The CATC Honorary Lectureship Committee is pleased to announce that Paul Ayers (McMaster) has been awarded the CATC Honorary Lectureship for 2024. This honour is bestowed upon a colleague who has made significant contributions in theoretical/computational chemistry and/or to the Canadian theoretical and computational chemistry community. As part of the award, Paul will be invivted to present a plenary lecture at the 2024 CSTCC meeting in Halifax this summer.