Milan, 1996

• Premio Moscati Casera, Italy, 1997

• 46 cents stamp issue by Canada Post, 2000

• Admitted in the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, 2001

• Gold medal from the Order of Civil Merit of the President of the Italian Republic, 2004

• Creation of the Teasdale-Corti Humanitarian Award, given annually by the Royal College royal of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada since 2008. See the recipients list.